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2024-12-12T09:10:28-08:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
A Small Zen Appreciation of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Last updated on: December 12, 2024 at 9:10 am By James Ford
According to the story a Mexican indigenous peasant, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin had a series of encounters with a wondrous woman between the 9th and 12th of December, in 1531. He reported this to the bishop Juan de Zumárraga, who was at first suspicious. Naturally enough. But eventually was convinced of the reality of the vision when the woman ordered Juan Diego to carry a poncho filled with roses to the bishop, really an archbishop. When the peasant opened the poncho... Read more
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2024-12-06T05:06:25-08:00
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Francis Xavier and Early Buddhist Christian Encounters
Last updated on: December 6, 2024 at 5:06 am By James Ford
The 3rd of December has been declared a feast or saint’s day for Francis Xavier. He was one of the first Jesuits, a co-founder of the order. Eventually, he becamea Catholic missionary to Japan. Which is where I find him interesting. Now, he was fervently hostile to nonChristian religions, and with that, if indirectly, there’s some blood on his hands. But also, I believe he is the first Westerner to write a moderately accurate report of Zen in a European... Read more
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2024-11-28T22:54:52-08:00
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Dorothy Day: A Saint for Times Such as These
Last updated on: November 28, 2024 at 10:54 pm By James Ford
Dorothy Day died on the 29th of November, in 1980. If she were officially recognized as a saint, and more than a few people believe she was, this would normally be her feast day. I mean to note this when the day rolls around. I’ve not been as successful in this aspiration as I wish. This year, I’ve caught it. And I offer the cumulative reflections I’ve gathered. In my youth there were two Catholic Christians who particularly influenced me.... Read more
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2024-11-28T07:55:46-08:00
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Zen and the Fine Art of Thanksgiving
Last updated on: November 28, 2024 at 7:55 am By James Ford
I try to offer a few words on our American Thanksgiving from a Zen Buddhist perspective when the holiday rolls around. What follows is that, tweaked, and then tweaked again. Eventually, I hope, I’ll get this mess right. After all, every day is a good day… Our first American Thanksgiving was proclaimed by George Washington on the 26th of November, 1789. It might be worth noting it was not connected to the Pilgrim story. Washington called out for a day... Read more
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2024-11-24T13:05:59-08:00
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Keiji Nishitani and the Philosophers of Zen
Last updated on: November 24, 2024 at 1:05 pm By James Ford
Keiji Nishitani died on the 24th of November, in 1990. I mean to mark this day as it rolls around and take advantage of it to remind those who knew of his work, and to introduce him to those who were unfamiliar with this remarkable person and the “school” with which he is closely associated. I’m sorry I’ve not been quite as faithful to this intention as I could or should be. But, at least this year, I’ve caught the... Read more
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2024-11-17T20:01:12-08:00
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Alan Watts for Good and for Ill
Last updated on: November 17, 2024 at 8:01 pm By James Ford
Alan Watts died on the 16th of November. in 1973. For many reasons, some good, some less so, he continues to be a presence at that edge of North American spirituality where what has long been called East and West meet. Watts had a significant place in the earlier years of my spiritual life, and even today remains, if not so central, still significant. Again, for good reasons, and not so good. And, perhaps more important I believe he stands... Read more
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2024-11-12T08:17:09-08:00
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James Luther Adams lover’s critique of liberal Christianity
Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:17 am By James Ford
What is now many years ago when Jan & I first moved to New England’s rocky and lovely soil, Jan wanted to go to the Cambridge cemetery to put a rose on Henry James’ grave. I was more than happy to join her as I wanted to put a flower on William’s grave. You know the brothers, one wrote like a psychologist, the other like a novelist… After consulting some guides we bought a small bouquet of roses and drove... Read more
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2024-11-08T08:14:08-08:00
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Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle: the First Christian Zen Master
Last updated on: November 8, 2024 at 8:14 am By James Ford
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle was born into a Huguenot family on this day, the 11th of November, in 1898 in Gut Externbrock, in Westphalia. I try to remember this remarkable person as his birthday rolls around. Although I’m also aware as a remarkable spiritual figure perhaps his death date would be the most appropriate time to pause and reflect and celebrate his life. Actually some years I do both. On the 11th of November in 2024 he would have been 126 years... Read more
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2024-11-02T13:22:28-07:00
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Casting our Net into the Great Night: a Zen Meditation
Last updated on: November 2, 2024 at 1:22 pm By James Ford
(At our half day sit with Empty Moon Zen today, our guiding teacher Roshi Edward Sanshin Oberholtzer gave the dharma talk. He unveils the miracle promised in Dongshan’s Five Ranks, a promise which reconciles the absolute and relative, the essential and the contingent, form and emptiness. I asked if I could reprint it at my Monkey Mind blog and he graciously agreed. Well worth a read…) In philosophy departments the pre-Socratics are often treated as precursors to the philosophical greats,... Read more
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2024-10-29T09:36:02-07:00
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Conclave: A Zen Buddhist reviews a sort of Christian movie
Last updated on: October 29, 2024 at 9:36 am By James Ford
On Sunday Jan and I took in the new film, Conclave. It’s advertised as a mystery-thriller. That seems a bit of misdirection. I suspect in part because for a Hollywood production, it’s pretty much outside the conventional boxes. And how to characterize it is difficult for the advertising people. It’s based upon the 2016 novel of the same name by the British novelist Robert Harris. The script is written by Academy award nominated screenwriter Peter Straughan. The director is Edward... Read more
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