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The Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship Convocation 2017 Learning the Language of Dragons with Roshi James Ishmael Ford Exploring Zen Meditation and Zen Koans March 31 \u2013 April 2 Menucha Retreat Center Corbett, Oregon James Ishmael Ford, Zen teacher and Unitarian Universalist minister says that Zen meditation, both its \u201cjust sitting\u201d or \u201csilent illumination\u201d discipline and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,92,44,10,116,9,5],"tags":[133,135,136],"class_list":["post-15389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awakening","category-buddha","category-buddhism","category-koan","category-religion","category-unitarian-universalist","category-wisdom","category-zen","tag-james-ishmael-ford","tag-retreat","tag-unitarian-universalist-buddhist-fellowship"],"yoast_head":"\n
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