Book Reading Event: Friday, 10 July, 7- 9 pm

Lama Rod Owens—the dharma teacher, meditation and mindfulness instructor and co-author of the best-seller Radical Dharma—explores with grace and candour the power and uses of anger.

In Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger  he shares his personal journey with rage—how, at a young age, he internalised the belief that his anger was dangerous. “I have seen over and over again,” he tells us, “that anger can get me killed. I know that this is how I have survived in a Black queer body in America.  My fear of death and policing has translated into a self-policing of my anger to such an extent that if it weren’t for my meditation practice, I wouldn’t know how to find my anger.”

Owens frames his approach within accessible Buddhist philosophy and contemplative practice, offering meditation exercises throughout the book to help readers recognise, honour and tap into their anger.

Many practices focus on self-preservation and self-care. In a time when the politics of anger—who gets to be angry, how, when and at whom—infuse every institutional and cultural sphere, Owens offers a radical re-envisioning of a deeply timely topic.

Love and Rage will resonate with many: young adults, activists, political organisers, Buddhists, POC, those living in marginalised bodies and anyone who wants to metabolise or harness their anger for change.