Radically telling his personal truths, Lama Rod Owens talks with Spring Washam about his upcoming book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors.

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This week on the Spirit Underground, Spring and Lama Rod dive into:

• Heartbreak, fear, and the freedom of honesty
• Lama Rod’s method of opening up in his upcoming book
• Inspiration from James Baldwin
• Embodying the path of liberation and trusting the process
• A contemporary understanding of sainthood
• Rethinking the Bodhisattva tradition
• How the idea of being good may mean suppression
• Tuning into our own needs
• The modern love of radical truth
• The tough work of spiritual awakening and processing our traumas
• Recognizing when someone is bypassing their pain
• Lama Rod Owens’ dedication to the Black, Queer, and Trans communities
• Impacting the world through personal transformation

“When you choose to do the work, you will experience liberation. You will experience the space, the fluidity. You’ll come to understand yourself in a really different way, in such a way that’s full of potential and expansive and generative.” – Lama Rod Owens

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