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2023-05-13T11:46:23-07:00

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LIKE A SHOT OF HEROIN: Jack Kerouac on Buddhist meditation

Last updated on: May 13, 2023 at 11:46 am By James Ford

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LIKE A SHOT OF HEROIN Jack Kerouac on Buddhist meditation Complex, by turns wonderful and awful, the beat writer Jack Kerouac is one of the handful of people responsible for bringing Zen into the popular English speaking imagination. Any number of people have struggled to contextualize Kerouac’s beatnik Buddhism. Some with more success than others. And sometimes its wise to let the person speak for themselves. And so, a poem first published in book form near I can tell... Read more

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2023-05-11T06:45:41-07:00

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God as a Zen Koan or Huatou

Last updated on: May 11, 2023 at 6:45 am By James Ford

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God as a Zen Koan or Huatou James Ishmael Ford When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music. Rumi I notice that today, May 10th, is one of the days that Job of the Book of Job is celebrated. Job is one of my favorite figures in the Bible. And, thinking about him, I found a stream of mind bubbles playing out… Job and God. And from there about God. When I read... Read more

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2023-05-06T12:04:08-07:00

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Sex & Zen: Two Dharma Talks Investigating Zen Buddhism’s Third Grave Precept

Last updated on: May 6, 2023 at 12:04 pm By James Ford

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SEX & ZEN Two Dharma Talks Investigating Zen Buddhism’s Third Grave Precept Zen in the Japanese tradition counts ten grave precepts. They’re the first ten precepts of the Mahayana Bramajala Sutra, and are used by both householders and clergy. The first five are identical, or nearly so, with the householder precepts given by Gautama Siddhartha, and are also found in the Vinaya precepts for monastics. Taken together the Precepts are sometimes called the Bodhisattva Precepts. The third of these... Read more

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2023-05-02T08:44:35-07:00

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The King James Bible and the Power of a Dreaming God

Last updated on: May 2, 2023 at 8:44 am By James Ford

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The King James Bible and the Power of a Dreaming God James Ishmael Ford A bit of history. King James (the sixth of Scotland and first of England) not long crowned, planned a conference for November, 1603, to discuss sundry matters involving the relatively new church of which he was now head. While the ball started rolling when Henry VIII wanted a divorce, it really only took its broad shape under his younger daughter’s reign. James’... Read more

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Walpurgisnacht & the Rites of Spring

Last updated on: April 30, 2023 at 8:03 am By James Ford

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Walpurgisnacht & the Rites of Spring Today, the 30th of April, and therefore the eve of May 1st is Walpurgisnacht. It’s a holiday, sometimes holy day, observed principally in Northern Europe, Germany and across Scandinavia. For Christians its the feast of St Walburga, an eighth century English born German abbess. Originally a Benedictine nun she became the abbess of a double monastery in Heidenheim. It would seem that pretty much from her death, her story was bound up with Waldborg,... Read more

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2023-04-28T11:26:39-07:00

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The Dawn of Nichiren Buddhism: Namu Myoho Renge Kyo

Last updated on: April 28, 2023 at 11:26 am By James Ford

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The Dawn of Nichiren Buddhism Namu Myoho Renge Kyo James Ishmael Ford On the 28th day of the fourth lunar month, that would be today, the 28th of April by our reckoning, in the year 1253, the Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk Nichiren Shonin, proclaimed that the Lotus Sutra was the epitome of all Buddhist teachings. And with that, simply calling upon the title of the Sutra can bring about liberation. 南無妙法蓮華経 Namu Myoho Renge Kyo Which can... Read more

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2023-04-25T08:24:59-07:00

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George Herriman, Creator of Krazy Kat: A Mind Bubble

Last updated on: April 25, 2023 at 8:24 am By James Ford

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George Herriman, Creator of Krazy Kat: A Mind Bubble George Herriman died on this day, the 25th of April, in 1944. I’ve read that his creation Krazy Kat was likely more influential than popular. And that’s probably so. But he certainly had a fan base beyond other cartoonists. Me, for instance. I adored the strip. And in the years since Herriman’s death his... Read more

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2023-04-23T07:23:56-07:00

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THE MOTHER OF MY HEART: Reflections on the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California

Last updated on: April 23, 2023 at 7:23 am By James Ford

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THE MOTHER OF MY HEART Remarks shared on the occasion of being named a “Distinguished Alumnx” at the Pacific School of Religion James Ishmael Ford Yesterday Jan & I spent the day at the Pacific School of Religion, where I earned an MDiv (1991) as well as an MA (1992). There were many stressors at the time, not the least how we could afford the whole thing. And. I was in hog heaven. While the school was very much center... Read more

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2023-04-19T08:58:21-07:00

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Zen, God, and Doubt: Encountering the Mystery

Last updated on: April 19, 2023 at 8:58 am By James Ford

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Zen, God, and Doubt: Encountering the Mystery James Ishmael Ford There’s a lovely meme that floats around on social media. The words are by Rachel Held Evans. It goes: “This is what God’s kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy or good, but because they are hungry, because they said yes. And there’s always room for more.” Evans was a very interesting person. A journalist, columnist,... Read more

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2023-04-19T05:37:53-07:00

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A Robot’s Dream: the Zen Teacher Goes Ego Surfing

Last updated on: April 19, 2023 at 5:37 am By James Ford

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A Robot’s Dream: The Zen Teacher Goes Ego Surfing The latest in ego surfing is asking Chat AI for a bio sketch. A colleague just did it. Found out he was an Anglican priest, although he was pretty sure he’d spent the past thirty years as an English Unitarian minister. And it had him as the author of a book he’d never heard of. Otherwise it was mostly right. So, I did it, too. Used ChatGPT, which you can sign... Read more

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