Lama Rod Owens

Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist minister, best-selling author, activist, yoga instructor, and authorized Lama, or Buddhist teacher, in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered one of the leaders of his generation of Buddhist teachers.

He holds a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School and received the Harvard Divinity School’s Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Honors in 2021. Owens is the co-author of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation and is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha, a Buddhist tantric practice and study community.

Lama Rod has appeared on Good Morning America, the BBC, and Sirius XM Radio’s Urban View. He has also been featured in the Washington Post Magazine and published in Buddhadharma, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, The Harvard Divinity Bulletin and many others. He has offered talks, retreats, and workshops in more than seven countries across the globe. His book, Love & Rage: The Path to Liberation Through Anger, was published in June 2020 and featured in The Los Angeles Times’ Top Ten Best Sellers list in 2021. Love & Rage is critically acclaimed for its prophetic truth, timing and honesty and wisdom, in dealing with the multiplicity of challenges this generation is waking up to.