Review of "What Makes You Not a Buddhist, Second Edition" (5 stars): A Generous and Compassionate Wake-Up Call

https://bookrastinating.com/user/Sasu/review/971497

" it has been used by religious associations, including #Buddhists, #Jains and #Sikhs. Given this history, some Buddhists have stated that the tradition of the #sangha represents humanity's oldest surviving #DemocraticInstitution "

Conscious breathing appears to synchronise #brain and #body activity https://www.psypost.org/conscious-breathing-appears-to-synchronize-brain-and-body-activity/

#Buddhists have been proving this for centuries.

#Meditation

Conscious breathing appears to synchronize brain and body activity

New research in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience suggests that slow, controlled breathing strengthens communication between the brain and body. This frequency-based synchronization may enhance self-regulation.

PsyPost Psychology News
Muktinath Temple, Mustang #Nepal Muktinath - a sacred place for both #Hindu and #Buddhists - is located at 3710 m.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism
China and elsewhere, #Buddhists use incense as an offering and as a way to clear the air of evil spirits.

#Wisdom from Jane Goodall: "It’s only western #science that has been so divorced from the natural world. If you go to #indigenous people, or #Buddhists they completely understand that we’re one with #nature."

#JaneGoodall #indigeneity #Buddhism
https://imagine5.com/interview/jane-goodall-change-starts-within/

Jane Goodall: “Change starts within”

The tireless climate activist on how to inspire people to action.

Imagine5
May 12: On #Vesak #Buddhists celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of #Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. https://www.cute-calendar.com/46621
Vesak 2025

Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima or Buddha Day, is the highest Buddhist holiday and is committed on May 12, 2025, the full moon of ...

Cute Calendar

S Korean #Buddhist temple returns stolen 14th century #Japanese #Buddha statue to original Japanese owner https://japantoday.com/category/national/s.-korean-temple-returns-stolen-buddha-statue-to-japanese-owner

It was not returned willingly, it took a high court order to force them to give it back. The S Korean #Buddhists were not adhering to the 4th precept (正業 Shōgyō) of not not stealing.

#CulturalRelations #DoNotSteal #TheEightfoldPath

S Korean temple returns stolen Buddha statue to Japanese owner

A South Korean temple that claimed ownership of a 14th-century Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 handed it over to the Japanese owner on Saturday. While the statue, taken by South Korean thieves, has been recovered by local authorities, Buseoksa Temple in Seosan, southwest of Seoul, claims…

Japan Today

Our liberals talking about the death of #postmodernism

https://youtu.be/B_q1RemGq3E?si=JKovTWlAXwuSysrT From decades of real-world experience - especially in activism - I've found that self-professed #Postmodernists and Western #Buddhists have been some of the most useless and damaging people I've worked with. Not an exaggeration: I could probably count the genuinely good ones on one hand. This isn't bitterness. It’s about composting a mess that has rotted for too long. Important: This isn’t a call to lurch into the collapsing right-wing […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/our-liberals-talking-about-the-death-of-postmodernism/

Our liberals talking about the death of #postmodernism – Hamish Campbell