zenpalooza.blogspot.com
Zenpalooza: September 2013
http://zenpalooza.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html
Sunday, September 15, 2013. Lost my Cushion, Lost my Mind. Lost my Cushion, lost my Mind. As I was having these feeling come up there was also a struggle one side of me thought “Huh, this is not very Zen of me to be feeling this way everything is empty and I should not be so attached” the other thought was “This is real and I should allow my feelings to flow naturally have the experience then let it go”. Which thought is truly Zen? 1 The truth of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness).
zenpalooza.blogspot.com
Zenpalooza: December 2013
http://zenpalooza.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html
Sunday, December 22, 2013. Moonshine (Distillation of Consciousness and the Dharma of Duck Dynasty). Well it has a lot to do with consciousness and very little to do with Duck Dynasty. However, I do have something to say about Phil Robinson’s comments that I’ll mention at the end of this blog post. I could be lying just so you keep reading. Either way you’ll have to read entire post to find out. So what is the distillation of consciousness, and why do it? Is awareness a soul? Does it die with our body?
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: November 2014
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2014_11_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Monday, November 17, 2014. The gift of tears. My mother, Leona Carroll Ireland, died 7 years ago. I was preparing for a talk tonight at the Portola Camp zendo about Hsiang-Yen, and remembered this piece that I wrote when my mother began what would be the last years of her life. I dedicate it to you, Mother, and to all our mothers. May 10th, 2009. Even someone who ha...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: David Park's "Three Bathers"
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2014/10/david-parks-three-bathers.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Thursday, October 30, 2014. David Park's "Three Bathers". I had it restored at the Deyoung Museum in the mid-90’s to refresh it. My friend Bill Belotti helped me frame it. Published by the University of California Press. She included it in her book. 8220;Three Bathers.” (The work is untitled. The three men Park painted give it its name). 1,160,000 that Park's. Skept...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: August 2014
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Tuesday, August 12, 2014. The Founding of Maitri Home and Hospice for People with AIDS. By Morgan Zo Callahan and Ken Ireland. This is the draft of a chapter from a forthcoming book:. A Thousand Arms: A Guidebook for Buddhist Leaders,. Danny Fisher and Nathan Michon.). Issan Dorsey and David Sunseri at Maitri. Issan and his friends, Ken among them, didn’t set ...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: August 2011
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Science vs. Spooks. Skepticism, scientific research and the Nostradamus effect. Revised 8.10.11]. I call it “Science vs. Spooks and the Nostradamus Effect.”. Experiences, and they wanted to present them to a larger audience. Of course it takes money to support these projects. Though the usual requirements to insure that the results are im...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: October 2011
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Saturday, October 29, 2011. Feed the hungry ghosts! October 29th, 2011. Tonight the Castro will be crawling with lots of hot guys all dressed up. Included will be the ghosts of Halloweens past present and future! To mark the event, I am republishing a post I wrote for ". Ears ago our PZI. Meditation group worked with the koan, Save the Ghost. Lest we forget: that gr...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: January 2012
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Monday, January 30, 2012. The Path of Libertation. Be free from suffering! Never be separated from the joy that is free from suffering! Abide in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion! I anoint the Earth with fragrant water. And adorn it with Mount Meru, the four continents, the sun and the moon. Imagining it a Buddha field,. I offer it that ALL. Maitri was a...
jesuskoan.blogspot.com
Buddha, S.J.: May 2011
http://jesuskoan.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html
Buddha, S.J. Zen reflections on Xtianity, politics, family, gay and lesbian issues, Buddhism and all from an unrepentant Jesuit perspective. Thursday, May 26, 2011. Don't ask, Don't tell. Originally posted January 6, 2008]. Blogger and friend Charles Gates (You have a friend) asked me how I felt about Jesuits having their sad histories as pedophiles show up in the news—and the courts. The evidence seems to point in that direction.). There was still some piece of the puzzle missing. Were leading to all ki...
