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spiritually incorrect: March 2010
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Saturday, March 20, 2010. Gratias á Lulu, Esta Noche y Monica Naranjo. Began new Fracebook friendships with Andres and Bill. We exchanged some email about Latin music and gay Madrid. I hope to learn a lot about Latin music and my new correspondents will be great resources. But there is one Latina star I already admire enormously. When I take visiting friends out for a night on the town in San Francisco, I tend to end the festivities at Esta Noche. 8212;just because I saw the movie and loved it. 8221; I a...
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spiritually incorrect: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010. April 25, 2010. Reading and wonderment: Haruki Murakami. One of my first teachers, an admitted fraud who preyed on gullible Berkeley seekers by claiming to stand in the line of Mr Gurdjeiff’s authorized teachers, once gave me some useful advice: if you have five bucks burning a hole in your pocket and you’re fascinated by a title in the remainder pile, don’t hold back. Splurge! I would recommend the practice to anyone with no reservations. Kafka on the Shore. 8220;Very early I ...
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spiritually incorrect: June 2011
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Thursday, June 30, 2011. Michael se ha ido. Michael se ha ido. Aquí está el enlace a la historia en el Huffington Post. Labels: La Muerte de Michael Jackson. Tuesday, June 28, 2011. GLBT Weddings 6 years ago. When love appears and we witness it as we have done this afternoon, anything that stands in love's way is a cause of suffering. We pray that your life together may be free from suffering. To the protectors of each moment. And to the benefactors who give us life,. We offer this ceremony in gratitude.
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Buddha, S.J.: November 2014
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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...
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Buddha, S.J.: David Park's "Three Bathers"
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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...
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Buddha, S.J.: August 2014
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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 ...
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Buddha, S.J.: August 2011
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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...
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Buddha, S.J.: October 2011
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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...
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Buddha, S.J.: January 2012
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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...