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Delighted to note that the volume I have edited on Buddhist Campus Chaplaincy is now available: sumeru-books.com/products/the...

Cancelled my Airbnb acct.

Here is a way to reclaim our power- the power of the purse and the power of community. Many groups across the country are participating. FEB 28: The 24 hour Economic Blackout Midnight Thursday February 27th til Friday 28th Midnight Do not make any purchases Do not shop online, or in-store

Worth a re-post #EngagedBuddhism #Buddhism #Liberation

Rally for trans rights outside NYU Langone.

Jamie Raskin: 'There's not a fourth branch of the federal government called 'Elon Musk.' That may be the first great line of the resistance

Thank you, Ontario! apnews.com/article/cana...

remarkable bravery

Do not let our country devolve into democrazy... Recalling the Ninth Mindfulness Training of the Order of Interbeing: "We will do our best to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may make difficulties for us or threaten our safety."

Tomorrow we welcome the New Year of the Wood Snake. May this new cycle bring greater wisdom.

gratitude @mariannbudde.bsky.social for being a voice for the voiceless.

via Cape Cod Women for Change and Joy Harjo: · Here's an idea: Send her a thank you note. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016

There is a story #VaclavHavel has told about falling into a sewer two months before he became president of his country. "What was striking about the sewer experience was how hope had emerged from hopelessness, from absurdity.

Don't let go of reality, no matter what the Trumpers say billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality

Looking to nature for inspiration. Reviving human systems, reawakening human systems. Interstitiality- the creative marginality of biologic systems. orionmagazine.org/article/inte...

Monday morning we are entering a new chapter in this country's history and we are entering it together, with our friends and principles held close and our eyes wide open.

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

Pain, grief, love, and hope are not disconnected phenomena, and if we ignore the former, we will miss the opportunity for the latter to emerge. The perilousness of our present moment-environmental, political, social, and otherwise-provides us with the opportunity to put our deep values into action.

I am providing spiritual counseling one-on-one in exchange for donations to Pasadena Humane Society. give.pasadenahumane.org/give/654134#...

#immigrants www.npr.org/2025/01/10/n...

When I lived in the Mohave, my friend used to tell me about the four seasons in SoCal: fire season, mudslide season, earthquake season, drought season. In LA, life has been insulated from the actual climate. It is easy to forget that the water naturally occurring in LA is precious and rare.

Upaya is a lovely Zen monastery and education centre doing good work in a suffering world. A worthy group if you’re looking for something to support in these dim hours.

surfing the waves of Mind, traveling back to Boulder.

Last three days of grading papers.

the flying birds have left no footprints on the blue sky --Muso Soseki, Sun at Midnight