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“When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislike and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.”
― Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm

“Racism is a heart disease. How we think and respond is at the core of racial suffering and racial healing. If we cannot think clearly and respond wisely, we will continue to damage the world’s heart.”
― Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm

“The world’s heart is on fire, and race is at its core. What’s happening in the world today is the result of past actions. The bitter racial seeds from past beliefs and actions are blooming all around us, reflecting not only a division of races that is rooted in ignorance and hate, but also, and more solely, a division of heart.”
― Ruth King

“1 Two Realities, One Truth Abeautiful teaching often shared in Buddhist communities supports us in placing race in a social context. It’s called the Two Truths Doctrine, and it describes two realities in which we all live: ultimate reality and relative reality. Simply stated, in relative reality, we are some bodies—formed, habituated, ego-driven, and relating to life through concepts. In ultimate reality, we are no bodies—formless, empty of self, and eternal. In relative reality, I am a woman, African American,”
― Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm