Nerd Farah strikes again! Spent hours reading different translations of Heart Sutra only to realize there’s no good translation of those six words. #buddhism #AmReading

🪷 Buddhist Reflection: True love is not clinging to perfection—
it is compassion that endures suffering.

In #Buddhism we speak of the Four Immeasurables:

Metta (loving-kindness): wishing well even in difficulty.

Karuna (compassion): staying with pain instead of turning away.

Mudita (joy): celebrating even small moments.

Upekkha (equanimity): remaining steady when life shakes.

Love that stays through storms is love rooted in these qualities.
It sees your scars not as flaws but as part of your wholeness.
It chooses you again and again, even when it hurts.

True love is presence:
the quiet “I am here” in darkness,
the hand held in fear,
the laughter at your quirks.

It is a promise to walk together,
to grow, to endure.

#Love is not escape from suffering—
it is walking through suffering together,
with open hearts.

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Padampa Sangye (d. 1117 CE) 🪷

✨ If you first finish what you have to do, you'll never get to the Dharma; People of Tingri, while you're thinking about it, practice straight away. — Padampa Sangye (d. 1117 CE) ✨

🔗 Explore more at BDG: buddhistdoor.net

#Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Chod #Tantra #India #Tibet #Nepal #China #Compassion #Mindfulness #Meditation #Wisdom #Awakening

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Padampa Sangye (d. 1117 CE) 🪷

✨ If you first finish what you have to do, you'll never get to the Dharma; People of Tingri, while you're thinking about it, practice straight away. — Padampa Sangye (d. 1117 CE) ✨

🔗 Explore more at BDG: buddhistdoor.net

#Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Chod #Tantra #India #Tibet #Nepal #China #Compassion #Mindfulness #Meditation #Wisdom #Awakening

Gorgeous documentary on kathina featuring Wat Marp Jan (Ajahn Anan’s monastery). Anumodana! 🙏

https://youtu.be/zXxXZiEa2pc

#Buddhism

@farah I've also heard it translated as "dissatisfaction".
Which I almost think is a better word because I think it better reflects the idea of attachments being the cause.

#buddhism

It’s funny that the pali word for Suffering is ‘dukkha’ as if it’s a special kind of pain; in bangla it just means ‘sadness’. I have to remind myself that - Life is not just sadness. #buddhism #language

Statue of #Raijin, the god of thunder, enshrined at Sanjusangen-do, also known as Rengeo-in, in Higashiyama, #Kyoto, #Japan. Created during the #Kamakura period and designated as a national treasure.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

I like bodhisattvas but I'm not into Pure Lands as much. I never wanted to go to Heaven either. I'm happy on Earth. I would rather spend time in the woods than in some fancy rich mansion...

It seems that some (not all) faiths are based in a desire to escape Mother Earth... why is that?

I think many humans have a contempt for animals and a hatred of their own bodyminds, which they blame for their own mortality. This leads to a desire to "rise above" the bodymind with ascetic practices...

I'm still thinking about "he is continually living amongst asses, hogs, jackals, and dogs."

I want to hang out with the hogs... 🐷 Sounds like a good time to me...

#MastoDharma #LotusSutra #books #reading #Buddhism #religion

I’ll admit it, I love koans. The best part is there is no right answer and you can interpret them in multiple ways. But the really really good part is, when you compare notes with another and see the differences, you get to know that person a little bit more. #zen #Buddhism #koan

You live the story you write: https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/2025/10/29/you-live-the-story-you.html

But you don't remember that you wrote it… and that is what makes life fun

#buddhism

Started Stillness Flowing: The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah by Ajahn Jayasaro 📚

#Buddhism https://micro.blog/books/9786167930091

If the two aspects of reality is impermanence (anicca) and non-self (anatta), pertaining to the temporal and spatial dimensions respectively, and each is the manifestation of the other, are we all just dV/dt aka flow rate (Q)? #IDontEvenKnowWhatIAmTalkingAbout #Buddhism

This video gave me hope for my malnourished and traumatized inner-child :')

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-aJON5780

#adhd #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #buddhism

This video gave me hope for my malnourished and traumatized inner-child :')

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-aJON5780

#adhd #actuallyautistic #mentalhealth #buddhism

Reading the Lotus Sutra, it is obvious that Buddhism is a religion with mythology and supernatural ideas like any other. So, I wonder why so many people insist that Buddhism and Daoism are "philosophies, not religions." I was taught this in school and many Western books on Eastern spirituality say the same thing.

I think it is good that Buddhism is adaptable enough to be secularized, but the complete ignorance of the other stuff even existing is crazy. When I was in school I was taught about meditation, but never anything about bodhisattvas or the six realms or things like that. Maybe my teacher had never heard of them.

#MastoDharma #LotusSutra #Buddhism #religion #Taoism #Daoism #SecularBuddhism

INTRODUCING: #Mastodharma

A weekly, low-pressure Buddhist sutra discussion group for the Fediverse.

Each Saturday, we read and discuss one chapter of a Buddhist sutra starting with the Lotus Sutra.

We’re kicking off this week with Chapter One, which sets the stage with a cosmic gathering of dragon kings, bodhisattvas, and deities and then the Buddha shoots a laser out of his face. yes, really

How to Join

Read Chapter One before or on Saturday, Sept 27

Post your thoughts on Saturday using the hashtag #Mastodharma

Follow and/or pin the hashtag #mastodharma so you can keep up with the discussion and boost others

Where to Read or Listen

text (html) https://sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm

text (pdf) https://huntingtonarchive.org/resources/downloads/sutras/06lotusVimalakirti/Lotus%20Sutra.doc.pdf

audio (youtube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHD7YkSRLo&list=PLSWzchdLomhjuEFt8D_T4-hSqvduWysIt

audio with on screen text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyuDIXfSUTI

#buddhism

INTRODUCING

#Mastodharma

Each Saturday, we read and discuss one chapter of a Buddhist sutra (starting with the Lotus Sutra)

(we will only be doing one chapter per week to keep things easy and low pressure for everyone)

This is our first week so we’re starting with Chapter One

chapter one is the stage setting chapter. there's dragons and bodhisattvas and the Buddha shoots a laser out of his face

all you gotta do to join in the discussion is read the chapter and post on Saturday (Sept 27) with the hashtag #Mastodharma (which you should also follow and possibly pin)

text is available several places online for free like here:

https://sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm

or pdf
https://huntingtonarchive.org/resources/downloads/sutras/06lotusVimalakirti/Lotus%20Sutra.doc.pdf

there's also audio versions on YouTube if that's better for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHD7YkSRLo&list=PLSWzchdLomhjuEFt8D_T4-hSqvduWysIt

this one also has the text on the screen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyuDIXfSUTI&t=7s

#Buddhism

Reading the Lotus Sutra, it is obvious that Buddhism is a religion with mythology and supernatural ideas like any other. So, I wonder why so many people insist that Buddhism and Daoism are "philosophies, not religions." I was taught this in school and many Western books on Eastern spirituality say the same thing.

I think it is good that Buddhism is adaptable enough to be secularized, but the complete ignorance of the other stuff even existing is crazy. When I was in school I was taught about meditation, but never anything about bodhisattvas or the six realms or things like that. Maybe my teacher had never heard of them.

#MastoDharma #LotusSutra #Buddhism #religion #Taoism #Daoism #SecularBuddhism

INTRODUCING: #Mastodharma

A weekly, low-pressure Buddhist sutra discussion group for the Fediverse.

Each Saturday, we read and discuss one chapter of a Buddhist sutra starting with the Lotus Sutra.

We’re kicking off this week with Chapter One, which sets the stage with a cosmic gathering of dragon kings, bodhisattvas, and deities and then the Buddha shoots a laser out of his face. yes, really

How to Join

Read Chapter One before or on Saturday, Sept 27

Post your thoughts on Saturday using the hashtag #Mastodharma

Follow and/or pin the hashtag #mastodharma so you can keep up with the discussion and boost others

Where to Read or Listen

text (html) https://sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm

text (pdf) https://huntingtonarchive.org/resources/downloads/sutras/06lotusVimalakirti/Lotus%20Sutra.doc.pdf

audio (youtube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHD7YkSRLo&list=PLSWzchdLomhjuEFt8D_T4-hSqvduWysIt

audio with on screen text https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyuDIXfSUTI

#buddhism