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Join renowned scholar and practitioner, Rima Vesely-Flad, in conversation with Jake Streeter to explore the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, revealing for the first time how two of America's greatest literary voices reflect--and expand--Buddhism's most timeless truths toward justice and liberation.
Rima Vesely-Flad is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation and the Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and a Visiting Affiliate Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Culture, Society, and Religion.
Jake Delano Streeter Sr. is a pastor, executive director, Licensed Professional Counselor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, youth mentor, and advocate. He earned Cleveland State University’s first bachelor’s degree in Black Studies (2012) and a master’s in clinical mental health counseling (2023), and is pursuing a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision.
The Fire Inside
Title
Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde
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$20.95
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Black, queer, feminist, Buddhist: The Fire Inside casts a fresh new light on the radical literary legacies of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Includes meditation exercises The Fire Inside explores the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, revealing for the first time how two of America's greatest literary voices reflect--and expand--Buddhism's most timeless truths toward justice and liberation. Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad dives deeply into a dharma of liberation as lived by Baldwin and Lorde, offering timely lessons to help us each meet this moment. She explores the writers' enduring legacies to show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment. Each chapter shares how looking inward is the way forward, examining Baldwin and Lorde through key Buddhist principles:
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
- Suffering as a teacher: how Baldwin and Lorde investigated suffering in their own lives--and how expanded and disrupted interpretations of the Dharma
- Denial, impermanence, and death: on Baldwin's exploration of white supremacy and fear of death and Lorde's understanding of illness and inevitable change
- Ultimate and relative reality: how honoring race, gender, sexuality, and difference lies at the heart of Buddhist liberation
- Karma and not-self: how the doctrine of karma can be reclaimed to cultivate inner liberation and support activists working to dismantle oppression
- Anger and compassion: how we metabolize internalized rage, reject hatred, and embrace compassion toward transformation
- Erotic paths to enlightenment: on the power of sensuality and erotic energy; rejecting dominant heteronormativity; and attaining enlightenment through sexual union
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
SKU
9798889842583
The Fire Inside
$20.95
Available In Store
Description
Black, queer, feminist, Buddhist: The Fire Inside casts a fresh new light on the radical literary legacies of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Includes meditation exercises The Fire Inside explores the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, revealing for the first time how two of America's greatest literary voices reflect--and expand--Buddhism's most timeless truths toward justice and liberation. Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad dives deeply into a dharma of liberation as lived by Baldwin and Lorde, offering timely lessons to help us each meet this moment. She explores the writers' enduring legacies to show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment. Each chapter shares how looking inward is the way forward, examining Baldwin and Lorde through key Buddhist principles:
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
- Suffering as a teacher: how Baldwin and Lorde investigated suffering in their own lives--and how expanded and disrupted interpretations of the Dharma
- Denial, impermanence, and death: on Baldwin's exploration of white supremacy and fear of death and Lorde's understanding of illness and inevitable change
- Ultimate and relative reality: how honoring race, gender, sexuality, and difference lies at the heart of Buddhist liberation
- Karma and not-self: how the doctrine of karma can be reclaimed to cultivate inner liberation and support activists working to dismantle oppression
- Anger and compassion: how we metabolize internalized rage, reject hatred, and embrace compassion toward transformation
- Erotic paths to enlightenment: on the power of sensuality and erotic energy; rejecting dominant heteronormativity; and attaining enlightenment through sexual union
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
Description
Black, queer, feminist, Buddhist: The Fire Inside casts a fresh new light on the radical literary legacies of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Includes meditation exercises The Fire Inside explores the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through a Dharmic lens, revealing for the first time how two of America's greatest literary voices reflect--and expand--Buddhism's most timeless truths toward justice and liberation. Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad dives deeply into a dharma of liberation as lived by Baldwin and Lorde, offering timely lessons to help us each meet this moment. She explores the writers' enduring legacies to show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment. Each chapter shares how looking inward is the way forward, examining Baldwin and Lorde through key Buddhist principles:
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
- Suffering as a teacher: how Baldwin and Lorde investigated suffering in their own lives--and how expanded and disrupted interpretations of the Dharma
- Denial, impermanence, and death: on Baldwin's exploration of white supremacy and fear of death and Lorde's understanding of illness and inevitable change
- Ultimate and relative reality: how honoring race, gender, sexuality, and difference lies at the heart of Buddhist liberation
- Karma and not-self: how the doctrine of karma can be reclaimed to cultivate inner liberation and support activists working to dismantle oppression
- Anger and compassion: how we metabolize internalized rage, reject hatred, and embrace compassion toward transformation
- Erotic paths to enlightenment: on the power of sensuality and erotic energy; rejecting dominant heteronormativity; and attaining enlightenment through sexual union
This book offers space for emerging conversations within spiritual communities--ones that don't shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths; that center--and celebrate--Black, queer, radical thought; and that embrace the ways our inner lives, creative fire, sensuality, and expressions of love can ignite and sustain revolutionary liberation.
ISBN
9798889842583
Publisher
Publication Date
February 3, 2026
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
208
Keywords
Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies | African American & Black Studies; Religion | Buddhism | General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist); Social Science | Discrimination (incl. Prejudice, Racism, Colorism, etc.); Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | General
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