Dana Gornall

Why are We All Watching the Monks and Their Peace Walk? - The Tattooed Buddha There are no demands for our attention. They aren't asking for anything. And still, crowds are gathering to watch.

This walk is their Walk for Peace. It is a 2,300 mile walk that started in Fort Worth, Texas and is aiming to end in Washington, DC. Their mission? To spread peace, loving kindness and compassion.

#walkforpeace #monks #peace #buddhist

Meeting Myozan Ian Kilroy: Author of Do Not Try to Become a Buddha - The Tattooed Buddha Rev. Myozan describes how he came to practice Zen, introduces the basics of Zen philosophy, and recalls the challenges of establishing a Zen Buddhist community in Catholic-dominated Ireland. He also e...

Our latest podcast with Rev. Myozan Ian Kilroy, author of Do Not Try to Become a Buddha from Wisdom Publications.

#buddhist #author #zenwriter

The Thing Within Us That Lives Off Conflict - The Tattooed Buddha Like cats, looking for a fight, we have a thing within us that lives off of conflict.

It’s easy to shrug off their behavior as, “animals being animals,” but humans aren’t so different. On our worst days we’re as silly as house cats.

I ponder this sometimes when I look at the state of the world. We have reached a post-scarcity era of human history.
-Sensei Alex Kakuyo
#buddhist

Trump in Gaza proposal to create 'Riviera of Middle East' US President Donald Trump made an extraordinary proposal for the United States to "take over" Gaza, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas.

We live in a time when the crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing are presented to the world as a business or property deal. Resist this. It is fascism.

Trump in Gaza proposal to create 'Riviera of Middle East' www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...

Don’t Turn the TV Off at Halftime: Kendrick Lamar May Teach a Lesson about Anger - The Tattooed Buddha The rap battle between Kendrick and Drake shows the power of anger, but this post explores how Lamar processed the anger on his latest album.

In Buddhism, anger is described as an emotion with a “honeyed tip” and a “poison root.” There’s no doubt that the honeyed tip of anger permeated the battle between Kendrick and Drake. -Claire Parsons

@brilliantlegalmind.bsky.social

#writer #buddhist #rap #kendricklamar

a picture of a book with an open door and an empty baby's cradle in front of it. The text reads The Perfect Mother by Claire Allan.

🔊MY TWENTY-FIRST BOOK THE PERFECT MOTHER IS OUT TODAY! From @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social !
#booksky📚💙

The Girl Who Runs Up The Stairs: How This Horror Movie Trope Helps Us Cope with Political Chaos - The Tattooed Buddha You don’t have to stop a raging river. You can be a boat that helps someone across it. You don’t have to change the world. You just need to show up and make a difference where you can.

In The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra), Shantideva offers a better answer. Instead of worrying that we can’t change the government, the church, or the media, we find ourselves taking the smallest, most direct step possible.

-Kellie Schorr

#buddhist #writer #politics

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

11 Ways to Be a Light in the Darkness - The Tattooed Buddha At the end of his life, Buddha encouraged his followers to be lights unto themselves because his light was about to go out and there was still plenty of path they needed to walk.

The Dharma is likened to a finger pointing at the moon. But what’s the point of having a moon visible in the night sky if not to provide illumination?

It’s a beacon in a sea of darkness. The stars are too, and these lights have allowed humans to navigate the world come nightfall.

-David Jones

Do Not Try to Become a Buddha - The Wisdom Experience A Zen Buddhist priest paints a picture of Zen in Ireland in this collection of short essays. In this collection of short essays, Irish Soto Zen priest Myozan Ian Kilroy describes how he came to practi...

Recorded a podcast with @iankilroy.bsky.social this morning. Can’t wait to share it with all of you. In the meantime check out his book, published by Wisdom Publications.

#buddhist #sotozen #ireland #irishbuddhist #writer #zen #books #publishing

Temporarily out of stock.

Nice job, herd.

If democracy does indeed die in darkness the legacy media are unscrewing the lightbulbs.

Boycott them and find good independent journalism.

Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump's Inauguration The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures on stage Monday.

At yesterday's inauguration, Elon Musk made Nazi-like salutes on stage. The far-right is celebrating.

This is going to be a scary four years.

10 years of The Tattooed Buddha! This was the first piece I wrote for our site. I’m so proud of how we evolved over the years.

Rudolph’s Light: Finding Peace Amid the Christmas Warping…um…Wrapping - The Tattooed Buddha Although Santa Claus is Coming to Town had me singing, and Frosty the Snowman warned me about loser magicians, no show was more beloved, watched or pervasive than their version of Rudolph the Red Nose...

The Buddha didn’t create enlightenment. He discovered it was already within him and is in all of us. Rudolph didn’t electro-charge his nose on Christmas Eve. It was already shining.

~ By Kellie Schorr

#rudolphtherednosedreindeer #writer #buddhism #standingout

Why That Productivity App Won't Fix Your Overwhelmed Mind - The Tattooed Buddha I can get so overwhelmed that my mind can race and I am truly just "gulping" up the information mentally.

But no matter what tool we use, nothing will really fix the issue unless we force ourselves to take each bit of information mindfully and tackle it one or two at a time

By Dana Gornall

#mindfulness #productivitytools #writers #buddhist

Being Thankful During Hard Times - The Tattooed Buddha Pondering this isn’t just an exercise in gratitude.

A lot of people are going to be asking themselves, “What is there to be thankful for this Thanksgiving?”

-Johnathon Lee

#gratitude #mindful #thanksgiving

The Right Words - The Tattooed Buddha I am thankful a three-year-old girl had the right words to bring my wife to tears. Happy tears.

“I was on the playground when a three-year-old girl I have cared for before came up to me and said to me in her adorable little voice, “I like when you are here.”
-By Louis DeLauro

#kindness #buddhistwriter

Attn: Yesterday, the Supreme Court revived the nondelegation doctrine, a legal theory that limits Congress’s ability to delegate power to federal agencies like the EPA—even if Congress wants to. (1/3)

A Very Special Episode: The Four Noble Truths of November 5th - The Tattooed Buddha In the Very Special Episode of America---this is the part of the show where the adults figure out what has been going on and create a plan to fix it.

In the Very Special Episode of America—this is the part of the show where the adults figure out what has been going on and create a plan to fix it.
- Kellie Schorr
#buddhism #election #mindfulpolitics

Buddhist Resistance: Is Love the Answer? - The Tattooed Buddha I see the shadow in everyone, and I accept it just as I’ve accepted mine. That’s what love does. It shines a light and shows that “yours” and “mine” are illusions created by competitive genes that don...

“Love one another” is a timeless message, handed to us by sages from diverse walks of life. You could make a religion where universal love was the only doctrine and it would get at the heart of everything that’s right and wise in other -isms.

-Johnathon Lee #buddhism #love

The Day I Broke Noble Silence (With Andrew Dice Clay) - The Tattooed Buddha Yes. I had just quoted the opening line of a dirty 1980s limerick. In a Buddhist silent retreat.

My friend announced he was about to read a poem written by our head teacher.

Then, before my homie read said poem, and without a moment’s hesitation, I did it. From the back of the hall, in my best Andrew Dice Clay impression, I bellowed: “HICKORY DICKORY DOCK!!!” -Gary Sanders #buddhist

Any #bodybuilders on here?