Buddhist insights: Take a look at 'The Burdened Heart', by Ajahn Brahmamuni here wp.me/pFy3u-14V. Translated by Ajahn Sumedho

Honest reflections on UFO Encounters by Navajo Historian, Wally Brown. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0D...

Beautiful! Petra Poláčková performs Sonata Romántica by Manuel Ponce (1882–1948) on a vintage 1926 Domingo Esteso guitar via Guitars International. www.thisisclassicalguitar.com/petra-polack...

Off to their lives. Goodnight Blue Sky

Eid Mubarak to all, especially those celebrating life in the face of forces intent on destroying it. May this day provide you the sustenance, joy, and love you need to continue resisting oppression and fighting for liberation.

youtube.com/shorts/rSpv5... Pope's strong warning ⚠ about AI.

15 years ago His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama took the final steps in retiring from his role as the political leader of the Tibetan diaspora. In his place he cemented a one-of-a-kind democratic process that allows exile Tibetans to elect their own leaders. #savetibet

Continual inner peace, happiness and tranquility ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche https://justdharma.org/continual-inner-peace-happiness-and-tranquility-lama-zopa-rinpoche/ #LamaZopaRinpoche #emptiness #karmasuffering #happiness

Katie Wilson Kicks off Expanded Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard www.theurbanist.org/katie-wilson...

The best way to honor fallen soldiers is to avoid careless reasons to create more of them.

Huang Po: Not till your thoughts cease al their branches here and there, Not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, Not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right path to the gate. #Zen #Chan #Buddhism

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Invasive species here, it spread to many parts of the world. Magnuson Park, Seattle, US #Frogs #AmericanBullfrog #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Devotion ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche https://justdharma.org/devotion/ #DilgoKhyentseRinpoche #devotion #sunlight

Interview with #FreedomFlotilla activist Ehab Lotayef @lotayef.bsky.social on his treatment by Israel while held hostage. youtube.com/watch?v=iy7E... #SanctionNow #FreedomFlotillaCoalition #Flotilla2026 #FreePalestine #EndGazaBlockade #Humanrights #Justice #EndTheSiege #Montreal

My first pictures and sighting of the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Magnuson Park, Seattle, US #Birds #Aves #Doves #MourningDove #Seattle #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Magnuson park, Seattle, US Not native here. #Turtles #SnappingTurtle #Nature #Wildlife #Reptiles #Photography

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) Seattle #Bugs #Insects #Photography #Nature #Wildlife

What is love? It is to meet another with the same intensity, at the same level, at the same time. ~Jiddu Krishnamurti

Anthomyia oculifera is a species of root-maggot fly in the family Anthomyiidae. Seattle #Bugs #Insects #Photography #Nature #Wildlife

House finch Seattle #Birds #Seattle #Aves #Photography #Finches #Wildlife #Nature

Simply let go ~ Ajahn Chah https://justdharma.org/simply-let-go/ #AjahnChah #selflessness #peace #freedom

Had no idea Paul McCartney was a lifelong birder! www.paulmccartney.com/news/stickin...

I have arrived, I am home My destination is in each step --Thich Nhat Hanh

Congress is about to legalize the liquidation of America’s national forests www.resilience.org/stories/2026...

#LamaYeshe #Buddhism #Wisdom

One of the lovely warblers migrating through, the Cape May warbler. I love the orange blush on his cheeks.

Generosity ~ 14th Dalai Lama https://justdharma.org/generosity/ #14thDalaiLama #compassion #generosity #lovingkindness

Israeli-American anthropologist Jeff Halper speaks to TRT World about the genocide in Palestine’s Gaza, and the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance. www.youtube.com/shorts/L6uoz...

Apr 19, 2026 Stephen Kapos is an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, and joins us to speak about his activism, his opposition to Israel's systemic destruction of Gaza and the West Bank, and how the memory of the Holocaust is being abused by Israel and the far-right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySHH...

Arrogance is believing we can endlessly take without giving back. Arrogance is thinking technological cleverness will always save us from ecological collapse. Arrogance is assuming nature is a foe to be battled,rather than the very system that gives us life.

“On May 17, we mark a tragic day in Tibetan history, when the Chinese government stole a venerated religious leader – a six-year-old boy – from us. The CCP continues to hold him and his family to this day.” – ICT President Tencho Gyatso. Read our full statement: savetibet.org/after-31-yea...

Moving away from comfort and security ~ Pema Chödron https://justdharma.org/moving-away-from-comfort-and-security/ #PemaChödron #unknown #confort #shaky

Cardinal Meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum) Lake Washington, Seattle, US #Meadowhawk #Dragonfly #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

My first Virginia Rail! (Rallus limicola) Magnuson park, Seattle, US Could still make some pictures, despite all the high grass. It is a couple and they had 3 babies. #Birds #Aves #Rails #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Canadian geese Seward park, Seattle, US #Birds #Aves #Geese #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

The beauty of the American black crow Seward park, Seattle, US #Birds #Aves #Crows #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

Buddhist insights: Buddhist meditation: 'Luminosity of the Mind' something that I cannot simply explain in words to you. Dalai Lama bit.ly/DLmind.

Common Merganser Lake Washington, Seattle, US #Birds #Aves #Merganser #Nature #Wildlife #Photography

A male Downy Woodpecker snags a tasty grub from a cattail after hammering away at the husk. The Downy's small size allows them to perch on cattails which cannot support heavier woodpeckers.

Uploaded my latest guitar video 'Allemande' also to Vimeo. #Classicalguitar vimeo.com/1182281304?s...

Forget wealth. Forget power. His Holiness the Dalai Lama cuts straight to the heart of human connection — and reveals why compassion is the only thing that creates true, lasting friendship. Video originally recorded on November 20, 2014. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCSC...

My latest recording, hope you like it, uploaded to yt yesterday. Allemande, from first Cello suite, BWV 1007 by J.S. Bach Arranged by Manuel Barrueco. #ClassicalGuitar #ClassicalGuitarists #Bach #JSBach #Guitar #Guitarists www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9i1...

Francesca Albanese's statement in Antwerp after receiving an honorary doctorate from 3 Belgian universities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgJR...