UU SANGHA
Reproduced here are back issues of UU Sangha, the journal of the
Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship. Some are available as
pdf documents, some as html documents, and some in both formats. All
contents remain the copyright of the individual authors. To read an issue,
click on the issue number. To go to a specific article where available, click
on the article title.
Current Issue
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The Buddhist Teachings of the Four Reliances,
Reflections on Compassion, and the Ukrainian War by Stacey Mitchell Page 1
·
Guest Editor’s Note by Gerald Bennett Page 2
·
From Baby Boomer Buddhism to Lodro Rinzler’s
Millennial Hipster Buddhism. Insights
for Modern Life by Rev Dr. Carl Gregg Page 5
·
Wild Flower, Gnat and wheelbarrow:
The Range of Dharmic insight by
Charles Suhor Page 9
·
Thoughts from our UUBF President by Judy
Zimmerman Page 10
·
Zazen, Painting by Joyce Mitchell Page 11
Previous Issues
·
The Mindful Reflection Community, Oak Park,
Illinois by Terry Kinsey Page 1
·
Meditation Group in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico by Joan Wolf Page 3
·
Outdoor Meditation Group in Urbana, Illinois
by Zenshin Florence Caplow
Page 4
·
Walking Into Enlightenment by Greg Gaul Page 5
·
UUBF Convocation 2022 (Description) Page 6
·
Thoughts from our UUBF President by Rev. Judy
Zimmerman Page 7
·
UUBF Convocation 2022 (flyer) Page 8
· Cooking a Life: A Zen Recipe by James Ismael Ford Page 1
· Editorial Insight by Sam Trumbore Page 2
· Showing Up for Your Life by Zenshin Florence Caplow Page 4
· Small in Numbers, Not Dreams:
The Staft of a New UU Meditation Group By Share DeWees Page 6
· Teaching the Dharma to Children: an Interview
with Nicole Ko’in Newsom
(Dharma
Rain Zen Center) By Rev Zenshin Florence Caplow Page 8
- Humanistic Buddhism by Sam Trumbore
- Batchelor's Latest: His Secular
Manifesto? by Rev. Dr. Wayne Arnason
- What a gift! by Catherine “Enkan” Senghas
- Why the Hyphen? by Terry
Sims
- Book Review, Janice Gary’s Short
Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance, by Florence Caplow
- Announcement of Buddhist Sermon
Contest
- Living Buddha, Living Jesus, by Anastassia Zinke
- Excerpt from Short Leash: A
Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance, by Janice Gary
- 2013 Holiday Letter: The
Keepsake, by Christopher
- Revitalized Sangha, Champlain
Valley UU Society
- Haiku
- Enzo
- “A Brief History of the UU
Buddhist Fellowship” by Wayne Arnason and Sam Trumbore (a chapter from Buddhist Voices in
Unitarian Universalism)
- Book Review, Buddhist Voices in
Unitarian Universalism, by Arvid Straube
- Needing Love, by Reba Montera
- Nine Twenty-Four Twelve, by John
Sanger
- The Buddha, the Flower and the
Awakening, a poem by Leon Miller
- UU Buddhist Structures: A Variety
of Choices, by Alan Oliver
- UU Buddhist Fellowship Gathering,
by Lois Fussell
- A Celebration of Thomas Merton’s
Epiphany, by Robert Ertman
- Book Review, Congressman Tim
Ryan’s Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress,
Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit,
by Melissa Myozen Blacker - A note from Rev. Meg Riley,
Church of the Larger Fellowship
- Mindfulness Meditation Group of
the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, by Amy Winans
- Letter from Ken
- Letter from Tom, La Palma
Correctional Center
- UUBF Convocation Workshops
- The Perfect Moment Is Always Now,
by Christopher Huneke
- The Last Day of Summer, by Robert
Ertman
- Six Weeks of Mindfulness in a
Single Day of Connection, by Julie Roehm
- UUBF Biennial Convocation 2013
Flyer
- If You’re
Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life (Excerpt), by
James Ishmael Ford
- Mappo and the End of
Dharma, by Andy Jiyo Agacki
- Introducing Tara Brach, by Mike
Harris
- Who Is Tara Brach?
- Book Review, James Ishmael Ford’s
If You’re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break, by Rev. Catherine Senghas
- Meditation On Compassion: Compassion
At The Border, by Rev. Dr. Arvid
Straube
- haiku & other poems, by
Gerard Field
- UUBF Biennial Convocation 2013
Flyer
- This Truth
Never Fails: A Zen Memoir in Four Seasons (Excerpt), By
David Rynick
- Book Review, Zen Master David Rynick's This Truth Never Fails, By Rev. Dr. Judith E.
Wright
- Non Harming and Addiction,
By Julie Roehm
- Booked!: A Review Essay
of “High Concept” Portraits of Us, Hooks in Our Mouths, By Phyllis Culham
- A Fallen Sparrow, Art and Poem by
John
- A dialogue with David Rynick and James Ford Roshi on UU Ministers and
Buddhist Teachers
- A Review of Deborah Schoeberlein and Suki Sheth's
Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness, by Charles Suhor
- The Dangers of Imperfection, or
How I learned to love my life and how Sangha plays a part in that path, by
Theresa Sise
- The Spiritual Practice of Zazen:
Remarks from the UUBF Convocation, by Bob Senghas
- Building Sangha, by Steve Locher and Charity Rowley
- Letters, from Christopher John
- Cruse Control
Complacency, by Steven
- The Biscuit Giver, a poem by
Steven
- Buddhism and Arts Practices: the
Moment is Present! by Phyllis Culham
- A RELIGION FOR OUR TIMES: The
Case for a Buddhist Unitarian Universalism, by James Ishmael Ford
- Prison Ministry, by Rev. Patty
Franz and Prisoner-Members of the CLF
- Unitarian Universalist Zen
Master, by Jan Seymour-Ford
- Aware in mind and body, by Janet
Cooper Haas
- A Little Help From
My Friends, by Darla Davis
- A Letter From
Inside, by Chris
- In Memorium:
Arthur L. Hansen
- Making Art for Practice, by Mike
Gold
- A Letter To
the Editor, from John
- Review Essay: Recent Books on
Practice with Stress, by Phyllis Culham
- On Being Grateful; A review of
Jeff Wilson, Buddhism of the Heart: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner
Togetherness, by Richard Hayes
- Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Buddhist
Aspects, compiled by Phyllis Culham
- A poem, by Kyu An
- Travels, Travails, and Triumphs:
My Sabbatical Time, by Rev. Dr. Judith E. Wright
- An Important Letter From Inside, Christopher Michael King
- A Chance Encounter and The Great
Escape, by Christopher Michael King
- Buddhism and UU Principles, by
Phyllis Culham
- A Guided Meditation From Thoreau’s Walden, by Phyllis Culham
Vol. 11 No. 4 &
Vol 12 No. 1, Summer-Fall 2009
- IN MEMORIAM: JOHN DAIDO LOORI,
ROSHI, by the Rev. Robert Tokushu Senghas
- Dharma Cat,
By John
- Bliss in the Present Moment: A
review of Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight, by Phyllis Culham
- Buddhist Rites for the Unborn
Dead in America: “Water Baby” Ceremonies to Relieve the Suffering of
Parents and Families, by Frank Tedesco
- Corrections: One man’s attempt to
launch a humanitarian organization from behind bars, by Christopher Huneke
- Message from Judith Wright,
President of UUBF
- SEARCHING FOR A TEACHER - JOURNAL
NOTES, By Wayne Tonjin Arnason
- Reports On the UUBF Convocation
2009
- Not Knowing is
Most Intimate: Thomas Huxley, Deep Agnosticism, Zen Buddhism & an
Emergent Liberal Spirituality by James Ishmael Ford
- The Maitreya
Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour at UU Clearwater, Oct. 31- Nov. 2, 2008,
by Frank M. Tedesco
- Vesak-Month, Year 2553: Two
Buddha’s Birthdays In Tampa Bay, Florida 2008, by
Frank M. Tedesco
- A Letter From
John, a Prisoner in Oklahoma
Vol. 11 No. 2, Late
Winter, 2009
- A Pilgrim’s Glimpse of the
Birthplace of Soto Zen, by Junko Davis
- haiku, by James Patrick Haynes
- Simple, by “Tom”
- Qigong in Prison, by Debbie Cole
- How We Started Our Sangha in
Gray, Tennessee
- American Union, by Hu
- Karma At the McDonalds on Wall
Street, by Phyllis Culham
- Karma and the Life of Scrooge: A
Buddhist Perspective, by John Edwards
- A Letter and a Poem, by Stephan
- Prison Meditations, by “Tom”
- “Rocky Road,” by Hu
- Chowtime, by Michael
- Letters, from Christopher
- Wanted: UU Penpals
for UU Prisoners
- Our First Supporting Sangha, by
Rev. Wayne Arnason
- UUBF Clergy At
GA Create Sangha by Example, By Rev. Wayne Arnason
- An Important Letter From Inside, From Christopher
- Still on the Streets of
Annapolis, by Karen Karos
- Finally, a Lay Buddhist Minister,
by Andrew S. Agacki
- Acknowledging the Shooting in
Knoxville and Generating Compassion: The Hungry Ghosts Ceremony? by
Phyllis Culham
- Zen Mantra, By Duane Johnson
- A Toilet Brush as a Meditation
Tool, by Rev. Amy Bowden Freedman
- Bearing Witness on the Streets of
Annapolis, by Bob Ertman
- Another View From
the Streets, by Phyllis Culham
- Mindfulness II: Transformation,
by Rev. Douglas Kraft
- An American Buddhism, by Andrew
S. Agacki
- UUBF at General Assembly 2008
- Not Knowing Is Most Intimate:
Bearing Witness with Zen Peacemakers Bernie Glassman and Eve Myonen Marko, by Bob Ertman
- Editorial Insights by Gerald
Bennett
- Not Two: Unitarian Universalism
and Buddhism, by Rev. Wayne B. Arnason
- Blowing on the Coals by Rev. Dr.
Marni Harmony
- Where Do You Go From Here? by Alan Brush
- A UU “Mu” — Reflections on UU
Affiliate Status, by Rev. Wayne B. Arnason
- Two Poems for the Buddha, by
Ginger Williams
- Mindfulness: Wat Practice by Rev.
Douglas Kraft
- Editorial Insights by Gerald
Bennett
- When Grief Comes: An Embodied, UU
Buddhist Response by Dr. Laura Milner
- Reminders and Opportunities by
Sam Trumbore
- Where Do You Go From Here? by Alan Brush
- Taking the Kalachakra Initiation
by Rev. Dr. Judith E. Wright
- Editorial Insight, by Gerald
Bennett
- Footsteps of the Buddha:
Transformation by Rev. Doug Kraft
- The Emergence of Liberal Buddhism
by James Ishmael Ford
- Reminders and Opportunities by
Rev. Samuel A .Trumbore
- Flyer for UUBF Convocation 2007
April 13-15 at Garrison Institute
Archives
Issue 1, 1994: not
available at this time
- Reflections of
a Liberal Buddhist: Notes From the Editor's Desk, by Rev. James
Ishmael Ford
- Getting to Know
the Board
- The Dharma
& Unitarian Universalism: Starting a Branch of the UUBF, by Peter Neuwald
- The Five
Wonderful Precepts, by Rev. Marni Harmony
- "The
World's Religions," by Huston Smith: A Book Review, by Rev.
Robert Senghas
- Historical
Footnote, by Rev. James Ishmael Ford
- Reflections of
a Liberal Buddhist: Notes from the Editor's Desk, by Rev. James
Ishmael Ford
- UU &
Buddhist Dialogue, by Janice Christiansen
- Are Buddhism
& Christianity Compatible? An Historical Reflection, by D.M. Lang
- UUBF Activities
at GA
- Reflections of
a Liberal Buddhist: Notes from the Editor's Desk, by Rev. James
Ishmael Ford
- You Take This
Much, by Lee Burkeholder
- Stumbling
Toward Compassion: A Personal Pilgrimmage to UU
Buddhism, by Chris Faatz
- A Form of
Practice, by John Johnson
- UUBF Activities
at GA
- Reflections of
a Liberal Buddhist, by Rev. James Ishmael Ford
- Officers and
Board
- Editorial
Insights, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Editorial
Vision, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- The
Subscription Situation, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Searching For a
Teacher - Journal Notes, by Rev. Wayne Arnason
- Quiet Mind Open
Heart, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- A
Unitarian-Universalist Monastic Community, by Michael
Masters
- McBUDDHISM, by John M. Johnson
- About The
Authors
- Editorial
Insights by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Detachment and
Non-attachment by Rev. Robert Tokushu Senghas
- Pain is
Inevitable. Suffering is Optional by Rev. Michael
Young
- IS THE
SPIRITUAL RATIONAL? By Rev. Donald L. Keefauver
- Notes from
UUBF-L
- Editorial
Insights by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- A Reflection on
Buddhism, Christianity and Unitarian Universalism by Rev. James
Ishmael Ford
- Reflections on
the Buddhist Way by Rev. Forrest Church
- Christian
Mindfulness by Rev. Tom Wintle
- Buddhism and God(s) by Rev. Gene
Reeves
- Editorial
Insights by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- What Did The Buddhist Say To the Humanist? by Rev. Wayne Arnason
- Choosing Joy by Rev.
Richelle Carmichael Russell
- The Unitarian
Universalist and Buddhist Nexus: An Introduction, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Editorial
Insights by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- UU-Buddhist
Nexus by Rev. Robert Senghas
- On Being a UU
Buddhist, Without Hyphens by Yvonne Groseil
- Dreaming The
Dharma by Rev. James Ishmael Ford
- The UU Buddhist
Connection in My Life by Dorrie
Senghas
- Some Nexus Musingsby Rev. Wayne Arnason
- On Building
Bridges by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Remembering
Norma Cordell, by Rev. David Sammons
- The Unitarian Universalist and
Buddhist Nexus: Some Responses, by Rev. Gene Reeves, Mel Harkrader-Pine, Rev. Ken O'Neill, Mary J. Scott, and
Rev. Frank Robertson
- Editorial Insights, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Jesus Saves; Buddha Enlightens,
by Rev. Ken Mochel
- Buddhism
Without Beliefs; Or, the Confessions of a UU Buddhist by Rev. James
Ishmael Ford
- Editorial
Insights by Sam Rev. Trumbore
- Retreat For
Renewal by Rev. Thea Nietfeld
- Eight Years by Linda
Fitzgerald
- Buddhism,
Feminism and the Goddess Kwan Yin by Sandy Boucher
- Editorial
Insights by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Meditating with
Anger by Rita Gross
- Through the
Fire of Misconduct: Towards a More Feminist Faith by Anna Belle Leiserson
- Feminist
Buddhist Email-list Sanghas by Catherine
Holmes Clark
- BITTER SWEET
SILENCE by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- ARE YOU OUT OF
YOUR ‘MONKEY MIND’? by Rev. Linda Smith Stowell
- Smaller
Tragedies by Rev. Richelle Carmichael Russell
- Nothing to
Point to,Nothing to
Grasp by Andrew Agacki
- A Buddhist
Bibliography for UU’s
- Editorial
Insights, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Unitarian Universalist
Buddhist Identity: A Grass Roots Investigation by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- HOW SHALL WE
USE OUR TIME? by Dennis P. Ferrill
- A Buddhist
Bibliography for UU’s (continued)
- Editorial
Insights, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Buddhist Adventures of a Young
UU, by Jeff Wilson
- Editorial Insight, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Dharma Couples, by Karan Gardner,
William Brockmann, and Phil Gable
- The Art of Living, by Art Hansen
- The Practice of Ch'an Buddhism: The Bodhisattva Path, by Bob Oliva
- Buddhism and
Unitarian Universalism: Complementary Religions by Rev. Robert
Senghas
- UU Buddhist
Monkhood in Chaing Mai by Larry Nahlik
- The Still Small
Voice by Rev. Edmund Robinson
- The Practice of
Ch’an Buddhism: Realizing Inherent Wisdom by
Robert M. Oliva
- editorial by Sam Trumbore
Vol: 5 No: 2, Winter/Spring 2001
- Do We Know How To Live?, by Douglas Phillips
- Listening To Silence, by Debbie Saint
- The Buddha Who Is To Come, by Rev. Mike Young
- I Am Awake: The Origins of
Buddhism, by Rev. Richelle Carmichael Russell
- General Assembly Is Coming, by Dorris Senghas
- Avatamsaka Sutra, Chapter
40 (Excerpt): On Entering the Inconceivable State of Liberation Through
the Practices and Vows of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
Vol: 5 No: 3, Summer
2001 (html) (pdf)
- Plant Nature, by Catherine Holmes
Clark
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- This Land is My Land, This Land
is Pure Land, by Jeff Wilson
- Quick Eyes, by Maria Shine
Stewart
- Smokey the Bear Sutra, by Gary
Snyder
- A Sampling of Buddhist Words on
Wild Things
- General Assembly Report, by Dorris Senghas
Vol: 5 No: 4, Fall
2001 (html) (pdf)
- Tuesday's Devadatta, by Rev. Gene
Reeves
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Mara and the Mythology of Evil,
by Jeff Wilson
- A Buddhist Halloween Story
- Alavaka the Demon, by
Venerable Pannyavaro
- On Self-Acceptance, by Patrick Bruckart
- A Game, by Maria Shine Stewart
Vol: 6 No: 1, Winter
2002 (html) (pdf)
- Understanding Nirvana, by Robert
Oliva
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Crossing the Bridge, by Rev. Ruth
Tabrah
- Rainbow Bodies, by Jeanne Desy
- Why I Believe in Rebirth, by Jay Alagia
- The Paradox of Unity, by Patrick Bruckart
- Metta-Physics, by Rev. Mary Grigolia
Vol: 6 No: 2, Spring
2002 (html) (pdf)
- The Enchanting World of the Lotus
Sutra, by Rev. Gene Reeves
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Letters to the Editor
- Buddhist Stories in Early UU
Religious Education Materials, by Frank E. Robertson
- The Story of Big Fellow, by Jeff
Wilson
Vol: 6 No: 3, Summer
2002 (html) (pdf)
- Martin Luther King Jr., Buddhism,
and the Concept of Impermanence, by Roy Money
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Letters to the Editor
- Bowing, by Patrick Bruckart
- Why the Hyphen?,
by Terry Sims
Vol: 6 No: 4, Fall
2002 (html) (pdf)
- The Jeweled Net: Buddhist
Reflections on the Interdependent Web, by Rev. James Ford
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Relation, by Roy Money
- The UU Buddhism of Tomorrow, by
Rev. Sam Trumbore
- I am a Parcel of Vain Strivings
Tied, by Henry David Thoreau
- Buddhist Elements in UU Rituals,
by Jeff Wilson
Vol: 7: No: 1,
Winter 2003 (html) (pdf)
- Obituary: Dorothy Senghas
- An Excerpt from "The UU Buddhist Connection in My Life",
by Dorothy Senghas
- Editorial Insights, by Jeff
Wilson
- Dukkha, by Jay Alagia
- Becoming Fully Present, by Rev.
Mike Young
- Grandmother's Zen, by Jeanne Desy
- The Bond Between Buddhism and
UUism, by Rev. Tom Ownes-Towle
- Quotes from the Buddhist Spectrum
Vol: 7, Nos: 2-3,
Spring/Summer 2003
- Universalist and Unitarian Missionaries
to Buddhist Asia: An Overlooked Aspect of Our Past, by Rev. Carl Seaburg
- Editorial Insight, by Jeff Wilson
- Reflections, by Keith Roper
- Prayers for Peace, by Jeff Wilson
- Retreat Announcement: Unitarian
Universalism and Real Zen
- A Conversation with Rev. Bill Sinkford, by Dharma World
- Quotes from the Unitarian
Universalist Spectrum
- Gimme That Ole Time Religion, by
Shawn Strout
- Editorial Insight, by Jeff Wilson
- UUA President Meets with the
Dalai Lama
- The New Buddhism, by Meredith Garmon
- Ho, ho, ho!,
by Jeff Wilson
- The UUBF Field of Collective
Intelligence, by Rev. Sam Trumbore
- Editorial Insight, by Jeff Wilson
- Growth, Change, and Ambiguity, by
Rev. Josh Snyder
- Roses and Garbage, by Rev. LoraKim Joyner
- Haiku, by Charles Suhor
Vol: 8, No: 3,
Fall/Winter (Anniversary) 2004
- Buddhism & the Way of
Unitarian Universalism: A Reflection, by Rev. James Ishmael Ford
- Editorial Insight, by Jeff Wilson
- Letters to the Editor
- Unitarian Universalism and Zen
Buddhism: Negotiating Personal Freedom and Community Structure, by Shelby Meyerhoff
- Why Zen? by Anne Rudloe
- Letting Go of the Drip, by James Casebolt
- Poems, by James Patrick Haynes
- Gesture of Balance, by Rev. Kim
K. Crawford Harvie
- Editorial Insight, by Jeff Wilson
- Report on the First Unitarian
Universalist Buddhist Convocation, by Dr. Frank Tedesco
- Reflections on UUBF Convocation
2005, by Catherine Senghas
- More Reflections on UUBF
Convocation, by Lynn Rosenbaum
- Announcement: UU Buddhist Family
Retreat, by Sam Trumbore
- Family Dharma, by Beth Roth
- Unitarian Universalist Minister
Named Zen Master, by Jane Greer
- Every Day is a Good Day, by Rev.
James Ishmael Ford
- General Assembly Report, by Rev.
Sam Trumbore
- From Deficit to Abundance by Rev.
Samuel A. Trumbore
- Editorial Insight, by Gerald
Bennett
- Sleeping with the Christians by
Rev. Wayne Arnason
- In the Buddha’s Footsteps: Sujata
by Rev. Doug Kraft
- Pilgrimage to Sacred Buddhist
Sights by Art Hansen
- Flyer for UUBF Convocation 2007
April 13-15 at Garrison Institute