Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community

“Awakening Together combines the intimately personal, the Buddhist and universal into a loving, courageous, important work that will benefit all who read it. For anyone who longs to collaborate and create a just and inclusive community, Larry provides a brilliant guidebook.”
—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart

How can we connect our personal spiritual journeys with the larger course of our shared human experience? How do we compassionately and wisely navigate belonging and exclusion in our own hearts? And how can we embrace diverse identities and experiences within our spiritual communities, building sanghas that make good on the promise of liberation for everyone?

If you aren’t sure how to start this work, Awakening Together is for you. If you’ve begun but aren’t sure what the next steps are, this book is for you. If you’re already engaged in this work, this book will remind you none of us do this work alone. Whether you find yourself at the center or at the margins of your community, whether you’re a community member or a community leader, this book is for you.

• A Clinician's Guide to Teaching Mindfulness: The Comprehensive Session-by-Session Program for Mental Health Professionals and Health Care Providers
• The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
• Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out
• Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation
• A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment
• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
• The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender
• Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet
• Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging