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2020-04-04T11:24:11-07:00

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A CRICKET, SINGING Zen Commentary on Gateless Gate, Case 10

Last updated on: April 4, 2020 at 11:24 am By James Ford

A CRICKET, SINGING Zen Commentary on Gateless Gate, Case 10 James Ishmael Ford A student of the intimate way came to the master Caoshan Benji. He said “My name is Qingshui. I am solitary and destitute. Please give me alms.” The master responded, “Venerable Shui!” Quinshui immediately responded, “Yes!” Master Caoshan replied, “You’ve already sipped three glasses of the finest wine in the nation. And yet you say you’ve not put the cup to your lips.” Gateless... Read more

2020-04-03T19:45:44-07:00

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Some Zen Advice from Facebook

Last updated on: April 3, 2020 at 7:45 pm By James Ford

On Facebook today Zen teacher Renshin Bunce cited a version of a classic Zen text from another teacher on the great way Koshin Paley Ellison. Let me respectfully remind you: Life and Death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. On this night, the days of our life are decreased by one. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed! Do not squander your life. Zen teacher Rachel Mansfield-Howlett added another... Read more

2020-03-30T17:07:41-07:00

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The Zen Priest Shares a Small Snapshot from a Long Beach Walk During the Covid 19 Pandemic

Last updated on: March 30, 2020 at 5:07 pm By James Ford

Here in Long Beach we are currently under a “safer at home” directive, which is similar to “shelter in place,” but a tad less draconian. For us the most important point is that it means in addition to the purely necessary such as shopping, it is okay to take walks, assuming the precautions we’re almost all familiar with are taken. Our beach and parks are closed. But there is still the neighborhood. Jan & I try to... Read more

2020-03-28T12:40:31-07:00

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TOWARD A SOULFUL ZEN A Review of Pamela Weiss’ “A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism”

Last updated on: March 28, 2020 at 12:40 pm By James Ford

TOWARD A SOULFUL ZEN A Review of Pamela Weiss, “A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism” James Ishmael Ford I recently received a review copy of “A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism” by Pamela Weiss. It’s due out at the beginning of June this year. I was happy to get it. Sensei Weiss is interesting for a number of reasons. But certainly not the least of them is that she is the... Read more

2020-03-26T20:22:41-07:00

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With A Little Help From My Friends: My Zen Lineage

Last updated on: March 26, 2020 at 8:22 pm By James Ford

On Facebook a friend just posted a meme. The game was to post four images of people who have profoundly shaped the writer’s spiritual life. One was supposed to simply post images. And I guess see if people could guess who they were. I noticed my friend did that, but instantly added some text qualifying and adding in a person that was so close in importance for him that it probably required five pictures. I’ve been on a... Read more

2020-03-23T12:47:33-07:00

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Recalling Willigis Jager, Benedictine Friar, and Zen Master

Last updated on: March 23, 2020 at 12:47 pm By James Ford

I just learned from my old dharma friend Ken Ireland that Father Willigis Jager died this past Friday. Willigis Jäger was born on the 7th of March, 1925. He entered the Benedictine Order in 1946. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1952. In 1960 his work took him, among other destinations, to Japan. There he met the remarkable Jesuit priest and Zen teacher Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle. He first began a deep investigation of Zen and the koan... Read more

2023-07-15T08:33:31-07:00

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WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW Reflecting on the 23rd Psalm, Buddhism, Nondual Christianity, Broken Hearts, and a way of Intimacy

Last updated on: July 15, 2023 at 8:33 am By James Ford

WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW Reflecting on the 23rd Psalm, Buddhism, Nondual Christianity, Broken Hearts, and a way of Intimacy James Ishmael Ford I think it was two years ago. Jan & I went to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana to see the special exhibition of Frank Hurley’s amazing photographs of Ernest Shackleton’s catastrophic 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Hurley was an amazing photographer, later famous for his work accompanying Australian forces during the Great War.... Read more

2020-03-21T10:06:43-07:00

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AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG Investigating the Zen Koan of a Non-Attained Buddha

Last updated on: March 21, 2020 at 10:06 am By James Ford

AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG Investigating the Zen Koan of a Non-Attained Buddha James Ishmael Ford (The video is our beginning attempt to offer a Saturday program during the coronavirus. We have not mastered the medium, as you can readily tell by the fact we’re sideways through the sitting part (twenty minutes) and the chanting. It is corrected for the talk, however. At least visually. We probably will improve as we go forward…) The Case... Read more

2020-03-15T11:40:37-07:00

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REVELATIONS OF A PLAGUE YEAR Or, Dreaming the Apocalypse

Last updated on: March 15, 2020 at 11:40 am By James Ford

REVELATIONS OF A PLAGUE YEAR Or, Dreaming the Apocalypse James Ishmael Ford One might suspect we’re in the end times when the panic rush to the market is for toilet paper. And, well, here we are. Toilet paper. Who would have thought? Beyond that many public services have been canceled and we’re being asked to avoid unnecessary contact with others. There is a certain sadness to this. And, me, I can’t help but think of... Read more

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2020-03-14T10:37:42-07:00

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BODHIDHARMA SIGHED: Zen Comments on the Gateless Gate, Case 41

Last updated on: March 14, 2020 at 10:37 am By James Ford

BODHIDHARMA SIGHED Zen Comments on the Gateless Gate, Case 41 James Ishmael Ford Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time long ago and far away there was a virtuous woman and her husband. Life was good in nearly all ways. They had a lovely home, a farm that produced plenty of food, and even enough extra to sell, giving them opportunities to purchase small luxuries. All was fine. Except they had no children. They... Read more

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