@phranicholas.bsky.social
Educator. Community builder. ☸️ monk. Tends not to reply to DMs.
Presumably for healthy self-esteem?
20.11.2025 18:06 — 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0If it needs to be taught, maybe it is because it is not innate for some...
15.11.2025 18:27 — 👍 88 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 2The Great Buddha @ Kōtoku-in (高徳院) Kamakura, for no real reason but an obsession with labelling things..
15.11.2025 05:05 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Hands touching silhouetted against sunshine with quote "You may not always see the results of your kindness, but every bit of positive energy you contribute to the world makes it a better place for all of us" attributed to Lisa Currie
Happy Kindness Day for all those who (should) celebrate...
#WorldKindnessDay
#KindnessDay
Kālāma Sutta, I presume...
07.11.2025 06:16 — 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0brown paper bag test
07.11.2025 06:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Entitled 'holding space'
07.11.2025 05:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1984 book, the bone people by keri hulme
#booksky #bookchallenge
04.11.2025 05:06 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
"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
Explainer: not a website, but sites of Buddhist pilgrimage
02.11.2025 01:48 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No wonder homeschooling is so popular in TX...
01.11.2025 04:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Makes 🎃 look PG-13 🤔
01.11.2025 04:20 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Folleto del evento de meditación Un portal entre dos mundos para el día de los muertos, el monte, CA, el 2 de noviembre de 2025
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
30.10.2025 22:50 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A portal between two worlds meditation event flyer for el día de los muertos, el monte, CA on 11/2/25
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
30.10.2025 22:17 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0"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
27.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
Three solutions............
24.10.2025 14:21 — 👍 332 🔁 75 💬 13 📌 3 “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
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?...
22.10.2025 16:35 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
19 October 2025, Belmont Shore, Long Beach Annual Pet Blessing
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!
20.10.2025 04:02 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
Pet parents bringing miscellaneous animals for multifaith pet blessing
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 😄
14.10.2025 23:21 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Except groypers...😉
14.10.2025 05:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Mu(無)-sky for Zen
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Image thanks to International Buddhist Meditation Center - Los Angeles, CA
Via Samuel Long
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.
08.10.2025 11:10 — 👍 81 🔁 43 💬 7 📌 4
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
07.10.2025 19:57 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
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?...
07.10.2025 16:26 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
If you can't beat 'em join 'em ... started a free #Substack to gauge demand for my lengthier scribblings #Buddhist #mindfulness substack.com/@phranichola...
06.10.2025 03:59 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
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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