Some Random Monk
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...on the elusive happiness of being 'without thoughts'
#meditation
#Buddhism
🧘♂️
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My take on the fake-ish Buddhist quote that has in latter days been widely cited in relation to WH cover-ups (for what it's worth....)
#Buddhism
#fakebuddhaquotes
#realbuddhaquotes
#jan6
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Yeah, it takes time even if it helps us to process ( to some extent)
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1 day ago
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Relevant 'in spirit' Buddhist quote. Can't point to its scriptural origin, though - anyone?
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5 days ago
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Before the moment passes forever...
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Some Random Monk
The Washington Post
7 days ago
A group of about two dozen Buddhist monks is participating in a journey they're calling a "Walk for Peace," trekking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. as a way to promote a message of peace. On Dec. 29, they passed through a suburb of Atlanta and were greeted by a crowd of supporters.
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The Associated Press
8 days ago
A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.
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Buddhist monks persist in peace walk despite injuries as thousands follow them on social media
A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.
https://bit.ly/3YiX459
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Calling it at 82 books read during 2025. Less than last year, but I did read some thicker, more challenging books this year - The Historian, The Bee Sting, The Green Mile, tracked on
@LibraryThing.bsky.social
#booksky
8 days ago
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My skircle shift between March (left/blue) and December (right/red) of 2025 - mostly from corporate to independent news sources 😉
#SkircleSunday
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From graffiti comes forth unfamiliar wisdom...
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12 days ago
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At risk of cultural appropriation, Happy Buddhamas for all who celebrate - and for all other holiday variants Christian, Kwanzaa, Festivus, Yule, Chrismukkah... at the temple mostly keeping our power dry for New Year.🎄❄️☃️
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Ryan North
15 days ago
I think it's sweet that the oldest surviving printed book in the world - the Diamond Sutra - is also the oldest creative work explicitly released into the public domain, with a colophon at the end that says it was created for universal free distribution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond...
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Diamond Sutra - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra
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Yes, one of the functions of mindfulness often overlooked when it is erroneously defined as 'bare attention'...
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16 days ago
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Happy World Meditation Day (the UN one rather than August 6th), together with Winter Solstice, last day of Hanukka, and my teacher's 85th BDY! Auspicious conjunction 😊
#WorldMeditationDay
www.un.org/en/observanc...
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World Meditation Day | United Nations
World Meditation Day is an opportunity for the wider dissemination of information about the benefits of meditation as it would be beneficial for the health and well-being of people around the world.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/meditation-day
17 days ago
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Typical monk trying to stay relevant 🙄
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29 days ago
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A nice Buddha to cheer you up instead of succumbing to Black Friday urges
#MassBlackout
#weaintbuyingit
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about 1 month ago
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If it needs to be taught, maybe it is because it is not innate for some...
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about 2 months ago
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The Great Buddha @ Kōtoku-in (高徳院) Kamakura, for no real reason but an obsession with labelling things..
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about 2 months ago
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Happy Kindness Day for all those who (should) celebrate...
#WorldKindnessDay
#KindnessDay
about 2 months ago
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Kālāma Sutta, I presume...
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2 months ago
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Luce Leonard
2 months ago
"Denmark has required weekly empathy classes for children aged 6–16 since 1993 as part of its national curriculum, known as "Klassens tid" or "The Class's Hour". These sessions focus on developing emotional intelligence, building social skills, and fostering compassion through... Via Kusala Bhikshu
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Explainer: not a website, but sites of Buddhist pilgrimage
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2 months ago
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Makes 🎃 look PG-13 🤔
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2 months ago
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Nuestro evento de
#meditación
"Portal entre dos mundos" para
#ElDíaDeLosMuertos
🎃👻👹🏮el 2 noviembre 2025 en
#ElMonte
, CA, como parte de la ruta
#SGV
#CorazonDelValle
. Disfruta de una meditación de muestra gratuita en nuestro puesto, dedica méritos a tus seres queridos y pérdidas.
#ActiveSGV
#SoCal
2 months ago
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Our 'portal between two worlds'
#meditation
event flyer for
#eldíadelosmuertos
,
#ElMonte
, CA coming up on 11/2/25 as part of
#SGV
#ActiveStreets
route. Free sample meditation at our stand and dedicate merit for loved ones
#ActiveSGV
#SoCal
2 months ago
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Béa Gonzalez
2 months ago
"The problem is, most of us spend our entire life going from one promise of relief to another, never staying with the pain long enough to learn anything from it.~Pema Chodron, Living Beautifully
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Some Random Monk
Julianne Wingate
3 months ago
Three solutions............
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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3 months ago
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It's
#Kathina
robe offering season! Share and share alike. This video is a wonderful vote of thanks from
#LosAngeles
#Buddhist
Vihara for our temple's contribution to their fund-raiser & robe-offering on October 18. It comes from their MMC TV USA dedicated satellite channel
youtu.be/ifRYeVZQE3E?...
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Dhammakaya Contribution to MMC, Covina Kathina 2025
YouTube video by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro
https://youtu.be/ifRYeVZQE3E?si=x33G5V_rMsFAhnbg
3 months ago
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Earlier today...Long Beach 23rd Interreligious Annual
#PetBlessing
for this four-legged veteran of the DTLA
#NoKings
protest along with 200 other pet parents and pet-bereaved. Mostly dogs, one cat and one gecko.
#SoCal
Note: feather holy-water applicator for highly-strung recipients!
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Combine your
#NoKings
afterparty with a pet treat! 🐈🐰🐶Shout out for the annual Long Beach Interfaith
#PetBlessing
at 5.00pm on October 19 in front of Chase Bank, 5200 E. 2nd St., Belmont Shore. Ten faith traditions represented! Details from
justinrudd.com/blessing.html
We'll be there!
#SoCal
😄
3 months ago
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Some Random Monk
Luce Leonard
3 months ago
Image thanks to International Buddhist Meditation Center - Los Angeles, CA Via Samuel Long
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Some Random Monk
The New York Times
3 months ago
Myanmar’s military junta bombed a Buddhist festival this week, killing at least two dozen people and injuring dozens more, according to a witness and the country’s civilian government in exile. A manned paraglider with a motor dropped a bomb on the festival, they said.
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Myanmar Military Paraglider Bombs Buddhist Festival, Killing Dozens
The junta targeted a festival in the Sagaing region where people were also protesting army rule, according to witnesses and the civilian government in exile.
https://nyti.ms/4o96o6s
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On
#NationalForgivenessAndHappinessDay
, a Substack scribble to help dispel the Stoicism and pushback against the accusation that Buddhism is allergic to hope... 😇https://open.substack.com/pub/phranicholas/p/is-buddhism-pessimistic?r=6lw3lh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Is Buddhism Pessimistic?
Originally published in Challenging Religious Issues, Issue 21, 2024
https://open.substack.com/pub/phranicholas/p/is-buddhism-pessimistic?r=6lw3lh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Happy End of
#Buddhist
Lent Day! 🕯️Monks are free to roam again! 😊Yesterday I had the chance to conclude a🌜
#fullmoon
#meditation
🧘♀️for the good folks of
#Azusa
highlight
#HunterMoon
significance and shoutout for
#WorldMentalHealthDay
#NagaFireballs
#SuperMoon
#MekongMagic
youtu.be/GtiiEYBFCpY?...
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Full Moon Meditation of October 2025: "World Mental Health Day"
YouTube video by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro
https://youtu.be/GtiiEYBFCpY?si=9_IJK-azi5tau6CH
3 months ago
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If you can't beat 'em join 'em ... started a free
#Substack
to gauge demand for my lengthier scribblings
#Buddhist
#mindfulness
substack.com/@phranichola...
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Mindfulness and McMindfulness
Originally published in Challenging Religious Issues
https://substack.com/@phranicholas/note/p-175386148?r=6lw3lh
3 months ago
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Happy
#OrangeShirtDay
(from those who celebrate every day) My latest (gringo) Spanish
#bereavement
#meditation
youtu.be/Omf177neuw4?...
para hispanohablantes que busca transformar el vacío que queda por la
#pérdida
de un ser querido🧘♂️
#meditacion
#dhammakaya
#30minutemeditation
#duelo
#bondadamorosa
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MA 63es Phra Nicholas Thanissaro - Meditación sobre la pérdida y el duelo
YouTube video by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro
https://youtu.be/Omf177neuw4?si=gQnJc3DW4fYhznT1
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Happy
#NationalBRAVEDay
. For additional feminine empowerment, catch up with my latest
#dharma
(-lite) vlog in intro -
#meditation
🧘♂️-
#inspiration
talk on the topic of
#SpiritualIntelligence
and its applications worldwide starting with
#interreligious
#Harmony
#sdg17
#SQ
youtu.be/7hwrRTSlQKk?...
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A043 Spiritual Intelligence (IPE5)
YouTube video by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro
https://youtu.be/7hwrRTSlQKk?si=cUF56hmBTj0ipM6D
3 months ago
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4 months ago
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Thank you everyone who took part in
#CoastalCleanup
Day today, especially here in
#SoCal
where more than 30 Long Beachers were able to join a Candlelight
#meditation
with myself & colleagues at
#sunset
4 months ago
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Beware 👀 meditation may improve your attitude toward
#Buddhism
🫣 Thanissaro's 2016, TSAB-R boxplot shows mean attitudes were significantly more positive [t(453)=10.67, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
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...on the elusive happiness of being 'without thoughts'
#meditation
#Buddhism
🧘♂️
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From Walach et al.'s 2006, Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, today's boxplot shows mean
#mindfulness
scores were significantly HIGHER [t(453)=8.27, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
#SelfCare
#MentalWellness😇
4 months ago
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Joined the Srilankan monks of the Los Angeles Buddhist Vihara Dhamma School in
#Covina
CA to guide discussion with 19 Buddhist teenagers as part of 'Mindful Horizons Youth Dharma Retreat'.
#BuddhistKids
#Buddhism
4 months ago
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From Waterman et al.'s 2010 QEWB, today's boxplot shows mean Eudaimonic
##Wellbeing
scores were significantly HIGHER [t(453)=6.21, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
#SelfCare
#MentalWellness😇
4 months ago
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From Lovibond & Lovibond's 1995 DASS-21, today's boxplot shows COMBINED mean
#stress
#depression
and
#anxiety
scores were significantly LOWER [t(453)=7.48, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
#MentalWellness😇
4 months ago
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So, again from Lovibond & Lovibond's 1995 DASS-21, today's boxplot shows mean
#stress
scores were significantly LOWER [t(453)=7.80, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
#SelfCare
#MentalWellness
#StressRelief😇
4 months ago
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So, I used Lovibond & Lovibond's 1995 DASS-21 instrument. Today's boxplot shows mean
#depression
scores were significantly lower [t(453)=6.50, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than 6 weeks, compared to those who had never meditated 🧘♂️
#SelfCare
#MentalWellness
😇
4 months ago
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Finally got round to number-crunching on my evidence-based research and this is the boxplot that shows mean
#anxiety
scores were significantly lower [t(453)=5.27, p< 0.001] in those who had practiced Dhammakāya
#meditation
for more than six weeks, compared to those who had never meditated
4 months ago
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Just finished reading an uplifting recently published read about the sacrifices of resisters fighting future totalitarianism - in this case AI. Spoiler alert, it has a happy ending 😀.
#booksky
4 months ago
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No lies detected...
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