American Buddhist Poetry Radio

America doesn’t suffer because it’s divided. It suffers because it’s in denial. From stolen lands to stolen labor, from mass incarceration to broken families, denial has been this nation’s shadow since its birth. The Buddha taught that what we refuse to face repeats. This is not history — this is our present. The Dharma of America’s Denial is not about politics. It’s about truth. It’s about seeing...

Families are being torn apart at the border. Children stolen from parents. Citizens detained. Mothers and fathers deported in the dead of night. This is not politics. This is suffering. And the Dharma does not look away from suffering. The Dharma of the Broken Family is a teaching against silence. It is for every child who lost their parent to ICE. For every parent who grieves across borders. For...

“This wasn’t planned. It wasn’t produced. But it might be the most honest conversation I’ve ever heard about what we’re building.” I found this audio inside my creative tools—like it had been waiting to be discovered. A 35-minute dialogue between two people trying to make sense of Monk Mode Society. But not just what it is. Why it matters. How it feels. Where it’s going. They talk about silence as...

Most people think you need silence to meditate. But in the American landscape—full of sirens, street noise, notifications, and the hum of modern life—silence is a luxury. This meditation was born out of that noise. Chasing the Stillness is for those who can’t always sit cross-legged in a quiet room. It’s for people on buses, people driving, people walking through chaos but still seeking center. Th...