Chenxing Han

Chenxing Han is the author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists and a forthcoming memoir, both with North Atlantic Books. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA in Buddhist studies from the Graduate Theological Union. She coordinates the chaplaincy program at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California. She is a co-organizer of May We Gather: A National Buddhist Memorial for Asian American Ancestors.

Magazine Personal Reflections

Partial Equanimity

Chenxing Han discusses Buddhism and identity with writer Jay Caspian Kang

Interview with Jay Caspian Kang by Chenxing Han

Summer 2022

jay caspian kang the loneliest americans buddhism

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

“It’s Always a Push and Pull”: A Conversation with Writer Jay Caspian Kang

The author of the new book The Loneliest Americans discusses how Buddhism has influenced his writing and career.

Interview with Jay Caspian Kang by Chenxing Han

Jan 06, 2022

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Young. Asian. American. Buddhist: What These Words Cannot Say

Chenxing Han on why the next generation of practitioners is thinking about intersectionality, the problem with “two Buddhisms,” and how her research into identity inspired her recent book

Chenxing Han in conversation with Ann Gleig

Mar 09, 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

“Stay Safe… Both from the Virus and the Racism”

Returning to the US, an Asian American Buddhist writer must confront the intertwined contagions of the coronavirus and racism—and recall the losses from her past.

By Chenxing Han

Apr 09, 2020