![]() ![]() ![]() Known for his clarity of insight, Lama Rangdrol has taught Buddhism to Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, SGI, ecumenical, non-sectarian, Christian, Interfaith, and secular communities. He became Khenpo Yurmed Tinly’s private student in 1998 and remained with him until the Khenpo’s death in 2005. ![]() During this time he also received teachings from Khenpo Orgyen Tinly Rinpoche (Khenpo Chozod), Tulku Thubten, Lama Nawang, Lama Gyaltsen, Lama Namkhar, Lama Yeshe Wangmo, Thinley Norbu, and Khenpo Yurmed Tinly. In 1995 he entered Vajrayana retreat in the Nyingma tradition at Pema Osel Ling under the tutelage of Dzogchen lineage holder Lama Tharchin Rinpoche where he remained immersed in the Dudjom Tersar lineage for two years. He complimented his mental health career with studies in the arts including the University of Redlands School of Music (B.A.), graduate work in Ethnic Theater at Sacramento State University, and certificates of study from the National Shakespeare Company (New York), and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London). He was honored as a special invited guest to the Dalai Lama’s teachings on “World Peace Through Inner Peace” in Miami, Florida.īefore entering the dharma stream, Lama Rangdrol worked as a licensed counselor for thirty years and Drama Therapist in departments of psychiatry including UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, USC University Hospital, and numerous acute psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics serving severely mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and homeless populations. Lama Rangdrol is the only African-American teacher of Buddhism recognized by the First Conference of Tibetan Buddhist Centers in North and South America, convened by the Office of Tibet and attended by the Dalai Lama. His heartfelt enthusiasm brings healing to the hearts and minds of those committed to meet the most challenging issues of their family life. Lama is sought after and respected for his clarity of insight. Today he joyfully shares in his multi-generational family’s evolution into loving, healthy, stable, human beings. He is a householder who has survived marriage, divorce, remarriage, estrangement, and reconnection. Published by Diasporan Savant Press, 2020, softcover, 56 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches.Lama Rangdrol has lived the complexities of family life that he teaches about. Black represents Black people and green is a symbol of growth and the natural fertility of Africa." -Golden Nightsong Collier, Diasporan Savant Press Red stands for blood - both the blood shed by Africans who died in their fight for liberation, and the shared blood of the African people. The colors of this cover represent the colors of the Pan-African flag, a symbol of and call to respectful unity among Black people of the African Diaspora. (¬‿¬) some topics include: □ the colonization of healing spaces □ the struggle to find meditation spaces that are not majority white across settings □ the beautiful merit of the POC Sangha at East Bay Meditation □ spiritual bypass and cultural appropriation among white practitioners □ metta I practice for BIPOC □ the ways that meditation (mindfulness, metta) has offered me some refuge and healing from the wounds of white supremacist terrorism, antiBlackness, etc. Angel Kyodo Williams, Herbie Hancock, Lama Choyin Rangdrol, Zenju Eathlyn Manuel, Konda Mason, Venerable Pannavati, Charles Johnson, and more. "A zine about my journey as a practitioner for the last 11+ years in different cities reflecting on the words of secular and religious Black meditation practitioners as well including Rev. ![]()
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