Edward Osborne Wilson was born on this day in 1929… Read more

Today in 1934, Donald Duck made his first appearance in a supporting role in the cartoon The Wise Little Hen. Read more

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2293696&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Where Science and Buddhism Meet from Gerald Penilla on Vimeo. I’m not the biggest fan of connecting ancient spiritual principles to contemporary scientific theories. At the same time it is something folk are drawn to. And this is a pretty good attempt at connecting some of those dots. At least worth a peek… Thank you, James, for the pointer! Read more

TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST Another Reflection on Truth A Sermon byJames Ishmael Ford 7 June 2009First Unitarian ChurchProvidence, Rhode Island Text Someone said that (the Zen Buddhist precept against lying) was the one they found most difficult to keep. Afterwards, I thought about that. Why is that? I think it is because, of the types of behavior described by these five precepts (at the heart of the Buddha’s ethical code), lying is the one that is most accepted. We all... Read more

Waking Up in the West A Reflection on Boundless Way Zen and the Emergence of a Western Zen Buddhism A Paper Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Boundless Way Zen Sangha 6 June 2009at the First Parish (Unitarian Universalist)Framingham, Massachusetts James Myoun Ford, OshoFounding School AbbotBoundless Way Zen A special transmission outside the scriptures Not based upon words or letters; Directly pointing to the heart mind Seeing into one’s true nature, attaining the Buddha way. Attributed to Bodhidharma In... Read more

New York City is where everyone has more money than you, Washington, DC, is where everyone has more power than you, Boston is where everyone has a pricier degree than you, London is where everyone goes to better restaurants than you do, and San Francisco is where everyone has more sex than you do. Thank you, Diggitt, who credits this bit of wisdom to an old friend. picture by George Thiaru… Read more

The following article by Robert Jensen which was adapted from his book, All My Bones Shake, I’ve lifted whole from one of my favorite blog sites, Killing the Buddha. I cross post it here because I find it such an eloquent expression of engaged faith and the difficulties of such at any time…The Inquisition by Robert Jensen One of the most surreal days of my adult life was spent sitting in a Presbyterian church in San Antonio, listening to several... Read more

Spauling Gray was born today in 1941. Read more

Loreena McKennitt’s Prologue with some assistance from Rumi… Read more

Twenty years ago on this day a brief and exciting moment of hope for democracy in China ended… My great fear is that as we witness China’s brand of new fascism and its rise on the world stage is how possibly we’re also witnessing the world’s future. These are interesting times, no doubt… Read more