You Can Polish the Mirror of Your Life with Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin

Listen in on this candid and wise interview with Myokei
Caine-Barret, Shonin, as she shares about her own path of
transformation and how we can all create a deeper experience of
refuge for each other in the Dharma. She names the importance of
sharing about race and increasing awareness in dharma spaces in
the face of resistance. And how empowering it can be to leave
space for listening, honoring people's unique experiences, and
the importance of offering a warm welcome. She encourages us to
learn from the radical hospitality in cultures of color, and
describes how she used chanting to work with her rage. She also
addresses the challenges of offering the Dharma in BIPOC
communities based in Christianity.  


We apologize for the brief moments of echo in the
recording. 
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Myokei Caine-Barrett currently holds the position of Bishop of
the Nichiren Shu Order of North America. She is the first woman
to hold this position and the first person of African-American
and Japanese descent to be fully ordained in the Nichiren Shu
order. She is also the chief priest and guiding teacher of
Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, TX.


     Myokei Shonin is engaged in spreading the
Dharma behind bars at Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She
supports weekend trainings for Healing Warrior Hearts, a Texas
for Heroes project designed to truly welcome veterans home. She
is a facilitator in dialogues on racism and mindful
cross-cultural conflict resolution, as well as engaging in
interfaith and intrafaith dialogue.
     Her writings have been published in a variety
of Buddhist magazines, including Tricycle and Lion’s Roar, and is
featured in The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries
of Awakened Women.


Learn more about Myokei at https://myoken-ji-usa.org/
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TODAY'S HOST


Kaira Jewel Lingo began practicing mindfulness in 1997 and is a
teacher in the Zen and Vipassana lineages. Author of We Were Made
for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving through Change, Loss, and
Disruption (Parallax Press), she teaches Buddhist meditation,
mindfulness, and compassion internationally, focusing on waking
up in daily life. Ordained for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s
monastic community, Kaira Jewel now teaches both Buddhism and
secular mindfulness, writes, and offers spiritual mentoring to
groups.



Hear more about Kaira Jewel as ODA co-hosts Rev. Liên Shutt and
Lama Karma Yeshe interview her about her Dharma experiences as a
practitioner and teacher of color. 



Kaira Jewel also shares with ODA this guided practice on getting
grounded. 



Visit kairajewel.com to learn more about her Dharma
offerings. 



May all beings find refuge!