Unless it is an erupting volcano, in which case run very quickly, shouting loudly to warn others, with a calm spirit.

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms and mother figures. You are loved and oh so needed. 🪽Special love to those who have recently lost their Mom🤰Hadn’t given this filial piety talk for a while but revisited it with a live audience again today in honor of #MothersDay youtu.be/eo-VfaRqHx4?...

Just submitted my paper on Buddhist teenagers in the U.S., for the Nordic Conference on Religious Education taking place in Helsinki next month. Hopefully will receive some constructive criticism to flesh it out into a publishable article. #AcademicSky #Academia ☸️ www.academia.edu/166880855/Id...

Hmm... In the Theravāda denomination, preceptors have the precondition of asking the ordinand if they are human. If they can't answer truthfully in the affirmative, the ordination may not go through. It appears my job is safe for now... 🤭

Happy National #ChildrensMentalHealthAwarenessDay 🧘‍♂️Today I share the Spanish version of #guidedmeditation for better sleep 💤 Hopefully won't keep you awake! 🥱 #MeditacionParaDormir #DormirProfundamente #Insomnio #QuedateDormido #WellBeing #RelajacionProfunda #Dhammakaya youtu.be/-2fOQgH6ISg?...

And possibly act from that place of stillness…

Happy Vesak Day for Buddhists celebrating THIS full moon rather than the next ✌️ Here we see @antonioguterres.bsky.social focusing this year on 'being embroiled in geopolitical tensions etc (underlined) to which peaceful ☮️Buddhists 🧘 can perhaps bring some harmony? 🕊️ #Buddhism #Wesak #Vesak #Buddha

Finally, my evidence-based study on Dhammakaya meditation was published by an Indonesian Buddhist Education journal. They have some problems with the link to the open-source PDF, but I’ll add the link as soon as that becomes available. #meditation #wellbeing journal.smaratungga.ac.id/index.php/sj...

Happy Earth Day! 🌍 Excuse my Spanish ...Take care of each other and our planet. 🌐 Just as you care for the earth, 🌱 Care for your mind. 🌿 Connect with nature. 🚶‍♀️ Go for a walk. Breathe fresh air. Give yourself permission to stop. 🧘‍♂️ Your well-being matters. #earthday #meditation #wellbeing

Unsettling...

Happy Thai (& various other Southeast Asian countries') New Year! Good occasion to drop the final episode of my Inner Peace Education vlog with an orientation and #meditation in Spanish followed by linking self-training with Gross National Happiness youtu.be/aekMfk_wad4?... #wellbeing #enfoquemental

Taking refuge🪷

Joined The World peace gathering, anaheim with 1500 Buddhists on 5 April 2026. Topical human mandala to counter warlike vibes in the world. #WorldPeace #Buddhist

Wishing everyone who celebrates a happy and safe pesach. Chag Sameach!

Happy Vernal Equinox! 🌱 To celebrate, I'm sharing my latest minimally-structured #meditation guidance that touches on the integrative #wellbeing of achieving levity in the center space of the mind. #guidedmeditation #30minutemeditation #dhammakaya #lovingkindness #relaxation youtu.be/7SR9M_Ku0xI?...

In these difficult times, as conflict escalates around the world, countless innocent lives are touched by fear, loss, and uncertainty. The Buddha's teachings gently remind us: "Hatred is never ended with hatred, but with love." Might may win battles, but it will never heal humanity's suffering.

Link to the video eulogy for one of our DMCCA volunteers Jeanette P. Rodriguez who passed away too soon in February 2026, aged 44 😢 #BuddhistFuneral #FuneralEulogy #Buddhism youtu.be/akhluOLrijY?...

Losing sleep? Apparently 45% of folks use #meditation tracks 🧘‍♂️primarily for sleep. New track supports 8 hours of deep, uninterrupted sleep 😴 & suitable for #palliative care 🩺 #sleeptalkdown #fallasleepfast #listenbeforesleep #insomnia #guidedmeditation #dhammakaya #wellbeing youtu.be/L64OgikP8lY?...

A recent news article from #Claremont Colleges, #SoCal The Student Life featuring yours truly doing a 'lunch and learn' on #meditation for pushback against the dehumanizng trends of #AI Shoutout to Student journalists #AudreyGreen and #ClaireWelch tsl.news/venerable-dr...

Happy #WorldBookDay 📖 everyone! I'm pinning yesterday evening's monksplaining of #MaghaPujaDay 🌜 #WormMoon and other #FullMoon -related phenomena with #meditation Q&A from a live #SoCal audience 🧘‍♀️ #buddhism #eclipse 🌙 youtu.be/djcYoGHvXiE?...

Happy #lunarnewyear to those who celebrate. 🌙 Joyeux #MardiGras or #Ramadan Mubarak for those who don't 🍛 May your virtuous horse be on fire in a good way.

Latest updates to the go-to Buddhist SP go.bsky.app/3VoRJKj

Welcome home to #FortWorth intrepid monks and #Aloka You inspired us #angelinos to hold our own well-attended #DTLA tribute #WalkForPeace earlier today. #Buddhist ☸️

Yay, my district's congressman! A dream come true ✨️

I hope the WH receives them warmly

Should be the bare minimum qualification for a public rep. Good luck though, getting the rejects to admit guilt...

Another prominent example of Pre-Christian Buddhism in Europe...

Joined #TheLoveTowerAtAshah community to hold a 'Walk for Peace' tribute online 🧘 event to preview the arrival in DC of the intrepid monks. Planned twin walk at #DTLA @10am on 2/14 😇#WalkForPeace #PeaceInMotion #BuddhistMonks #PeaceWalk #CompassionInAction #AlokathePeaceDog youtu.be/x2qxvATikxQ?...

Latest upload of my espanglish meditation. I've done an A-B between 'librando' and 'desatando' 2C which is a more appealing way to 'wage' peace. #meditacion #meditacionguiada #pazinterior #calmainterior #relajacion #bienestar #autocuidado #espiritualidad #concienciaplena youtu.be/T5bZbL6TL8M?...

Happy #GroundhogDay Thwarted from celebrating Magha Puja Day this year by the extra month in the Thai calendar - but monksplained #SnowMoon and #ValentinesDay in the context of #selflove ❤️for our #FullMoon🧘‍♀️#meditation b4 a live audience 😇 youtu.be/THepgz3g0SU?... #SnowMoon #selfcare #loveyourself

Heartfelt thanks to everyone for being an antidote to my nausea for over a year now! 🎉 So grateful for the BlueSky community. I appreciate every like, comment, and share. Let's keep connecting! 😊 #30K #30000Followers #Milestone #ThankYou #FollowBack #FollowForFollow #Connect #Followers

It's been a moment since I posted, but just dropped my latest vlog including #meditation 🧘‍♂️ on the topic of #UniversalGoodness as the precursor of #selfdiscipline and #precepts in #PersonalGrowth and its applications. Enjoy! 😊 #HabitFormation #MindfulLiving #MentalClarity youtu.be/fTtRcmLDfiA?...

The U.S. built a secret under-glacier city in Northern Greenland between 1959-1967 publicly known as 'Camp Century' as a pretext for secretly basing mobile nukes (Project Iceworm). It failed then at a cost of $7,920,000, leaving nuclear waste for DK to clean up. 🤮 #Greenland youtu.be/OndXawgRAeo?...

Happy #MLKDay everyone. My latest Spanish #meditation to support recovery. #meditación #meditaciónguiada #meditación30minutos #dhammakaya #undecimopaso #adicción #recuperación #12pasos #programa12pasos #ayudaadicción #dejardeusar #podersuperior #serenidad #los12pasos youtu.be/8N29YHbgoO8?...

Pre-Christian Buddhism in Europe that goes further than the Gundestrup Silver Bowl

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

Yeah, it takes time even if it helps us to process ( to some extent)

Relevant 'in spirit' Buddhist quote. Can't point to its scriptural origin, though - anyone?

Before the moment passes forever...

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.

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.

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

My skircle shift between March (left/blue) and December (right/red) of 2025 - mostly from corporate to independent news sources 😉 #SkircleSunday

From graffiti comes forth unfamiliar wisdom...

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.🎄❄️☃️

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...

Yes, one of the functions of mindfulness often overlooked when it is erroneously defined as 'bare attention'...

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...

Typical monk trying to stay relevant 🙄

A nice Buddha to cheer you up instead of succumbing to Black Friday urges #MassBlackout #weaintbuyingit