Tag Archives: Diversity

By Myokei Caine-Barrett Published at https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-great-divide/  during the Summer of 2017 In the search for diversity, have the meditation-centered traditions been asking the wrong questions? A Nichiren priest weighs in. A few years ago I attended a gathering of mostly white Buddhists, where I was met with a stunning lack of community. It seemed to me that there was very little warmth and little awareness of the need for intimacy. At the time, I remember wondering why it had felt so cold to me but apparently not to others: Was it that I was one of the few people of color there? Or was it the fact that in a group of meditation-centric practitioners, the tradition in which I practice—Nichiren Shu—was little understood and didn’t seem to have a place in the discussion? The Western Buddhist sangha has been engaged […]

On The Myoshoji Tonight Nichiren Order of North America Bishop Myokei Caine-Barrett joined us at Myosho-ji to speak about diversity. During this time with us she not only used her personal life experiences and insights but also called on those who joined in live to speak about their own experiences. Also tonight she set the stage for part two dealing with those difficult conversations we may have experienced or may experience as we strive to become healers of self and others in a society which has many difficult conversations to engage in.

Cultivating her faith ZEN T.C. ZHENG, HOUSTON CHRONICLE Published 6:30 am, Thursday, November 12, 2009 As if a Mediterranean breeze wafted through Wallace Pack Unit’s steel-reinforced walls and columns, the aromas of hummus, falafel and fattoush permeated the prison’s classroom. “I’ve forgotten food could taste this good,” said inmate Albert Mason, savoring a bite from his pita sandwich. While inmate Dusty Russell filled his fifth plate of fresh mixed fruits, Michael Wooldridgemunched on a leafy green salad, his first in six years of incarceration. “I was moved; I wanted to cry — something so small could be huge and make them so happy,” said the Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett, a Houston Buddhist priest who brought the vegetarian meal for the first time during her five-year ministry at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice‘s correctional facility outside Navasota. To her 21-member congregation behind bars, Caine-Barrett brought foods that pleased […]