Mushim Patricia Ikeda

“Equanimity: The Least Sexy of the Brahmaviharas”

mushim — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:47:11 +0000

Dharma talk on the benefit of applying the cooling and steadying wisdom factor of equanimity (upeksha; upekkha) to compassion, joy, and loving kindness. The latter three Brahmaviharas, or Four Immeasurables, may be experienced as more exciting than equanimity. Yet, because it embodies a long run and big picture view, equanimity helps us to contact more of the complex and varied nature of reality.

A Dharma talk given by Mushim on December 4, 2011 at the Gay Buddhist Fellowship in San Francisco.

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: An Interview with Patricia Mushim Ikeda Dec. 7, 2011

mushim — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:00:23 +0000

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/one-size-doesnt-fit-all-interview-patricia

Tricycle editor Sam Mowe wrote: “In her essay, ‘Not What I Thought,’ Mushim describes an incident at a Thai Buddhist temple in Chicago in the mid-eighties where the bhikkhus declined to invite her to meditate because she was a woman. From there she goes on to reflect on the diversity of North American Buddhism, as well as her place in it. Mushim’s essay is so enjoyable and thought-provoking that I decided to reach out to see if she might talk about some of the ideas she raises a little more in depth. What follows are pieces of our recent email exchange, which explored diversity in a Buddhist context, Occupy Wall Street, and more.

“Not What I Thought” — on American Buddhism and diversity

mushim — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:47:41 +0000

http://www.tricycle.com/feature/lifting-corner?page=0,1

James Shaheen, Editor & Publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review writes: Buddhism in the West is a dynamic and multifaceted project, but it is often seen, including by Buddhists, in terms of simple categories and stereotypes. For all its positive contributions, Buddhist publishing has done more than a little to reinforce these errors. Tricycle is no exception. We have, though, seen in recent years, largely through the participation of our online community, that much of the standard thinking about who practices Buddhism and how they practice is quite stale and needs dismantling.

Readers of the magazine may have noticed that we have been taking steps toward that end. Here is another. We have reached out to three members of the Tricycle community who in some way or ways—ethnicity, geographic region, health issues, age—don’t fit the image of a Western Buddhist put forth in the popular press or, for that matter, in the Buddhist press. We asked them to lift a corner to reveal parts of the Buddhist experience that often are hidden. Hearing their stories, we can better appreciate the richness of the community life we share.

Bringing Shantideva’s Prayer Home at the General Strike in Oakland from Turning Wheel Media’s Blog on the Occupy Movement November 2, 2011.

mushim — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:35:07 +0000

When I arrived at Frank Ogawa / Oscar Grant Plaza this morning, the day of the General Strike in my home city, Oakland, I couldn’t find the Interfaith Tent. Various faith leaders had been invited for time slots throughout the day; I was supposed to lead a Buddhist meditation at 11 a.m….

http://www.turningwheelmedia.org/bringing-shantideva-%E2%80%98s-prayer-home-at-the-general-strike-in-oakland/

Nominated for the Pushcart Prize! “The Vortex” in the Kartika Review, Issue 10.

mushim — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:29:00 +0000

Literature-loving friends, check out the latest issue of the Kartika Review online. My story, “The Vortex: An Account of My Father’s Death in Two Parts” appears on p. 40. It contains a large vortex, my father’s corpse, Lean Cuisine in a Samsonite briefcase, identical twin funeral home guys, and the brief yet tense period in which I was the prime suspect in the potential murder of my father in rural Virgina. Could I make this shit up? No way, which is why it’s in the Creative Nonfiction section.

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Kartika Review editor Jennifer Derilo writes:
Issue 10 is live and up and ready for free download.I’m creating a Virtual Issue Release Party on fb, so if you’d like to check that out, please like & join our fb page: https://www.facebook.com/kartikareview

This gorgeously designed issue features original works by Anna Alves, Mark Canto, Lizelle Festejo, Kathleen Hellen, Patricia Y. Ikeda, Sam Katz, Dickson Lam, Kristine Joy Mallari, Melissa Sipin, Shruti Swamy, Teresa Shen Swingler, and Timothy Yu;

and author interviews with M. Evelina Galang, Ed Bok Lee, and Jean Kwok. Check it out at: http://www.kartikareview.com.
To download the full Issue 10 e-journal: http://www.kartikareview.com/Kartika_Issue10.pdf

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To order the print copy of Issue 10 (full color artwork): http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/kartika-review-issue-10-fall-2011-%5bfull-color%5d/18492816 ($25.00; Kartika makes $1.30 profit off each sale, with 10% going to APICC).

Kamaaina Roshi: Elegy for a Local Guy A tribute to Robert Aitken, Roshi (1917 – 2010) by Mushim Ikeda-Nash

mushim — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:37:13 +0000

Scroll down this Webpage to find my essay:
http://www.turningwheelmedia.org/797/

“Upaya (Skillful Means)”

mushim — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:07:08 +0000

Dharma talk on Mindfulness and the Middle Way in Leading Others

What are the principles of a Dharmic approach to leadership? Can the Buddha’s teachings on the Middle Way make a difference when applied to leadership in our schools, organizations, families and spiritual communities? And what does any of this have to do with Harriet Tubman, the Zen concept of “mirror mind,” and the TED talk on how to start a movement?

A Dharma talk given by Mushim on August 14,2011 at the Gay Buddhist Sangha in San Francisco.

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The Gardarev Center

mushim — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:00:24 +0000

www.gardarev.org/

“Man 0, Fish 1,” an autobiographical meditation on emptiness

mushim — Fri, 06 May 2011 19:58:06 +0000

If you go to the May 3, 2011 entry of the Sweetcake Enso blogspot, you’ll see my story, “Man 0, Fish 1.” It’s a meditation on sunyata as a fish, a man, a flattened soda can, the Hubble telescope, a worm, and the Morton’s Salt girl. Everything that goes around, comes around….

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“so we talk into the night” : talkstory for Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month – Patricia Y. Ikeda

mushim — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:52:23 +0000

The Best American Poetry blog, May 2, 2011 Asian Pacific Islander American poetry.

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