Sutra and Bible

Inside Sutra and Bible at the Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles
Tricycle (August 9, 2022)

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Irei Names Monument Project

List of all 125,000-plus WWII Japanese American internment detainees nears completion
The Mainichi (March 17, 2022)

May We Gather

Repairing Generations of Trauma, One Lotus Flower at a Time
The New York Times (May 5, 2021)

May We Gather: A National Buddhist memorial Ceremony for Asian-American AncestorsApril (May 4, 2021)

Podcasts

#343 What Everyone Who Meditates Should Know
Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken Williams
Ten Percent Happier (May 3, 2021)

Discussing American Sutra (Dr. Duncan Ryuken Williams)
Wasabi Interviews 11 | Wasabi Interviews with Antonio Vega (July 14, 2020)

Episode 41 - American Sutra with Duncan Williams: Lessons from Internment
Everyday Buddhism (April 16, 2020)

A Lotus Blossoms Above Muddy Waters
Sacred & Profane (April 6, 2020)

Joseph Bobrow – BHNN Guest Podcast – Ep. 54 – Remembering Our Interconnection with Duncan Ryūken Williams
Be Here Now Guest Podcast (March 19, 2020)

Duncan Ryuken Williams
Spirit Matters Talk (December 2, 2019)

Best of September Books
Talking History Podcast with Patrick Geoghehan (September 9, 2019)

Ep. 205 Duncan Ryuken Williams
Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast (Sept. 3, 2019)

“Enlightened America: A History of Buddhism in the United States”
BackStory Podcast (August 16, 2019)

Ep. 201 Duncan Ryuken Williams on American Sutra
The Weird History Podcast: Weird, Odd, and Horrible History with Joe Streckert (July 2, 2019)

Duncan Ryuken Williams: When Buddhists Were a “National Security Threat”
Tricycle Talks (Feb. 23, 2019)

New Books in Buddhist Studies: American Sutra
New Books Network (Feb. 18, 2019)

Ep 95: Japanese Buddhist WWII Internment w/Duncan Ryūken Williams
The Classical Ideas Podcast (Feb. 16, 2019)

Interviews

Wings of Wisdom and Compassion: Lessons of Freedom from Japanese American Internment in WWII
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Insight Journal (March 2021)

Never Again: A Japanese American group protests mass incarceration at the border. One of its Buddhist leaders envisions a new American identity.
Tricycle (Summer 2020)

Q&A with Duncan Ryūken Williams – American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World WarHistory Author Show with Dean Karayanis (July 2019)

Interview with Eric C. Miller - “First They Came for the Buddhists: Faith, Citizenship, and the Internment Camps”
Religion & Politics (July 23, 2019)

Interview with Vince Schleitwiler “A Buddhist Scholar Unearths a Story of Racism, Religious Discrimination and Perseverance”
International Examiner (July 10, 2019)

Q & A with Duncan Ryuken Williams
Higashi Honganji USA (May 30, 2019)

American Sutra: On the Incarceration of Japanese Americans in WWII
Buddhistdoor Global (May 23, 2019)

Fort Sill/Heart Mountain

Nakahiro Iwata, "Beikokumin to shite Nikkeijin to senso"
Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese) (August 16, 2019)

Ray Locker, “Heart Mountain Pilgrimage Features Tom Brokaw, Judge Ito”
Rafu Shimpo (August 9, 2019)

Martha Nakagawa, “Fort Sill Migrant Detention Site on Hold”
Nichibei Times (August 1, 2019)

Martha Nakagawa “Buddhist Clergy Lead Service at Fort Sill”
Rafu Shimpo (July 24, 2019)

Kenley Neufeld, “Opposition Can Come from Love”
Lion’s Roar (July 23, 2019)

Sam Littlefair “Buddhists Join Protest Against Detention of Migrant Children in Oklahoma”
Lion’s Roar (July 21, 2019)

Lilly Greenblatt, “Buddhist Memorial Service to be Held at Fort Sill Protest Against Migrant Detention on July 20”
Lion’s Roar (July 8, 2019)

Fort Sill/Heart Mountain written by Duncan Williams

What American Buddhism Looks Like: Solidarity for Immigrants at Fort Sill
Buddhistdoor Global (August 20, 2019)

At Fort Sill, a Prayer That History Would Not Repeat Itself
Tricycle Magazine (August 5, 2019)

Media Inquiries

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