THE JOY OF RESOURCES

• Visit Our Community Partners at Closer to Fine Farms and Watsonville Yogo Studio
  

• Antiracism Resources for White Practitioners who wish to be good BIPOC allies

• Theravada Thai Forest Tradition: Abhayagiri, Metta Forest Monastery

• Vipassana Retreats (10-Day Silent)

• Santa Cruz County (Individual & Group) Retreats: Mount Madonna Center, Insight Retreat Center, Vajrapani Institute, Land of Medicine Buddha

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Dhamma books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) worth reading:

• Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path by Bhante Henepola Gunratana

• A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment by Spring Washam

• Radical Dharma: Taking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev. angle Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Ownes, and Jasmin Syedullah, PhD

• Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga

• A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives by Thupten Jinpa, PhD

• Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community by Larry Yang

• Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger by Lama Rod Owens

• The Spirit of Harriett Tubman: Awakening from the Underground by Spring Washam

• Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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