Talk
Lama Rod | Love and Rage: The Path of Freedom Through Anger | Talks at Google
A Talks at Google session on working with anger as part of the path, not apart from it.
About the teacher
Lama Rod Owens
Lama Rod Owens completed traditional Kagyu training and holds the title of lama, while teaching in a distinctly contemporary register, addressing trauma, race, masculinity and rage directly through the lens of Buddhist practice, most visibly in his book Love and Rage. His teaching moves fluidly between formal meditation instruction and frank discussion of lived experience.
He keeps a full 2026 schedule including monthly daylong retreats in Atlanta, a weekly Medicine Buddha gathering, retreats at Kripalu, a week-long hybrid retreat at Wonderwell, and a talk in London on 6 October 2026.
“It can be confusing for people to see Tantric Buddhist teachings coming from someone who's Black and queer, southern, and fat, but I love it. It's who I am.”Lama Rod Owens
Upcoming events
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Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
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Talk
Love and Rage - with Lama Rod Owens
A talk on holding both love and rage honestly, drawn from Owens's book of the same name.
Path
The wider context.
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Mahamudra & the yogas
Kagyu
Meditation lineages especially associated with Mahāmudrā and yogic transmission.
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