#Buddhism

Stains have been found on the Bussokuseki stone imprint of Buddha's feet, a Japanese national treasure at Yakushiji Temple, in Nara, prefectural police officers have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/14/japan/crime-legal/liquid-like-traces-nara-temple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nara #japanesepolice #temples #buddhism #worldheritage

Monks are building chatbots. Robots are entering rituals. But something essential may be missing. What happens when AI starts to sound like the Buddha? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/04/13/lifestyle/buddhism-shinto-ai-religioin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #buddhism #buddha #shinto #religion #ai #chatbots #tech

"Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be."

Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching

Couldn't have come at a better time, especially after being hard and down on myself. Still, next career isn't going to fall into my lap, but at least I know to just breathe, be kind to myself, & keep strolling along, forward.

#Buddhism #ThichNhatHanh

"Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be."

Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching

Couldn't have come at a better time, especially after being hard and down on myself. Still, next career isn't going to fall into my lap, but at least I know to just breathe, be kind to myself, & keep strolling along, forward.

#Buddhism #ThichNhatHanh

Select spots in north-central Kyōto: the Buddhist temple Chōtokuji (長得寺) with its unusual okame zakura (オカメ桜) cherry blossoms, the World Heritage Shintō shrine Shimogamo Jinja (下賀茂神社) with lingering plum blossoms, and the Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都大宮御所) with its spectacular early-blossoming weeping or hanging sakura (枝垂れ桜) cherry blossoms. Several varieties of sakura at different stages converge for a brief moment as spring begins.

Open access publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology

#Buddhism #Buddhist #temple #Shinto #shrine #Japan #Kyoto #sakura #cherry #blossoms #nature #culture #hiking #Imperial #Palace #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos

Select spots in north-central Kyōto: the Buddhist temple Chōtokuji (長得寺) with its unusual okame zakura (オカメ桜) cherry blossoms, the World Heritage Shintō shrine Shimogamo Jinja (下賀茂神社) with lingering plum blossoms, and the Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都大宮御所) with its spectacular early-blossoming weeping or hanging sakura (枝垂れ桜) cherry blossoms. Several varieties of sakura at different stages converge for a brief moment as spring begins.

Open access publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology

#Buddhism #Buddhist #temple #Shinto #shrine #Japan #Kyoto #sakura #cherry #blossoms #nature #culture #hiking #Imperial #Palace #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos

Too Much

There seems to be an avalanche right now, a never-ending tide.
I wonder whether it’s only social media, an unhealthy awareness of a reality we’re not used to seeing every day. A desire for attention that ignites fire and fury. A fundamental emptiness. Are our eyes too wide open right now?

#Essay #Reflection #Society #Media #Buddhism #Writing #stoicism

Draped in ⁠burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday on a 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace," a self-described spiritual journey across nine states. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/society/walk-buddhist-monks-washington/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #washington #buddhism #us

For "Black Ox" director Tetsuichiro Tsuta, his black-and-white art film rooted in Zen philosophy is the story of a man who has “lost his connection with nature.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/23/film/black-ox-tetsuichiro-tsuta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #tetsuichirotsuta #buddhism #leekangsheng

I guess I should update my introduction. Is that what you do when interests change?

He/him
Dad
Husband
52ish
LGBTQ+ Ally
Angry
Protesting
Scared
Anxious
Tired

Software engineer employed full -time and miserable. Legacy Microsoft stack. More robots than humans on my team.

Looking for meaningful work!

Loves:
#music
#Cats
#learning

Currently exploring:
#3dPrinting
#buddhism

Love you Mastodon. I wish I was brave enough to post more.

#introduction

With two Buddhist priestesses among its performing members, Cyber NamuNamu’s performances are not a gimmick but an authentic experience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/14/stage/cyber-namunamu-buddhism-techno/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #buddhism #electronica #augmentedreality

For many athletes in Japan, the sporting year starts long before the first whistle and much as it does for everyone else — with hatsumōde, the custom of visiting a shrine or temple to offer the year’s first prayers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/01/athletes-new-year-rituals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #sports #religion #shinto #buddhism #newyear039s #shrines #temples #hatsumode

AI generated images/videos and music are thievery: taking what wasn't given.

We must reflect and practice restrain, do not consume them, and much less, spread them. We all should know this by now

Especially heartbreaking is to see monastics, Buddhist pages and YouTube channels, senior practitioners using them

2nd precept: undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given

"Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami" #Buddhist #Buddhism #precepts #AI #AIthieving #stealing

Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏

Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏

불교기(일본어 仏旗)는 한국에서는 자주 보이지 않지만 불교 상징으로서 외국에서는 종종 보인다. 이 깃발을 채택한 세계불교도우의회(WFB: World Fellowship of Buddhists)에는 한국의 불교 종파들도 참여하고 있다.

#Photo #Photography #Buddhism

불교기(일본어 仏旗)는 한국에서는 자주 보이지 않지만 불교 상징으로서 외국에서는 종종 보인다. 이 깃발을 채택한 세계불교도우의회(WFB: World Fellowship of Buddhists)에는 한국의 불교 종파들도 참여하고 있다.

#Photo #Photography #Buddhism

불교기(일본어 仏旗)는 한국에서는 자주 보이지 않지만 불교 상징으로서 외국에서는 종종 보인다. 이 깃발을 채택한 세계불교도우의회(WFB: World Fellowship of Buddhists)에는 한국의 불교 종파들도 참여하고 있다.

#Photo #Photography #Buddhism

불교기(일본어 仏旗)는 한국에서는 자주 보이지 않지만 불교 상징으로서 외국에서는 종종 보인다. 이 깃발을 채택한 세계불교도우의회(WFB: World Fellowship of Buddhists)에는 한국의 불교 종파들도 참여하고 있다.

#Photo #Photography #Buddhism

Luang Prabang, #Laos
Novice Buddhist monks pray in a temple as the evening light fades outside.

Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

#photography
#Buddhism
#monks
#temples

#Zen #ZenBuddhism #Mindfullness #QuotesForMindfullnessThought #Buddhism

Kiyomizu-dera—one of the Buddhist temples we visited in Japan (one of my favorites).

#SilentSunday #Kyoto #Japan #Buddhism #temple #landscape #zen #tranquility #peaceful #MomentOfZen #photography #nature

#Zen #ZenBuddhism #Mindfullness #QuotesForMindfullnessThought #Buddhism

Went with my wife and our friend from Tokyo to Katsuo-ji (勝尾寺), a very unusual Japanese temple. Its main theme is shown by the many figures of Daruma (達磨大師; Sanskrit: Bodhidharma), who transmitted meditation Buddhism from India to China. This temple in the mountains north of Osaka City especially appeals to Chinese tourists with its bright red colors and the good luck associated with Daruma rituals. Daruma is usually associated with Zen, but the temple is Shingon, the Esoteric Buddhism of Kūkai. Thus, there is a Shintō shrine in the Buddhist temple, and a unique mini-Pilgrimage of 88 temples on the island of Shikoku. There is a statue representing each of the 88, plus a step under each one so that we pilgrims can symbolically set foot on each temple.

Currently a "Research Spotlight" article, related to the above history, see "Translation Issues in the Rapid Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism from India to China to Japan" at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371965557

#Japan #Osaka #Buddhism #photography

It is that time again. I took the Belief-o-matic quiz and these are my top 5 closest matches...(It scores differently now than it used to score)

Liberal #Quaker
#Taoism
Mahayana #Buddhism
#UnitarianUniversalism
Liberal Christan Protestantism

I am consistent if nothing else. It has been three years (almost) and the same top five

#introduction #Religion

Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏

When you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything. The same is true of time. When you touch one moment with deep awareness, you touch all moments.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#zen #buddhism #awareness #meditation #presence #peace

"Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom."

– Bodhidharma

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Bodhidharma

Daily #WabiSabi #Zen #Buddhism 🙏

Autumn in Japan tastes like chewy rice, sweet red beans, golden soy flour, green "zunda" soybean mash and black sesame. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/19/food-drink/autumn-ohagi-sticky-rice-balls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #japanesecuisine #recipes #desserts #buddhism

heart travels far and wide

#Photography #TravelPhotography #Vietnam #Buddha #Buddhism

heart travels far and wide

#Photography #TravelPhotography #Vietnam #Buddha #Buddhism

heart travels far and wide

#Photography #TravelPhotography #Vietnam #Buddha #Buddhism

heart travels far and wide

#Photography #TravelPhotography #Vietnam #Buddha #Buddhism

護国寺, Tokyo, 2010. Hasselblad 503cw, Kodak EPP 100.

escape of the hexagon king

which is quite the title. these statues are usually guarding the entrances to japanese temples. to keep the bird off they are enclosed in chicken wire.

over the years i started to notice that one of the posts in the fence had often been cut or loosened so that it was possible to get a clean shot.

#filmphotography #photography #hasselblad #japan #tokyo #buddhism

大円寺, Tokyo, 2010. hasselblad 503cw, fujifilm neopan 400.

one of my favourites. love the closed eye serenity under all the gilding.

#filmphotography #photography #120film #tokyo #hasselblad #buddhism

Buddhist Coalition for Democracy

We aspire towards a society that values all of its members and believe democratic values, institutions, and processes are the best means for realizing it. As Buddhists, we are called upon to witness, respond to, and resist the ongoing systematic destruction of norms and institutions that allow free societies to flourish. #buddhism #resistance

https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org

@vjprema Bhante Sujato's translations, as well as 20% of the Wisdom Publications Bhikkhu Bodhi translations (arguably even better) of the Early Buddhist texts are free to read at:
https://suttacentral.net
I also did a 37-minute video presentation several years ago about the Early Buddhist Texts, explaining more context around about what you see in the chart below:
https://bhikkhu.ca/suttas/
(I apologize for the hissy audio in that older video - I'll do it over if I get enough requests)
#Buddhism #Buddha #Theravada

It feels like it's time for a new #introduction

I'm Daniel! He / him.

I'm a husband and Master #Naturalist from Louisiana and living in northeast #Oregon.

I post about #birds, #birding, #insects, #NativePlants, #iNaturalist, and everything else that I find in our travels around this beautiful Earth of ours.

I am a practitioner of #Soto #Zen #Buddhism, a #photographer, web developer, wood carver, and burgeoning gardener.

Website: https://daniel.observer

Hey friends! I just started an account for our local D.C. meditation group over at
@DistrictDharmaCollective. If you're looking for a Buddhist account to follow with an emphasis on the intersection of Buddhism and social justice, we'd be delighted if you'd follow us!

#buddhism #mindfulness #meditation

We're a group of practitioners that formed after the pandemic which forced many meditation centers in the Washington D.C. area to close their doors. We value community, uplifting the voices of marginalized people, and diversity of experience. We all come from different traditions with one common goal: to open our hearts and strengthen our backbone to meet the challenges of these times through mindfulness meditation.

Happy to be part of the DMV.Community!

#Buddhism #Mindfulness #Meditation #Washingtondc #maryland #Virginia

sometimes it’s enough
to reflect another’s light—
unresisting moon

🌕 Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5518275
💧 Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series

#haiku #ink #poetry #FountainPenInk #nature #moon #autumn #Buddhism #Daoism #Taoism

one hydrangea bloom
ten thousand flower cluster
my skandha body

💐 Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5386293
💧 Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series

#haiku #ink #poetry #FountainPenInk #nature #flower #flowers #hydrangea #FlowersOfMastodon #BloomScrolling #Buddhism

From 2004-2024 I introduced Japan to visiting foreign officials for the government foreign aid agency (Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA). From 2020, when JICA could not bring participants to Japan, my recorded presentation by Zoom was shown at their branches overseas. Now, JICA has released the 98-minute recording from exclusive government ownership. It goes broadly and deeply from the origins of Japan 30,000+ years ago to contemporary ways of thinking and social behavior.

You know, it is quite possible to work for 20 years on something and end up with nothing to show for it. Therefore, it means so much, as my legacy, to be able to share this video publicly from now on:

"Japanese People and Society": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCTY8KNlJDo

YouTube channel (since 2006, before Google acquired it): https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMcCarty

Publications on Japan: https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology

#Japan #Japanese #religion #Buddhism #Shinto #history #society #travel

@religion @histodons @sociology @edutooters

found seashell planet
floating home in an ocean
of water of stars

🐚 Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4829399
💧 Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series

#haiku #ink #poetry #FountainPenInk #seashell #space #planet #ocean #Buddhism #interbeing

Roots of unwholesome states:
(1) Attachment/excess/overindulgence/greed
(2) Aversion/deficiency/self-denial/hatred
(3) Delusion/ignorance

Roots of wholesome states:
(1) Generosity
(2) Loving-kindness
(3) Wisdom (insight into impermanence, interconnectedness, interdependence, unsatisfactoriness)

#buddhism #metacognition #mindfulness #dhamma #dharma #consciousness #humancondition #praxis #reflection #EthicalRevolution #wisdom #reflection #PSA #FYI

#introduction update: I'm a Taiwanese-Canadian artist & writer. My creative practice is also my mindfulness practice. One of my current projects is 1 small quiet somewhere, a fantasy slice-of-life about a centaur-monk and a small hamster-like creature caretaking a retreat, and each other.

🌼 My work: https://humangray.com

❤️ #comics #ink #watercolour #poetry #tea #Buddhism #TaleOfGenji #YuYuHakusho #StarOcean2

#MastoArt #CreativeToots #art #illustration #webcomics #FountainPenInk #watercolor

I can't help thinking that I've gone through a midlife crisis in the recent years.

I went in as an atheist, neurotypical, omnivore guy with no tattoos, who had no sense of what they want to do "when I grow up" and lived in an apartment building.

What came through is a Buddhist, autistic, vegan non-binary person with almost 20 tattoos and a teacher's identity, living in a detached house.

Can recommend! 💜​

#MidlifeCrisis #NonBinary #ActuallyAutistic #buddhism #vegan

"It is not external things that restrict us; it is our minds that are attached to things that restrict us"—Ryoshun Nakano #buddhism

This is an #Introduction to my interests. Professionally I'm interested in #therapy, #trauma, #complextrauma, #attachment, #eft / #tapping, #nlp, #pkm, #obsidian, #compassion

Personally I'm into #photography, #Buddhism, #Scotland, #Wales, #camping, #hiking

That should do it for now.

dreaming of being
as undiscriminating
as a drop of dew

☔ Commentary, wip photos, and ink palette used: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/3910958
💧 Haiku Ink series: https://humangray.com/haiku-ink-series

#haiku #ink #FountainPenInk #poetry #MastoArt #CreativeToots #dew #Buddhism

Ruhe im Garten.

#garten #oktobersun #buddhism #greengarden

#introduction

I fight for the users.

I love programming and thinking and talking about thinking. I have an education (BS, MS, PhD) focused on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.

I'm an advocate of the public academic pursuit of knowledge, the scientific process, peer review, and I see open source software and hardware as an essential part of the scientific process.

I see software user rights, including security and privacy, to be protected mainly by free open source software, specifically software with a copyleft license, i.e. GPL or Mozilla.

I see the democratizing effects of the Internet, including distributed journalism and social networking, to be largely the effect of the collaborative development of free and open source software.

I am interested in free and open source manufacturing, including open source 3D printers and CNC machines. I believe open source manufacturing will be important for distributed manufacturing, allowing local manufacturing and local labor.

I see worker-owned coops as the way to safely transition from a non-democratic authoritarian top-down power structure of a traditional corporation to a democratic work environment, where the workers own the company and elect the board of directors, transitioning to democracy in the workplace.

I believe that socialism is a regulatory response to capitalism.

I believe that laws, money, corporations, and government are social agreements, and I'm in favor of democratic social agreements.

I believe in the organized non-violent boycott as a way to control capitalists and change corrupt systems.

I am a pacifist. I am against violence. I am against citizens keeping guns in cities and towns with children. I am against war.

I try to eat plant-based / vegan foods to boycott the animal industry, to help with the climate crisis, to improve my health, to avoid animal cruelty, and to avoid the extinction of species of plants, animals and ecosystems.

I have been diagnosed with Retinitus Pigmentosa, which is a disease of progressive retinal degeneration. I am legally blind, although I have about 5-degrees of vision remaining in my fovea. I'm interested in researching and developing BCIs (Brain-Computer Interfaces), specifically BCIs that function as vision prostheses that may help with conditions like RP, or the more common degenerative retinal disease AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration).

I enjoy playing computer games like Age of Empires and Rimworld. I used to program computer games when I was younger and would like to get back to it one day.

I love playing music, especially bass guitar. I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine and Enya recently.

I enjoy reading books, mostly non-fiction.

I enjoy studying religions. I've found a lot of value in Buddhism, and I meditate often daily.

Nina and I have recently had our first baby, a boy we call Tyoma.

I'm currently working at Brain Computer Enterprises, Cooperative Inc. on FOSH assistive consumer electronics.

I'm sober.

#users #fightforusers #userrights #programming #thinking #thinkingaboutthinking #ai #artificialintelligence #neuroscience #journalism #science #scientificprocess #peerreview #foss #fosh #flosh #floss #freeandopensource #freedomsoftware #libresoftware #copyleft #gpl #agpl #mozilla #license #ls #academia #privacy #security #democracy #internet #socialnetwork #distributed #cnc #3dprinting #locallabor #localmanufacturing #coop #workerowned #democracyatwork #regulation #laws #money #corporations #government #socialagreement #boycott #controlcapital #nonviolent #pacifist #antivolence #antigun #noguns #schoolshooting #antiwar #plantbased #vegan #climatecrisis #animalindustry #animalcruelty #extinction #animal #plant #ecosystem #environment #retinituspigmentosa #rp #agerelatedmaculardegeneration #amd #blind #lowvision #bci #games #computergames #ageofempires #rimworld #gamedev #music #bassguitar #rageagainstthemachine #enya #religion #reading #books #readingbooks #buddhism #baby #sober

Pinned Post.
#Epictetus #Stoicism #Buddhism

"When we have acquired an awareness of the fact that all beings have been our mothers, and when this awareness is constant, the result will be that when we see meat, we will be conscious of the fact that it is the flesh of our own mothers. And, far from putting it in our mouths and eating it, we will be unable to even take it into our hands or smell its odor."
~ Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol, Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat
#vegan #buddhism

"Be kinder to yourself, and then let your kindness flood the world" - Pema Chodron
#buddhism #kindness #meditation #mentalhealth

#introduction @buddhism
@vegan

Mahayana Refuge:
I go for refuge until I am enlightened
to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Supreme Assembly.
Through the merit of practising generosity and so on,
May I become a Buddha for the benefit of all beings

Bodhicitta:
May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes, may all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes, may they be inseparable from the sublime happiness which is beyond sorrow, may all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment and anger.

Shantideva Prayer:
May I become at all times, both now and forever
A protector of those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A bridge for those with rivers to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those without light
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter
And a servant to all in need
For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.

Biography:
I am a happily married English Buddhist, 68 years old, living these past 38 years in Slovenia. I was raised a Catholic and attended a Jesuit school but lost my faith in God when I was 15. After graduating in Industrial Engineering I traveled overland along the old hippie trail to India in search of answers to the pain I felt in the world. I encountered Buddhism in Dharamsala, home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Back in London I joined Sogyal Rinpoche's Rigpa group in 1981 and started practicing the Dharma.

I have been a production assistant in London, bartender in Hong Kong, English teacher in South Korea, planning engineer in London and Fife, Scotland, and a development engineer, planner, import-export agent and translator in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Besides being interested in living mindfully and preserving the Buddha Dharma, I am also an advocate of democracy, peace, non-violence, human and animal rights, a free Tibet, a democratic Burma, the right of Palestinians to a homeland, the prevention of human trafficking, gender equality, LGBTQI rights worldwide, veganism, the abolition of capital punishment, amnesty to prisoners of conscience, etc. I am also interested in supporting poverty alleviation and humanitarian work of any kind as well as sustainable development, education, protection of the environment and mental health and other health issues.

My Dharma practice comprises keeping the five precepts (mind trainings) for a lay Buddhist and practicing the six perfections (far-reaching practices) of Mahayana Buddhism - generosity, ethical conduct, forbearance, perseverance, concentration and, wisdom - as an aspiring Bodhisattva. I also like to consider myself a "socially engaged Buddhist" with my principle outlet being a keyboard campaigner for human, animal and environmental causes on social media and a vegan/animal rights activist locally.

As a part of keeping the five precepts, I practice veganism to the best of my ability and to the forefront of my practice I try to generate beginner's mind (don't know mind) as well as loving kindness and compassion both towards self and others.

Besides my favourite practice tonglen, my meditation these days is primarily of the analytical kind but always includes understanding that firstly, everyone wants to be be happy and avoid suffering and secondly, everyone has shown kindness to me in this life and past lives.

Politically I support The Green Party of England and Wales, the European Greens, American Democratic Socialists and the Levica (Left) Party in Slovenia

I am a vegan and don't smoke, drink alcohol or do drugs.

With my Slovene wife, Mojca, we have a son, Tom, now aged 37.

#buddhism #veganism #meditation #mahayana #humanrights #animalrights #socialjustice #environment #sustainability #climatechange #vegan #lgbtq ally #metoo #feminism #blm #refugeeswelcome #love #straightedge #buddhist #prointersectional #mindfulness #compassion #kindness #ecosocialism #green #progressive #community #refugees #migrants #left #levica #slovenia #ljubljana #socialmedia #bodhisattva #lojong #tonglen #bodhicitta #solarpunk #antifa #mentalhealth #health #sortition #directdemocracy #tibetanbuddhism #zen #animals #peoplesassembly #antiracism #antiableism #antispeciesism #rewilding #degrowth #climate #climateemergency

I would like to share with you my vegan story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlKvg0NbT4

A young monastic and their teacher were preparing the midday meal when the teacher noticed a tiny insect on the cutting board.
"Look," she said, "how small this creature is, you can barely see it with your naked eye. Do you still think it is sentient?"
"Yes teacher," they replied, "all creatures are sentient."
"Bravo!" the teacher said, as she smashed it between her fingers.

#zen
#koan
#Buddhism
#writing
#microfiction

@stephenjudkins Hungry ghosts are described in Tibetan #Buddhism as having a stomach the size of a mountain and a throat as thin as a needle.

6. Remember you will lose every attachment and die.
7. Remember the law of Kharma and be virtuous.
8. Remember time is passing; what good have you done? How have you improved today?
9. Make time to meditate and abide in peace and quiet.
10. How well have you meditated? Where? How can your meditation improve?

#Buddhism

(re) #introduction #NewInstanceWhoDis

#SoftwareDeveloper, #musician (lifelong #choral #singer & just picked up #BassGuitar again after 25+ years!).

Trying to be #vegetarian, don't always succeed.

Very interested in #buddhism, been #UnitarianUniversalist #uu most of adult life.

Cisgender, straight, #ally.

Very #liberal / #progressive. Would be happy if US coastal states seceded.

#massachusetts right now but hope to go back to #california some day.

I take pictures sometimes too.

He/him/his

Hello, I'm Keith. Controversialist, catalyst and facilitator, quietly providing different ideas and views of the world. Born in London in early 1950s. Originally a chemist with PhD in spectroscopy. Working life in IT; retired as a senior project manager. Founding Secretary, Anthony Powell Society. Chairman of my GP's patient group. Website & blog at https://zenmischief.com. #buddhism #AnthonyPowell #zenmischief #science #photography #OldBuildings #cats #Introduction #Introductions #NewHere

#introduction #ScottishIndependence #scottishdemocracy #jazz #coffee #backgammon #mathematics #computer_science #philosophy #buddhism #wabisabi #mildmannered #fungi #mosstodon #lichen #scotland

"Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively." G I #Gurdjieff -- M Bonbon

#Introduction #IrishTwitter #IrishMastodon I practice Theravada #Buddhism of the Thai Forest Tradition for many years, which includes not only #meditation, but also following the 5, sometimes 8 precepts. I was given the #Pali name Mettikā by Venerable Vimalanyani, a German #bhikkhuni ordained in Sri Lanka. Interested in Engaged Buddhism as a queer neurodivergent practitioner.

#Introduction. I'm Scotland's most prolific Buddhist author. I founded the world's first online meditation center in 2000 (wildmind.org). Born in Scotland but moved to the US (temporarily 🙄) in 1998. I have 2 kids, adopted from Ethiopia, and 3 dogs adopted from Arkansas & Texas. I have books coming out in Oct 2025 and Feb 2026. Check out my guided meditations on the Insight Timer app.

#ScotsLeid #Buddhism #Meditation #ScottishIndependence #Writer #Author #Writing #Vegan

An overdue #introduction 👋 (thanks for the prompt when I switched instances @aussocialadmin )

My name is Scott and I live in Sydney (on Wangal Country in the Inner West). My pronouns are he / him.

I was born and raised in Canada (Alberta, even), and have lived in some great places around the world (Montreal, NYC, Vermont, rural Kenya). Being a Canadian man of a certain age, yes, I play hockey. Even in Australia.

I've been very (not extremely) online since the 90s. First it was rec.music.phish, then fark.com, then the Big Tech Socials.

I strive to behave with compassion and to be more kind than nice. But I also shitpost from time to time because internet.

I'm interested in lots of things and barely maintain a blurred boundary between personal and professional. See hashtags below or on my profile for a more specific list, but I think it's generally encompassed by the concept of #interbeing which I understand as being coined by Thich Nhat Hanh and drawn from Vietnamese and older Buddhist concepts.

Hashtags ftw: #anthropology #anarchism #buddhism #collaboration #collectiveImprovisation #complexity #complexSystems #conviviality #culture #decolonisation #design #designResearch #engagedAnthropology #engagedBuddhism #engagedDesign #ethnography #foresight #futures #hockey #improvisation #JustTransition #music #pluriverse #politicalEcology #protopia #serviceDesign #strategicDesign #systemsTheory #systemsThinking #speculativeEverything

So glad the #twittermigration led me to join the #fediverse. I should've done this long ago. #Introduction time...

I work in #publishing as a production editor for a small nonprofit book publisher.

I ride a #bike because I don't own a car.

I play #chess and #videogames, even though I'm not so good at either.

I listen to #jazz and #classicalmusic on #vinyl.

I read a lot of things but especially #sciencefiction.

And I believe in #buddhism, practice #zen, and vote for #socialism.

I think it's time for a new pinned intro post. So here are some of my interests, in rough groupings:

- #baking #sourdough #bread and #cooking generally
- #tea

- #FountainPens
- #JaneAusten and #Regency
- #sailing and #TallShips
- #drawing

- #RPGs and #games and #GameDesign
- #programming (especially with #Rust and #Python)
- #urbanism

- #WeightLifting and #archery
- #Judaism, #Quakerism, and #Buddhism
- #singing and #FolkMusic

Also I'm always interested in whatever you're geeking out about!

Hello all, I am an #IndieDev #GameDev and #PixelArt artist from #Ireland.

I'm particularly interested in #SciFi #Cyberpunk genres, and themes around AI, identity, selfhood, authority, the illusions of consumerism, religion and capitalism, and workers rights and democracy. Oh, and space and robots 🤖 I'm sure I only do justice to those last two 😅

Other interests o' mine:

#GodotEngine
#Gemini
#SmallWeb
#Socialism
#Python
#Buddhism
#Books
#Movies
#TV
#Tech
#SolarPunk
#Bicycle

#introductions