"Silence is Not the Way" with Professor Sharon Suh

A layered and engaging discussion with Prof. Sharon Suh on what
"Asian American Buddhism can be defined as; including the refusal
to be silenced.

Guest:
SHARON SUH is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University
and author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and
Community (2004); Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and
Western Film (2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir
(2019). She focuses on racialized trauma experienced by people of
color and emphasizes the importance of embodiment. She's also
President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist
Women. Her upcoming book, Emergent Dharma: An Anthology of
Asian American Feminist Buddhist Women scheduled for Fall
2025.

Links to social media:
www.mindfuleatingmethod.com; @mindfuleatingmethod

In addition to books mentioned in bio:
•.      “Western Buddhism and Race,” co-authored
with Joseph Cheah, Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Oxford
University Press, May 2022).
• “Jeong as the Expression of the Interrelationality of Self and
Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema” in Edward Y. J. Chung and Jea
Sophia Oh, eds. Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion:
Confucian, Comparative and Contemporary Perspectives.” (Palgrave,
2022).
• “Taking Refuge in the Body to Know the Self Anew: Buddhism,
Race, and Embodiment,” Embodying Knowledge: Asian and Asian
American Women’s Contributions to Theology and Religious Studies,
ed. by Kwok Pui Lan (Palgrave MacMillan).
• “We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming to Bring You
This Very Important Public Service Announcement . . .”: aka
Buddhism as Usual in the Academy,” in Emily McCrae and George
Yancy, eds., Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections (Rowman
& Littlefield).
•Suh. Sharon., “Buddhist Meditation as Strategic Embodiment: An
Optative Reflection” in Flashpoints for Asian American Studies,
ed. by Cathy Vials-Schlund. (Fordham University Press,
2017).
•Suh, Sharon. A., “Buddhism and Gender” in Oxford Handbook of
Contemporary Buddhism, ed. by Michael Jerryson. (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2016):635-649.
•Suh, Sharon A., “Buddhism, Rhetoric, and the Korean American
Community: The Adjustment of Korean American Buddhists to the
United States” in Richard Alba, Albert J. Raboteau, and Josh
DeWing, eds., Immigration in America: Comparative Historical
Perspectives. (New York: New York University Press,
2009):166-190.

Host: REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a
recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of
American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all
backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained
Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher
of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of
spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome
to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, and those
seeking a “home” in the midst of North American society’s
reckoning around racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
Shutt is a founder of Access to Zen (2014). You can learn more
about her work at AccessToZen.org. Her new book,
Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold
Path. See all her offerings at
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