Share your prespective

This project began with a simple curiosity: Why do people turn toward the Dharma in a world already overflowing with noise, choice, and distraction?What emerged was more than a book—it became a collective unfolding. A gathering of voices, images, and communities reflecting how Buddhism is quietly transforming lives and reshaping American soil from the inside out.We’re creating two companion books:

  • One explores the transformative journey of practice—those deeply personal, often raw stories of awakening, doubt, and recommitment.
  • The other traces the blossoming of Dharma in America, capturing the faces, places, and sanghas that make up this quietly powerful movement.

This isn’t just my project. It’s ours. And there are three heartfelt ways you can be part of it:

Share your story.

“Micro Moments on the Path”We’re inviting practitioners of all backgrounds—newcomers, seasoned teachers, wanderers still unsure where they belong—to share short, true stories from their spiritual journey.

These don’t need to be profound. In fact, the quiet ones often touch deepest:

  • The first time you bowed and felt something shift
  • The moment you almost quit
  • A teacher’s phrase that rewired your mind
  • Sitting in silence beside strangers, and suddenly feeling seen

If you’ve experienced even a flicker of transformation, your story belongs here.

Contribute Photography

“Images of the Living Dharma”
Inspired by A Day in the Life of Series and Humans of New York, we’re collecting powerful photographs that speak for what words often can’t.

We’re seeking professional or experienced photographers to help document:

  • The quiet grace of a zafu in an urban loft
  • A teacher bowing before a modest altar
  • A gathering of robes in a borrowed church basement
  • A single meditator beneath a city overpass
  • Empty cushions, incense smoke, ritual, stillness, joy

This visual archive will give breath and body to the stories, revealing a Dharma that is intimate, diverse, and unmistakably here.

List your sangha.

“A Living Map of Practice”
When the project launches, we want it to lead people somewhere real—a place they can sit, bow, breathe, and belong.

That’s why we’re building a curated list of sanghas and practice groups across the U.S. We’re especially looking for communities that:

  • Welcome newcomers with warmth and clarity
  • Honor lineage, tradition, or inter-traditional sincerity
  • Hold regular practice sessions or teachings
  • Are interested in being part of a wider, living network

If you represent a sangha or dharma center—even a small one—we’d be honored to include you in the project’s final call to action: go sit with someone. Read my vision on how I will support sanghas. 

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Why This Matters

Buddhism in America is no longer something arriving from afar. It’s already here—woven into coffee shop conversations, city park meditations, podcasts, sangha Zooms, and quiet mornings before the world stirs.

By contributing, you’re not just helping build a book. You’re helping document a spiritual renaissance. A Dharma not just transmitted, but lived.

Let’s tell this story—together.