"The years pass by and will never return. The month we stayed together in the past is gone, and now we are here at Nagi Gonpa. The month that passed can only disappear further and further ..." Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 1920 – February 13, 1996 སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ Dzogchen master

Tibetan Buddhism: Please understand that all your experience is your personal experi­ence rather than somebody else’s The bardo state, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche t.co/8WQFPsUd43

Buddhist Quote for Today: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche See more: buddhistdoor.net #buddhistquotes #dharma #vajrayana #tibetanbuddhism #buddhism #tibet #nepal #boudha #mindfulness #meditation #compassion #peace #buddhistpractice

Erik Pema Kunsang on Tulku Urgyen: "He wouldn't recommend one particular way of living [for his students]. . . . For some people retreat is better . . . for some, living in a monastic setting . . . for some, married life with busyness is better." wisdomexperience.org/wisdom-podca...

A view that possesses the confidence of the natural state is like a vulture soaring through the skies. Tulku Urgyen

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920 – February 13, 1996) (Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: sprul-sku o-rgyan rin-po-che) was a Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal. Rinpoche was considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of his time.

Tulku Urgyen (1920 - February 13, 1996) The way to practice is not to sometimes push to recognize mind essence and then give up. It is a matter of being deeply relaxed from within, and continuing in unfabricated naturalness. The natural state is effortless mindfulness.

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche giving Pointing Out instructions "To stop thinking, you need to recognize your essence. It’s like seeing the sun in the sky just once—forever after, you know what the sun looks like ... " 🔆 🙏🏻 #rinpoche #dzogchen #dharma #buddhism #tibetan #mahamudra #nyingma #tibet

#IVIG #SCIG #CVID #primaryimmunodeficiency #myastheniagravis #myositis #Dermatomyositis #CIDP #polymyositis #guillainbarresyndrome #secondaryimmunodeficiency #stiffpersonsyndrome #immunodeficiency #chronicillness #Igtherapy

IgNS invites patients using Ig therapy to participate in a confidential, anonymous survey that helps inform patient education and support resources. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. bit.ly/4cgwl1i Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective!

There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories #GeorgeMonbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Brown, “Conventions about commercial confidentiality ..." #PFI

London Met police saw a drag queen / drugs / #LGBT ‘Lifestyle’ Death & effectively said 'case closed'. It took nearly two years to release vital CCTV footage while Heklina’s loved ones begged for answers. This is what institutional #homophobia looks like in practice. #JusticeForHeklina #Heklina

‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of #drag queen Heklina www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... the club name Trannyshack had become controversial culture evolves, words change their meaning. As a result, she changed the name of her regular show to Mother.

Am I looking at Poison hemlock (Conium mac- ulatum), showing upper portion of plant with flowers at #Florence & the Machine ??

China Buddhist Association: A Trojan Horse of Chinese Propaganda bitterwinter.org/china-buddhi... #China #Buddhist Naïve Buddhists in democratic countries believe they are conducting genuine inter-Buddhist dialogue with a group that exists to advance #CCP interests.

youtube.com/watch?v=gXx2... Tulku Urgyen giving Dzogchen Pointing Out instructions

We cry not just because we suffer, but because we perceive our own suffering from the outside ​ ​Schopenhauer 1819: Viewing a painting of Odysseus sobbing finds proof of his theory that weeping is actually "noble self pity" 🎨😢 #Schopenhauer #Philosophy #ArtHistory #philsky #artist #FrancescoHayez

Over 860,000 Irish people are living with a #neurological condition with 50,000 newly diagnosed each year. Educate yourself, listen to people & join the campaigns of your local brain health organisations. Our #brain_health needs you ❤️🧠☘️ #speirgorm #spéirghorm #MS @emspofficial.bsky.social

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

An 8-vol translation of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō 正法眼藏 (13th cent.) has been published & is available on Jstor. A milestone in the history of East Asian Buddhism. Translators include Carl Bielefeldt, William M. Bodiford, T. Griffith Foulk, and the late Stanley Weinstein. www.jstor.org/stable/jj.13...

A patient receiving adalimumab for rheumatoid arthritis had ulcerated plaques on the anterior and lateral aspects of the neck, upper chest, and nape and erythroderma on the dorsum of the hands. What is the diagnosis, and what would you do next? ja.ma/3NOe7Kq

The British Isles appear in this detail from a 1565 world atlas, created by Portuguese cartographer Diego Homem. Nennius’s book tells the story of the evil king Vortigern, a usurper of the throne, who allowed the Saxons to settle on the island of Britain.

We don't yet know whether beavers were in Ireland in this interglacial period. Even if they definitely weren't, that could very well be due to human impacts in prehistory. A lot of unknowns there, but what we DO know is that beavers would be fantastic for Irish nature, and for preventing flooding.

Today is the last day to join the raffle! Here’s an example/Wip of my own OC Zen & my sona of what I have in mind for the raffle winners 🌸 I was inspired by @evodtonaeco (I couldn’t find an official account but their work is all over Pinterest, if I find them I’ll post their info in the comments ⬇️)

Been meaning to do a #artraffle so here’s a #OCcouples raffle With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect theme 🤭 🗓️ Deadline to join Jan. 31st 🌸 drop your OC couples ✨ FOLLOW 🩷 LIKE & 🔁 REPOST Every 100 likes a winner will be added 👀 #artmoots #ocart #oc

Putting the Zen in froZen. More from the freezer of wisdom. "To study Buddhism is to study study ourselves is to forget ourselves" Drogen Zenji

Your Saturday Morning Zen.

Rod Liddle.

Goodnight 👑 Queen. RIP Catherine O'Hara youtube.com/watch?v=vOWn...

i haven't done this since twitter but at the request of 1 (one) person, OSCAR NOMINEES AS SIMPSONS SCREENCAPS THREAD

Hamnet (dir. Chloé Zhao)

Pete Songi on Starmer’s kowtow to China www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... this government exists only to disappoint us ... Keir Starmer, in a former life as rights barrister, acted for Tibetan activists arrested for peaceful protest in London in 1999 state visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin

I spotted a Hooded Crow during the RSPB’s #BigGardenBirdWatch @rspbni.bsky.social bit.ly/3tgxjGS

Local monasteries, such as the Sumang Monastery in Maozhuang village, have partnered with communities to create shelters for stray #Tibetan #Mastiff dogs, driven by Buddhist principles of compassion.

Guardians of the Himalayas: Tibetan Mastiffs and the Vanishing Pastoral Life open.substack.com/pub/carlitas...

David Bowie Tibet House Benefit Concert 26.02.2001 New York Carnegie Hall singing Silly Boy Blue (1965) with a shout out to the Tibetan Lama who was his teacher, Chime Rinpoche youtu.be/KeOI6aOxdzs?...

#Valentino and with that, a generation of masters slip into history. ciao Bello and Grazie. www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...

#Valentino 💔

Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy wearing a one shouldered, green #Valentino gown in 1967

Terrible choices by the Corporation of London ... Shower of Bastards ... The Italian café at Parliament Hill Fields has been run by the D'Auria family for 45 years Alberto’s 80th Birthday Celebration and Farewell to Parliament Hill Cafe On 25th January, we will be holding a farewell party

www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2574466... Terrible choices by the Corporation of London ... Shower of Bastards ...

Is psychedelic therapy just feeding patients "comforting delusions"? New research suggests it’s not about the beliefs, but the specific emotional architecture. ​Cova & Seragnoli (2025) propose a Two-Process Model of self-transcendence

If you look closely at the figure's face you can see wavy lines emanating from the mouth area which is specific breathing technique required for Tummo, known as Vase Breathing (rlung bum pa). This technique involves retaining the breath at the navel to fan the inner fire.

Inspired by the opening episode of #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy, I wanted to do a video of me singing 'San Francisco' so here it is Hope you enjoy it ☺️💜🖖🎵 #MusicalTrekkie

ICYMI: The Tony Blair Institute is building its own AI tools with the view of selling them to authoritarian govts, in what insiders describe as a bid to rival controversial US tech firm Palantir democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids... Note the wild response we got from TBI's press team ⬇️

Fascinating ​🇩🇪 German Poster = Absolutely no hesitation. Slaps a massive #DOMCOM ​marketing tag to just say "Let's call a sub a sub" 😂 🏍️⛓️ ​🇬🇧 UK/US vanilla "This year's biggest cinematic surprise" "A deeply moving love story." 😆 ​#Pillion #FilmSky #AlexanderSkarsgard #HarryMelling #gay

www.thetimes.com/article/6f16... "What seems likely is that the new embassy will allow the Chinese Communist Party to scale up its espionage and interference operations across Europe."

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social , a quick turnaround and slightly longer version of the talk I gave at UVA last week, “Grok is an Epistemic Weapon.” Shout outs to @hbcompass.bsky.social, @eliothiggins.bsky.social, others.

dukeupress.edu/ocean-as-muc... Tsering Woeser Ocean, as Much as Rain presents for the first time in the English-language world a collection of masterfully translated literary writings by prominent Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser. doi.org/10.1215/9781...

Small but Certain Happiness “ #YOLO is passé; #SBCH is here.” Hence people were now turning to the idea of finding SBCH, which stands for “small but certain happiness.” This phrase was first coined by the Japanese novelist Haruki #Murakami in his essay “Afternoon in the Islets of Langerhans.”