Soul as the Third Body of the Buddha

    Wuzu said Shakyamuni and Maitreya are servants of another. Tell me, who is that other? Gateless Gate, Case 45 This koan is a simple as pie. And as complicated. Wuzu, who has a fondness for this so

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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, I think he said is quite as marketable, as egoism wrapped in idealism. I’ve always found that a ch

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T. S. Eliot & His Secret Religion

      (I wrote this in 2018, and stumbled on it while searching for references to Ash Wednesday. With the most minor of tweaks, I thought it worth sharing here again…)   We shall not cease from explor

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The Buddha Dies: A Small Zen Meditation

      Within most Mahayana countries today, the 15th of February, is observed as Parinirvana, the anniversary of Gautama Siddhartha’s death. For those who like to think about such things, the principa

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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 Ishmael Ford Empty Moon Zen Tomorrow, you may have noticed, is Valentine’s Day. It is well known that thi

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