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newsletter archive | 2020–current | Mailchimp
Asian American Buddhists Persevere 🔥 April 2021 Events for Be the RefugeBelow is a link to the archive of my email newsletter, which I send out about once a month. Sign up here if you’re interested in receiving occasional updates.
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magazine article | January 26, 2021 | Lion’s Roar
Searching for Asian American BuddhistsAn excerpt from chapter 11 of Be the Refuge, in celebration of the book’s launch day
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magazine article | November 6, 2020 | Lion’s Roar
We Are More Powerful Than We KnowAwaiting the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election with Japanese poet and Buddhist monk Kamo-no-Chomei (1155–1216)
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blog post | May 30, 2020 | Ten Thousand Things
Recollecting Pratyekabuddhas: Reflections on Buddhism, Art, and Place |
magazine article | April 9, 2020 | Tricycle
“Stay Safe... Both from the Virus and the Racism” Reflections on anti-Asian racism, grief, and interconnection during the covid-19 pandemic
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ASIAN AMERICAN BUDDHISTS
magazine article | 2019 | Lion’s Roar
The Invisible Majority |
magazine article | 2016 | Buddhadharma (reprinted in Asian American Policy Review)
We’re Not Who You Think We AreAsian American Buddhists: defying stereotypes, fighting invisibility, celebrating diversity
Read on Buddhadharma (with photos) • Read on Asian American Policy Review (with footnotes) |
journal article | 2019 | Religions
Contesting “Conversion” and “Reversion” among Young Adult Asian American BuddhistsSpotlighting Asian American convert Buddhists
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journal article | 2017 | Journal of Global Buddhism
Diverse Practices and Flexible Beliefs among Young Adult Asian American Buddhists |
blog post | 2017 | Lion's Roar
In Memory of a Refuge: Aaron Lee, the “Angry Asian Buddhist”Far from misanthropic rants, his writings are love letters to the American Buddhist community
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book chapter | 2019 | Methods in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honor of Richard K. Payne | Bloomsbury Academic Press
Describing the (Nonexistent?) Elephant: Ethnographic Methods in the Study of Asian American Buddhists |
book chapter | 2019 | Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity | Temple University Press
“I am Trailblazing”: Japanese American Buddhist Millennials Negotiating Religious and Ethnic Identities |
book chapter | 2016 | A Thousand Hands: A Guidebook to Caring for your Buddhist Community | Sumeru Books
Young Adult Asian American Identities |
BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY
speech | 2017 | Institute of Buddhist Studies
“Be the Refuge”: Reflections on Karma & Gratitude, Suffering & Spiritual FriendshipCommencement address to the graduating class of 2017
Read on Institute of Buddhist Studies • Reprinted in Wheel of Dharma (July, Augustdies, and September 2017 issues) |
narrative | 2017 | Open in Emergency: A Special Issue on Asian American Mental Health
Speaking of Survival in this Mad, Mad WorldA narrative for the Asian American Literature Review Testimonial Tapestry
Order the second edition from AALR • View the sold-out first edition of this AALR special issue |
magazine article | 2011 | Inquiring Mind
Huge LoveDispatches from the field: Buddhist chaplaincy in Cambodia
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OTHER
journal article | 2013 | Pacific World
What’s Buddhism Got to Do With It?: Popular and Scientific Perspectives on Mindful EatingExploring the literature on mindful eating
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journal article | 2012 | International Journal of Communications
South African Perspectives on Mobile Phones: Challenging the Optimistic Narrative of Mobiles for DevelopmentThe promises and perils of mobile phones in the developing world
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