Buddhists of African Descent on Education in Nichiren Buddhism with Mahazi Roundtree

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Uplifting Black Nichiren Buddhist Voices

Black Buddhist Studies

9 episodes

2 days ago

How Black practitioners in the U.S. are embracing, shaping, and deepening Nichiren Buddhist traditions. Host Rima Vesely-Flad discusses the unique ways Black Buddhists bring African diasporic perspectives, lived experiences, and spiritual creativity into their practice. Including influential voices like Dr. Kamilah Majied, Bishop Myokei Caine-Barrett Shonin, and Dr. Ralph Craig, who discusses Tina Turner’s lifelong practice. Produced by Twice As Good Media, supported by the Crossroads Project via the Henry J. Luce Foundation, as well as the Frederick Lenz Foundation and the Fetzer Institute.

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Buddhists of African Descent on Education in Nichiren Buddhism with Mahazi Roundtree

Uplifting Black Nichiren Buddhist Voices

36 minutes 58 seconds

2 weeks ago

Buddhists of African Descent on Education in Nichiren Buddhism with Mahazi Roundtree

Study is a core practice for Nichiren Buddhists, who dive deeply into the Lotus Sutra and the writings of Nichiren Daishonin as a way to cultivate their inherent Buddha-nature.

Mahazi Roundtree has been a Nichiren practitioner for 38 years. She is a study leader in the Nichiren Buddhist association, Buddhists of African Descent, and she lives in Harlem, New York, where she is a corporate paralegal by day and a jazz vocalist & bass player by night.