How Buddhists Can Offer Meaningful Support

Lion's Roar, the famous Buddhist magazine with an international perspective, updates a page of fascinating podcasts. In one recent one, free to listen to online, assistant editor Sandi Rankaduwa talks to Reverend Melissa Opel, a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a minister at the Buddhist Church of San Francisco — the oldest Jodo Shinshu, or Shin Buddhist, church in the mainland United States.  Rev. Opel shares what drew her to Buddhism, what keeps her inspired as a minister, how acceptance and inclusivity are central to the Jodo Shinshu tradition, and how Buddhists and Buddhist institutions can offer meaningful support to the LGBTQ+ community.   Tune in at https://www.lionsroar.com/podcast/134-power-acceptance-inclusivity-rev-m...