The Dharma's Transmission to the West

If you've ever grappled with the overlapping impacts of modernity, colonialism, white supremacy, and capitalism on meditation and Buddhism in the United States, I made this workshop for you! 

In this workshop, you’ll learn:

• The arrival of Buddhism in the U.S. by Chinese and Japanese immigrants
• Influential Asian meditation masters who brought the dharma to the West and started convert communities
• The impact of modernity on the dharma’s transmission, including its intersections with Orientalism and white supremacy
• Capitalism’s role in shaping Western Buddhism and the rise of the secular mindfulness movement
• Postmodern, postsecular, and decolonial interpretations of the dharma as responses to Western cultural force

This workshop is approximately 90-mins in length and encompasses both lecture and discussion components.