Living An Ethic of Love – Celebrating Black Dharma Teachings sponsored by New York Insight Meditation Center
with Kaira Jewel Lingo, Leslie Booker, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Devin Berry, Lama Rod Owens, Myokei Caine Barrett, Rhonda V. Magee, Bhante Buddharakkhitta, Dalila Bothwell, Rashid Hughes, Marisela Gomez, Vimalasara Mason-John, Valerie Brown, Gina La Roche, Jan Willis, Allyson Pimentel, Shanté Paradigm Smalls, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, Lissa Edmond, Amana Brembry-Johnson, Peace Twesigye, and Rima Vesely-Flad
Folks of African descent carry a rich legacy of contemplation—an enduring wisdom that, even in the face of colonization and enslavement, has taught us how to pause, rest, and reconnect with what is most true.
This February, New York Insight invites you to explore that legacy through a month-long series of Black dharma teachings, offered as a daily practice of reflection, resilience, and connection.
Each weekday throughout February, participants will receive an email with a prerecorded dharma talk from a Black dharma teacher. These teachings are designed to meet you where you are, offering insight and grounding in daily life. All talks remain accessible for at least one year, allowing you to engage at your own pace.
Our ancestors dreamed of freedom, prepared for it, fought for it, and manifested it against all odds. Through resilience, joy, and deep reflection, they embodied profound truths of interdependence and belonging—wisdom we inherit not as history alone, but as a living practice that reminds us none of us stands alone.
From these traditions, the world learns how to hold paradox with care: grief and joy, struggle and beauty, existing side by side. Black dharma teachings show us how reflection becomes resilience, how community sustains practice, and how love functions not as sentiment, but as an ethic for living.
These teachings are offered by experienced Black dharma teachers whose work is rooted in lived experience, ancestral wisdom, and a deep commitment to the path. Together, they offer perspectives that speak directly to resilience, belonging, and collective care.
This offering is open to people of all backgrounds and levels of experience. Whether you’re reconnecting with your practice or exploring these teachings for the first time, you are warmly welcome.
For more info and to register here.
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