9/4/2023 0 Comments Lama rod owens tonglen![]() “As a book, Love and Rage is uniquely situated. Tara Brach, author of Radical Compassion Through the lens of mindfulness and compassion-based practices, Lama Rod Owens shows us how the power of rage can be transformed into a force of healing in our fractured world.” “ Love and Rage is a deep dive into how we are shaped by our perceptions of anger in a culture marked by dividedness and contempt. adrienne maree brown, author of Emergent Strategy And then every other page offers practices, practical guidance on how to be in right relationship to anger, to understand the power and wholeness of rage. He weaves us from his own story to ours, from his Blackness, gayness, his prophetic nature, to our collective need to feel, harness, and express anger. Lama Rod Owens is wildly generous in letting us see him wrestle his way through his own pain, rage, and arousal. “This work is personal, political, and practical. angel Kyodo williams, sensei, founder of Radical Dharma Movement Project, and coauthor of Radical Dharma His language draws from Buddhism, experience from Blackness, and he beckons toward a wide path of Love that has room for everyone.” Drawing equally on the endless suffering of peoples and bodies marginalized and oppressed, and the timeless wisdom that lies beyond identity and circumstance, he asks that we fiercely honor and hold the complexity of it all to heal ourselves to become the ancestors in training we are meant to be. He speaks with a rawness and candor that is both disarming and invitational, creating space for the whole of who you are to enter fully into-regardless of race, religion, sexual identity, body type or ability. “Lama Rod Owens’s voice is a distinct coming together of streams of identity that pour forth an ocean of wisdom that is relevant to anyone that has ever experienced anger. The result is a book that serves as both a balm and a blueprint for those seeking justice who can feel overwhelmed with anger–and yet who refuse to relent. Love and Rage weaves the inimitable wisdom and lived experience of Lama Rod Owens with Buddhist philosophy, practical meditation exercises, mindfulness, tantra, pranayama, ancestor practices, energy work, and classical yoga. Instead, it is one that offers a potent vision of anger that acknowledges and honors its power as a vehicle for radical social change and enduring spiritual transformation. ![]() This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirituality to transform the nature of rage into something else. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger–and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it–needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. ![]() White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. ![]() In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation? ![]()
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