Gary Gach

Dharma 101: The Branches of Buddhism Exploring the rich diversity of Buddhist traditions can deepen your connection to the dharma. Gary Gach unpacks the core philosophies and practices of Buddhism’s four major branches.

@lionsroar.com is running a new text by me.
www.lionsroar.com/dharma-101-t...

#buddhism #vipassana #zen #pureland #vajrayana #shambhala

Instant classic anthology. 135 contributors from various sectors, aligned on the vector of Awakening. Eclectic as heck. American Book Award. ❤️

Only $15.

Buy one, buy a bunch for gifts.

More info:
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Order from the publisher:
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John Coate: First Online Community Manager - Community Management Ein erfolgreiches und ressourcenschonendes Community Management hängt von verschiedenen Schlüsselfaktoren ab. Es muss auf der strategischen und operativen Ebene fest verankert sein, um Nutzer zu aktiv...

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from (a) Golden Age of online community / social media

Why NATIONALITY? Nationality: at the end of the day, we are richer for the diversity of our identities, and poorer for our divisions.

Reading the new issue of @markaz-review.bsky.social

themarkaz.org/why-national...

Why #Nationality ?

When Howl was published, I was 8. ( Where were you ? ) Did I imagine I'd be invited by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to take part in a celebration of its 70th anniversary – livestreamed to registrants ?

¿ { free nirvana } ?

citylights.com/events/howl-...
#poetry

When Howl was published, I was 8. ( Where were you ? ) Did I imagine I'd be invited by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social to take part in a celebration of its 70th anniversary – livestreamed to registrants ?

¿ { free nirvana } ?

citylights.com/events/howl-...
#poetry

Five-Spirited Garden

هرگز نمیرد آن که دلش زنده شد به عشق
ثبت است بر جریدهٔ عالم دوام ما

www.parsagon.com/five-spirite...
#Hafez #Hafiz #poetry #translation #world #wine #lovei #wisdom #garden #حافظ

Ragas Live Festival

Ragas Live Festival
ragaslive.com#schedule2025
#desi #raga

Hafez ~ “Made New” table of contents | Introduction | Excerpts | Reviews | | Interviews | Readings | | Persian Poetry Audio Samples | | Media : Press Room | Plus ~~~~~ | The “New” | Rescuing Poetry f…

Today is #HafezDay
garygach.com/.../hafizs-l...

( it's also #NationalFarmersDay too )

An Epic Journey Becomes “The Uncertainty Principle” “The Uncertainty Principle” — What if a bored and lonely teen met a strikingly good-looking teenage girl from a megayacht?

www.latitude38.com/lectronic/ep...
#writers #YA #Nautical

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Am feeling like it's time for a media fast for me for a while. Fortunately, I have few followers and those who'll miss my scribblings will know I'll come back on the other side.

Be kind.

Kavita Krishnan Iranian novelist and writer Sahar Delijani who was born in the Evin prison in Iran, takes down the notion that the brutal and murderous nature of the regime justifies the genocidal Netanyahu regime’s....

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And then recent posts by Sahar Delijani courtesy of KKavita Krishnan resonating with what I'm hearing my dear, exhausted Iranian American friends all saying.

www.facebook.com/kavita.krish...

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Then, turning towards Iran, this report from Tehran in The Markaz Review from an anonymous eyewitness. He's calling it a "Twelve-Day War." Let's hope right now is not a lull & the cease-fire actually sticks. ( Why not!? )

themarkaz.org/missiles-and...

Not turning away from the suffering depicted in 2 dozen different posts from Gaza City this morning – [ Enough already! Please, STOP!! ]

RSVP to Noasis Happy Hour: Music for Hope | Partiful In times of division and conflict, art becomes more essential than ever. Join us for a meaningful evening supporting work that counters destruction with creativity and brings light to dark places. Co...

Friends,
If unable to attend, perhaps you might wish to donate.
Pass it along.
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Sahba Aminikia : www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsXf...
Flying Carpet Festival : www.flyingcarpetfestival.org

#Iran #healing

Happy #Juneteenth! Sharing some ways to support Black people today and everyday ✊🏾❤️

wch translation of Dusty ?

Please post word from anybody's friends / relatives in Iran.

Violence boomerangs.

– LaoZi, 4th century BC.

honored indeed that the brief poems by Ko Un I helped translate have made the cut.

Season 3, Ep. 11: Ari Honarvar on how art keeps us tethered to freedom Podcast Episode · A Soulful Revolution · 05/21/2025 · 51m

Ari Honarvar on how #art keeps us tethered to #freedom
on " A Soulful Revolution Podcast" hosted by Rev Lauren Grubaugh Thomas

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

#spirituality

I need stationery as big as the sky to say Thank You. Alice Quinn selected 4 poems by Ko Un SSN – translated by Prof Young-moo Kim, An Sonjae, & me – for @newyorker.com.
18 years later, Kevin Young includes them in "100 Years of Poetry in 'The New Yorker" from @aaknopf.bsky.social. #poetry

But I’ll Still Try to Love You "[At my first sit-in] we sat there for two days waiting for something to eat. And it was the most challenging two days of my life. People came up and spat at us in the face. They put lit cigarettes do...

I'll Still Try To Love You : The Power of Nonviolence

dailyquaker.com/2025/03/but-...

#nonviolence #satyagraha #Quaker

Elon Musk, the founder of Neuralink, is advancing the concept of brain-computer interfaces, which allow users to communicate with machines using only their thoughts. According to the company, two human subjects have already received implants. The aim is to remove the need for physical interaction with devices entirely — no tapping, no swiping, not even speaking. Instead, thought would drive action.

What could possibly go wrong

YouTube video by Nimatullahi Sufi Order سلسله نعمت‌اللهی Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of Nimatullahi Order I -مصاحبه دکتر جواد نوربخش، پیر سلسله نعمت‌اللهی

Interview: Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of Nimatullahi Order I -مصاحبه دکتر جواد نوربخش، پیر سلسله نعمت‌اللهی
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfhW...

#Sufi #Sufism

New website www.nimatullahi.org

#Sufi #Sufism

Hearts Have Their Own Brain and Consciousness Many believe that conscious awareness originates in the brain alone. Recent scientific research suggests that consciousness actually emerges from the brain and body acting together. A growing body of ...

NIH focus on the brain – but not beyond – has overshadowed our appreciation of the gut as a second brain ( cf Candace Pert ), & the heart ...

wakeup-world.com/2012/02/29/h...

Is it naive to hope all sides to warfare reconsider ? Probably. Is that any reason not to ?