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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.
#Buddhism
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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.
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Enrayku-ji, Mt. Hiei, Shiga-ken, Japan.pkg update
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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.
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Enrayku-ji, Mt. Hiei, Shiga-ken, Japan.
earthling
@appassionato@mastodon.social
Luang Prabang, #Laos
Novice Buddhist monks pray in a temple as the evening light fades outside.
Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP
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Novice Buddhist monks pray in a temple as the evening light fades outside.
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@Ninerjoshua@mastodon.social
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A dark-colored Buddha statue with a quote: "Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it."₥Ɽ.₦ł₦ɆⱤJØ︎₴ⱧɄ₳🤘🏼🪐 🕉️ ☸️
@Ninerjoshua@mastodon.social
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A dark-colored Buddha statue with a quote: "Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it."
Sarah J Hoodlet
@SJHoodlet@writing.exchange
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
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A landscape view of Kiyomizu-dera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. The temple and pagoda are visible in the background, surrounded by trees, many of which are transitioning into vibrant autumn colors. One tree on the left, in particular, is nearing peak red foliage. The whole area is very centered toward nature, encouraging visitors and worshippers to find calmness within themselves while appreciating both the history and beauty of the place. The 3-story pagoda is orange and gold, while the temple is a more natural brown and gold. sad constructed using wooden pillars over a mountainside. Both are stunning.
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One of the shrines in Kiyomizu-dera. A stone wall and adjoining fountain set a peaceful, centering aura, while a mini red temple sits atop the structure, requesting reverence and tranquility. In the background are many trees, some of which are transitioning to red.₥Ɽ.₦ł₦ɆⱤJØ︎₴ⱧɄ₳🤘🏼🪐 🕉️ ☸️
@Ninerjoshua@mastodon.social
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A dark statue of a seated Buddha with gold accents on the head, accompanied by an inspiring Zen proverb about movement and openness.₥Ɽ.₦ł₦ɆⱤJØ︎₴ⱧɄ₳🤘🏼🪐 🕉️ ☸️
@Ninerjoshua@mastodon.social
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A dark statue of a seated Buddha with gold accents on the head, accompanied by an inspiring Zen proverb about movement and openness.
Steve McCarty 🇯🇵
@SteveMcCarty@hcommons.social
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
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Carp pond and shrine in the temple Katsuo-ji
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Colorful temple buildings
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Pagoda and merciful statue
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A few of the innumerable Daruma dolls at Katsuo-ji
Wabi Sabi Mind 🪷
@wabisabimind@mastodon.social
71otom
@moto17@mastodon.social
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 Every Day ◯
@zeneveryday@mastodon.social
Wabi Sabi Mind 🪷
@wabisabimind@mastodon.social
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social
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
chuls
@chuls@mastodon.world
heart travels far and wide
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A budha statue in a temple set in a cave set somewhere in Vietnamchuls
@chuls@mastodon.world
heart travels far and wide
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@chuls@mastodon.world
heart travels far and wide
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A budha statue in a temple set in a cave set somewhere in Vietnamchuls
@chuls@mastodon.world
heart travels far and wide
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A budha statue in a temple set in a cave set somewhere in Vietnam
jon ellis
@jon_ellis@chaos.social
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
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colour photograph of one the Nio (guardian kinds). there is typically a pair of these at the entrance to a temple - one mouth open - Agyō, another mouth closed - Ungyō. they represent overt violence and latent strength, respectively.jon ellis
@jon_ellis@chaos.social
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
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black and white photograph of a gilded, golden, buddha.
William
@wm@mast.wmclark.com
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
Bhante Subharo ☸️
@sbb@c.im
@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
Daniel 🐅🏔
@danielthedaring@mastodon.online
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
Shady Jon
@jkirkendall@wandering.shop
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!
District Dharma
@DistrictDharmaCollective@dmv.community
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
maiji
@maiji@mastodon.art · Reply to maiji's post
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
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Photo of notebook next to two glass dip pens, one of which is just a tip. The page shows a handwritten haiku surrounded by ink lines and splotches suggesting a scene with a warm orange moon over a blue-purple lake with branches of red and glittering purple peeking in at the edges and being reflected in the water. "sometimes it’s enough to reflect another’s light— unresisting moon" - Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang, humangray.commaiji
@maiji@mastodon.art · Reply to maiji's post
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
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Photo of notebook next to two glass dip pens, one of which is just a tip. The page shows a handwritten haiku surrounded by ink splotches in varying shades of vivid blue resembling an explosion of flower petals. Some of the edges of the ink splotches are tinged with crimson, and bits of the lettering overlapping the splotches gleam with gold. "one hydrangea bloom ten thousand flower cluster my skandha body" - Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang, humangray.comSteve McCarty 🇯🇵
@SteveMcCarty@hcommons.social
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
maiji
@maiji@mastodon.art · Reply to maiji's post
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
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Photo of notebook next to two glass dip pens, one of which is just a tip. The page shows a handwritten haiku with words in glittering silver, pale blue and green tones, surrounded by swirling lines evoking the shapes of seashells and water. "found seashell planet floating home in an ocean of water of stars" - Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang, humangray.commaiji
@maiji@mastodon.art
#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
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1 small quiet somewhere. Black and white brush-style illustration of Kanthaka, a centaur who looks like a Buddhist monk sweeping a cobblestone path and looking over his shoulder. He smiles at Little Yì, a small hamster-like creature behind him who is also dragging along a tiny broom and making neat piles of pebbles or dust.
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Photo of open notebook next to two glass dip pens, one slightly sanded down with a blunt tip. The page shows a haiku written in ink of swirling blues, greens and yellow-browns, creating an underwater-seaweed-and-bubbles impression, with circles at the bottom of the image evoking the shapes of lotus roots. somewhere deep beneath the white lotus flowers lie the roots of our soup - Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang, humangray.com
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Pencil crayon and ink illustration from the perspective of a viewer about to step onto a white bridge with carved railings. The bridge twists and turns, and in the distance a pavilion nestled in trees can be seen. The bottom left reads: Winding Nine Turns
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Digital ink brush style illustration of a red spider lily.
Andy Hunt
@pracwell@vivaldi.net
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.
maiji
@maiji@mastodon.art · Reply to maiji's post
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
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Photo of open notebook next to two glass dip pens, one slightly sanded down with a blunt tip. The page shows a haiku written in dark black-purple ink, with abstract, layered patches of dripping purple and teal inks. At the bottom of the page is a drawing of a blade of grass with a large dewdrop hanging from its underside. "dreaming of being as undiscriminating as a drop of dew" - Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang, humangray.com
Kristof
@sobfly@mastodon.social
Ruhe im Garten.
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Eine weisse Statue, eines sitzenden Buddhas vor einem Sandsteinobelisk. Links von der Statue blühen drei gelbe Mageriten. Weiter links ragen Gräser empor und werden leicht von der Sonne durchstrahlt. Von oben rechts ragen ein paar Blätter Efeu in das Bild hinein.
beforewisdom 
@beforewisdom@veganism.social
Pinned Post.
#Epictetus #Stoicism #Buddhism
Denis 🌏
@constantorbit@hachyderm.io
(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
kcm
@kcm@mastodonapp.uk
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
Bodhipaksa
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot
#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
Ben Gleason
@BenGleason@mastodon.online
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.