American Religion in America's Time of Crisis

A. Jesse Jiryu Davis's dharma talks by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

Nov 10, 202024:37Religion & Spirituality

Buddhists must respond to the current political crisis, just as abolitionists like Frederick Douglass did in the 19th Century. A talk at the Village Zendo, September 3, 2020.

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