Author Archives: John Freese
Sacred Activism and Unprecedented Leadership by Stephanie Mines
Plenary for Association of Buddhist Care and Counseling Stephanie Mines, Ph.D. Copyright July 2020 I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to John Freese for inviting me and honoring the trajectory of our relationship and the beauty of … Continue reading
DWD Archive Episode 13: Protestant Theology Infrastructure that Buddhists Could Draw From to Expand the Buddhist Job Market
John talks about the history of practical theology and Protestant theological infrastructure as a model that Buddhists could draw from to expand Buddhist theological education and training beyond chaplaincy into Buddhist care and counseling. Link to paper John refers to … Continue reading
DWD Archive Episode 11: A Buddhist Approach to Healing the Historical Trauma of Racism
John gives a boiled down talk on the dependent origination of whiteness. Topics include The Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Goenka Vipassana, Somatic Experiencing, Liberation Psychology, and Critical Race Theory
DWD Archive: Buddhist ACT
John gives a Dharma Talk presenting a Buddhist version of Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Click to access buddhist-act.pdf
DWD Archive Episode 9: On Killing
John and former Marine Carl Stahmer talk about Dave Grossman’s book “On Killing.” Topics include the inherent resistance within humans to kill, the way the military and police create physical and emotional distance between killer and killed so that soldiers/officers … Continue reading
DWD Archive Episode 8: Prison Dharma
UWest student Farah Shaikh interviews UWest students, alumni, and faculty that teach Buddhist philosophy and meditation in California State prisons via The Engaged Buddhist Alliance. The EBA is a nonprofit founded by Dr. Lewis Lancaster, John Freese, Venerable De Hong, … Continue reading
DWD Archive Episode 6: The Dependent Origination of Whiteness
Anthony Swindell from A Flair for the Curious podcast interviews John about his article “The Dependent Origination of Whiteness” published in the ethnic studies journal Kalfou. https://aflairforthecurious.com/ Notes from Anthony’s pod: John Freese is a co-host of the Down With … Continue reading
DWD Archive: The Four Noble Truths
John gives a Dharma talk on The Four Noble Truths from an early Buddhist perspective and from the perspective of Daoist internal alchemy. Notes for The Four Noble Truths Episode The three aspects: conceptual knowledge, practice, fruition Suffering, suffering should … Continue reading
Down with the Dharma Podcast: The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths Episode of Down with the Dharma: John gives a Dharma talk on The Four Noble Truths from an early Buddhist perspective and from the perspective of Daoist internal alchemy. The Four Noble Truths The three aspects: … Continue reading
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