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James Ishmael Ford was born on 17 July, 1948 in Oakland, California, is a James Ishmael Ford is Zen Buddhist priest. Discover James Ishmael Ford's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Occupation Zen Buddhist priest and Unitarian Universalist minister
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 17 July 1948
Birthday 17 July
Birthplace Oakland, California
Nationality United States

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James Ishmael Ford (Zeno Myoun, Roshi) is an American Zen Buddhist priest and a retired Unitarian Universalist minister.

1948

He was born in Oakland, California on July 17, 1948.

He earned a BA in psychology from Sonoma State University, as well as an M.Div.

and an MA in the Philosophy of Religion, both from the Pacific School of Religion.

1968

Ford began his Zen studies in 1968 at the Berkeley Zen Center under the direction of Mel Weitsman, later Weitsman, Roshi.

He was ordained unsui and received Dharma transmission from the late Jiyu Kennett Roshi.

2000

After completing theological studies he became a Unitarian Universalist minister, serving Unitarian Universalist congregations in Wisconsin and Arizona before becoming senior minister of the First Unitarian Society in Newton, MA in 2000.

2004

Roshi Ford also maintained his relationships within the Soto community, and in 2004 Ford participated in the first Dharma Heritage ceremony of the North American Soto Zen Buddhist Association.

Ford, a past president of the Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship, was the first Unitarian Universalist minister to be named a Zen master.

Roshi Ford is part of the establishment of Zen in North America.

He is the co-founder and first abbot of Boundless Way Zen, a network of meditation groups mostly in eastern Massachusetts.

He was also influential in the development of the Buddhist Temple of Toledo in Ohio.

2005

After leaving Kennett Roshi's Shasta Abbey and for a brief time exploring other religious traditions including the Episcopal Church, the western Gnostic tradition and Inayat Khan Sufism, Ford pursued Zen koan introspection for nearly twenty years in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition with John Tarrant Roshi, with whom he completed formal training and from whom he received Inka Shomei (formal recognition as an authorized Zen teacher) in 2005.

Ford began to be seriously involved in Unitarian Universalism at about the same time he began his work with Tarrant Roshi.

2008

In May 2008 First Unitarian Church of Providence, RI called him to its pulpit; he began his ministry there in the summer of that year.

2015

In 2015, Ford retired from his ministry at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, left Boundless Way, and moved to Long Beach, California.

He then established the Empty Moon Zen Network, a network of Zen Centers in California, Washington state, and Pennsylvania.

2020

In 2020 he started serving as consulting minister to the historic First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles.

Ford is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association and served on its membership committee for a decade.

He maintains connections with the Unitarian Universalist community through his work with their Society for Community Ministries and Spiritual Director’s Network.

Roshi Ford has nine Dharma heirs including Josh Jiun Bartok Roshi (suspended as teacher from Greater Boston Zen Center in 2020 for sexual misconduct and in 2021 suspended from Soto Zen Buddhist Association for ethical violations, is no longer teaching Zen); Melissa Myozen Blacker Roshi of Boundless Way Temple; Dosho Port (suspended indefinitely from Soto Zen Buddhist Association in 2022 for ethical violations ); and Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi of the Buddhist Temple of Toledo, Ohio.