What Practices Prevent the Ox from Offloading to the Cow?
Dharma talk with Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Dear friends,
This October, we are delighted to welcome Pamela Ayo Yetunde as our guest teacher, who will share her experiences and practice as part of the monthly dharma talk.
"We the people" are in a precarious situation that we co-created and now largely regret. If we believe, as radical poet Audre Lorde wrote, that "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house", then what does Buddhism-inspired political and social engagement look like in the face of acute U.S. democratic fascism?
Let's discover together a Buddhism that promotes compassion, strength, moral imagination, and the will to make change so that we prevent offloading our ox nature to the cow, and vice versa.
Wednesday, October 21
7:00–8:30 pm ET / 4:00–5:30 pm PT
Online via Zoom
Notes:
Session will also include meditation and questions and reflections.
Event is recorded and emailed to you within 48 hours.
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Your purchase includes access to the live event with a guided meditation, dharma talk, and time for questions and reflections, plus a recording delivered by email two days later.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
7:00–8:30 pm ET / 4:00–5:30 pm PT
Teacher bio
Pamela Ayo Yetunde is a pastoral counselor, writer, and scholar. She was introduced to Buddhism through Thich Nhat Hanh's book Touching Peace and her first practice communities were in the Community of Mindful Living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since then, Ayo has incorporated Plum Village teachings in her spiritual care books, including Casting Indra's Net (Shambhala Publications, 2023) and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Her website address is pamelaayoyetunde.com.