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Soto Zen Liturgical Forms: A Small Miscellany of YouTube Videos
I've captured these mostly for our small community, but it occurred to me that...
March 04, 2021
Zen and the Long Haul
I have been practicing well past fifty years. My skin is...
March 03, 2021
Third Way Zen: A Small Mind Bubble
I've been thinking of late about Zen and the intimate way in the...
February 2021
February 26, 2021
Soul as the Third Body of the Buddha
Wuzu said Shakyamuni and Maitreya are servants of another. Tell me, who is...
February 21, 2021
Sort of a Dance: A Meditation on the Lies We Tell Ourselves, And Hints at a Better Way
The renowned Unitarian theologian, Professor James Luther Adams, once observed how nothing sells,...
February 17, 2021
T. S. Eliot & His Secret Religion
(I wrote this in 2018, and stumbled on it while searching for...
February 15, 2021
The Buddha Dies: A Small Zen Meditation
Within most Mahayana countries today, the 15th of February, is observed as...
February 13, 2021
MYSTERIES OF THE INTIMATE WAY: A Buddhist Meditation on Valentine’s Day
MYSTERIES OF THE INTIMATE WAY The Zen Priest’s Buddhist Meditation for Valentine’s Day James...
February 12, 2021
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!
Today, the 12th of February is Charles Darwin's birthday. Were he alive he would...
February 08, 2021
The Great Peace: Or, Anticipating Nirvana
(My apologies. As I sit with this small essay a couple of...
February 05, 2021
Neil Douglas Klotz’ WILD WISDOM
I have a fondness for books collecting the wisdom of the ages, and...
January 2021
January 31, 2021
The Zen priest Wishes Thomas Merton a Happy Birthday
I've been distracted a bit, of late. And, I missed that yesterday was...
January 30, 2021
What is Zen Meditation?
So. What is Zen meditation? We know it is the practice of a...
January 24, 2021
SHELTER FOR THE BIRDS OF HEAVEN A Sermon for the Religious Left
SHELTER FOR THE BIRDS OF HEAVEN A Sermon for the Religious Left...
January 03, 2021
OCEANS FLOWING IN YOUR BODY A Communion Hymn
OCEANS FLOWING IN YOUR BODY A Communion Hymn James Ishmael Ford Perhaps you’ve noticed. It’s...
January 03, 2021
WHAT ROUGH BEAST The Zen Priest Reflects on the New Year, And Makes Some Resolutions
WHAT ROUGH BEAST The Zen Priest Reflects on the New Year, And Makes...
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December 26, 2020
LIVING IN THIS FLOATING WORLD: A Meditation on the Zen Koan, “Zhaozhou’s Bowl”
LIVING IN THIS FLOATIING WORLD A Meditation on the Zen Koan,...
December 25, 2020
WHO SHALL WE BE? A Meditation on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol
WHO SHALL WE BE? A Meditation on Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol James Ishmael...
December 24, 2020
A Christmas Eve Meditation
One of my favorite Christmas reflections is that poem by Unitarian minister Sophia Lyon...
December 19, 2020
Some of Those Saints: Recalling Some Spiritual Leaders Who Died in 2020
Recalling some of those spiritual leaders who died this past year. Many were...
December 13, 2020
The Rites of Religion: A Small Meditation Following the Ordination of the Reverend Lisa Garcia-Sampson to the Unitarian Universalist Ministry
This Saturday I had the enormous privilege of being one of the two...
December 11, 2020
Narcissus Drowned: The Zen Priest Takes a Peek Into an Ancient Mirror
I set my current book project aside for a week. And...
December 10, 2020
The Zen Priest Reflects on a Jewish Story on the Eve of Hanukkah
This year Hanukkah begins tonight. An interesting holiday. One the rabbis quite correctly...
December 08, 2020
A Rohatsu Meditation
A Rohatsu Meditation James Ishmael Ford Zen priest Tom Hawkins once wrote about his...
December 06, 2020
Mary Sang: The Zen Priest Offers an Advent Meditation
The Zen Priest Offers an Advent Meditation James Ishmael Ford For no good reason...
December 05, 2020
The Zen Priest Considers Dionysius the Areopagite
Dionysius’ Three Steps on the Intimate Way James Ishmael Ford I'm currently working on...
December 01, 2020
A Small Meditation on Picking and Choosing in Religion
Recently I stumbled upon, or really, re-read an interesting offering from the late...
November 2020
November 29, 2020
Alan Watts’ Mystical Christianity
ALAN WATTS' MYSTICAL CHRISTIANITY A Reflection on Nondual Religion James Ishmael Ford A few...
November 27, 2020
A Christian Feast for the Buddha: Recalling Barlaam & Josaphat
It's November 27th! And with that, once again, the blessings of the saints...
November 26, 2020
Thanksgiving as Conundrum. Thanksgiving as Zen Koan.
This year, 2020, our national American Thanksgiving holiday falls on the 26th...
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