National Taiwan Museum Bronze Oxen in Taiwan

These two 90-year-old statues were once part of a Japanese Shinto shrine.#buddhism #shintoism #animals #statues #bronze #section-Atlas
National Taiwan Museum Bronze Oxen

The topic of burnout was on my mind this evening, and then this crossed my path. A little gift.

https://www.lionsroar.com/i-vow-not-to-burn-out/

How wonderful is existence, to be one of the many emanations of a world always longing to know itself again whether in the skin of a frog, a rock, a rose, the sky, or me! We give and take and feel and think and breathe in all in our infinite variations and ever-living connectedness. Each of us has never been before and will never be again, and through us the world delights anew.

And what sweet, dark peace when this form, too, crumbles away, like a wave upon the rocks spraying back into the vastness it was always part of. What bone-deep surrender in relaxing back into the Oneness, releasing that lovely fleeting illusion of individuality like a butterfly that you may admire and enjoy, but never clutch in a crushing grip.

Bless the illusion that is life and the dream that is death! What is has always been and always will be. You are One and never alone, vaster than the limitations of your current form could ever dare to understand and you are forever. #TootEssay #Buddhism #Daoism #mysticism

Dream Yoga.

"Happiness and contentment are different. It’s hard to feel happy when we’re sad. Contentment lets us live peacefully no matter what." #meditation #headspace #buddhism

Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple in Osaka, Japan

This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.#statues #ash #buddhism #buddha #temples #section-Atlas
Bone Buddhas at Isshin-ji Temple

"Without consistency, there’s no routine. Strike a balance between movement and recovery that feels sustainable." #meditation #headspace #buddhism

Happy Monday! Today I have a translation of the Heart Sutra into Quenya. It’s probably a pretty bumpy translation but should be considered a work in progress. Anyone familiar with Quenya want to give me some input?

https://voidcomm.net/heart-sutra-in-quenya/

Anyone know of a good book on Buddhism verses/teachings? Something that you can read for daily contemplations? #books #buddhism

The Eight Realizations of Great Beings - Part One (Episode #82) | Plum Village #buddhism

https://plumvillage.org/podcast/the-eight-realizations-of-great-beings-part-one-episode-82

"Reclaiming the Future from the Technofascists" ​
On AI, TESCREAL, and the lie that a bunch of nazis in Silicon Valley get to tell us what the future is.
A Buddhist critique of tech run amuck.

Online talk Saturday, March 1st. https://lokanta.github.io/#not-my-tomorrow

Time: PST 12:00 noon; Berlin CET 21:00/9 pm

The talk is given by Bhante Sujato, an esteemed Buddhist teacher from Australia, known for his fiery stands on climate action, gender equality and tech-gone-immoral.

Bhante Sujato does post on https://bsky.app/profile/sujato.bsky.social

#tescreal
#generalAI
#AI
#VC
#technofascist
#MuskSucks
#TechBros
#NotMyTomorrow
#buddhism

Zu Lai Temple Plays a Key Role in Promoting #Buddhism in Brazil (looks so much like my #Dharma home, Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, CA. Hopefully visit this in Brazil someday.) https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/zu-lai-temple-plays-a-key-role-in-promoting-buddhism-in-brazil/

For a long time I thought that #Zen was just a posture. But actually, #Zen is art itself, a manifestation of alacrity. And art is the most pure manifestation of insurgency against the nonsensical reality we live on. As calm and as agitated as a black hole. #meditation #buddhism #headspace

"Not my tomorrow: reclaiming the future from the technofascists"

A Buddhist critique of tech run amuck: AI, TESCREAL,
and the lie that a bunch of nazis in Silicon Valley get to tell us what the future is.

by the venerable Bhante Sujato from Australia.
Online talk, Saturday 1 March, PST time 12 noon; Berlin 21:00 Uhr (2 March in Oz), join here:

https://lokanta.github.io/#not-my-tomorrow

"By bringing a sense of playfulness to tough situations, we don’t negate their severity. We make it possible to navigate them with clarity." #meditation #headspace #buddhism

The ocean of suffering is immense,
but if you turn around,
you can see the land.

—Thích Nhất Hạnh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh

The Buddhist Church of San Francisco cosponsored "Reaffirming Sanctuary" yesterday. The event began with an Interfaith Sanctuary Press Conference at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, followed by a procession through Japantown, and ended with an Interfaith Vigil at Christ United Presbyterian Church.
#buddhism #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #immigration #migrants

"We can't force habits to change, wounds to heal, or the mind to be quiet. All we can do is set the stage and wait." #headspace #meditation #buddhism