Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist - One Woman's Spiritual Journey
Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist. She is simply both. Dreaming Me is the story of her life, from growing up a Baptist in the segregated South, dealing with racism in an Ivy League college, and becoming involved with the Black Panther Party to traveling to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. It was upon meeting the great teacher Lama Yeshe that she found a way to understand both herself and the complicated world around her, a way to find peace. Willis went on to become a professor of religion...
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Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist. She is simply both. Dreaming Me is the story of her life, from growing up a Baptist in the segregated South, dealing with racism in an Ivy League college, and becoming involved with the Black Panther Party to traveling to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. It was upon meeting the great teacher Lama Yeshe that she found a way to understand both herself and the complicated world around her, a way to find peace. Willis went on to become a professor of religion at Wesleyan and is also an internationally recognized educator and innovator. Dreaming Me is the inspiring story of her spiritual journey of transformation.
Part 1 Birth Dreaming Me, I: The Terror of Lions 3"White Gal" 7 Docena 15 Snakes 21 Life at Home 27 School in Alabam' 33 The Holy Opens Its Arms to Me 45 The Talk 59 Marching On to Freedomland 63"Trouble Along the Cable" 69 Part 2 Odyssey Dreaming Me, II 81 Cornell 83 India! 95 What Caste Are You? 107 Blissed-Out at Swayambhunath 111 Too Gullible? 119 Guns on Campus 129 Decision Time: A "Piece" or Peace? 139 Part 3 Choices Dreaming Me, III 147 An Accident in Southern France 149 Bodha 155 Meeting Lama Yeshe 163 This, Too, Is Buddha's Mind 171 The Test 175 Joy of the Dharma 185 A Spot of Blonde 189 Flesh-and-Bones Buddha 197 Part 4 Becoming Deciding to Become a Teacher 205 Teaching in Paradise 211 I Believe I Can Fly 225 My Great Seal Retreat 231 Part 5 Return Dreaming Me, IV 251 Having Crossed the Line 253 Little Things 257 My Search for Kin 265 A Lama-Hit 277 Lightning Flash 281 Church with Daddy 293 Mama 303 Mama Wore Rainbows 311 Teaching as My Practice 321 Women's Liberation 325 A Baptist-Buddhist 335 Dreaming Me, V: The Lioness's Roar 341 Lions 343 Afterword Bettina Aptheker 347 Acknowledgments 355 Further Reading 359 About the Author 369
