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Hārītī, former demon child kidnapper and cannibal witch, who converted to protect children and discipline bad parents, becoming goddess of fertility across Buddhist schools. Strong Greek and Scythian connection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hārītī, former demon child kidnapper and cannibal witch, who converted to protect children and discipline bad parents, becoming goddess of fertility across Buddhist schools. Strong Greek and Scythian connection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariti
Fingers crossed is a basic hand mudrā. All-knowing Intelligence says "The gesture has historical roots in superstition, with origins in early Christianity where it was used to invoke the protection of the Holy Cross." Roots = origins, thus superstition = early Christianity.
June 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fingers crossed is a basic hand mudrā. All-knowing Intelligence says "The gesture has historical roots in superstition, with origins in early Christianity where it was used to invoke the protection of the Holy Cross." Roots = origins, thus superstition = early Christianity.
Aspects of Buddhist ethos / pathos / logos poorly conveyed:
1. power, capacity
(śakti, bala, indriya, vīrya, vibhūti, sāmarthya etc)
2. sorcery, magic
(ābhicārika, kṛtyā, śambara, ṛddhi, siddha, kārmaṇa etc)
3. peace, ataraxy
(śānti, śama, sama, kṣema, abhaya, nirbhaya etc) >
1. power, capacity
(śakti, bala, indriya, vīrya, vibhūti, sāmarthya etc)
2. sorcery, magic
(ābhicārika, kṛtyā, śambara, ṛddhi, siddha, kārmaṇa etc)
3. peace, ataraxy
(śānti, śama, sama, kṣema, abhaya, nirbhaya etc) >
June 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Aspects of Buddhist ethos / pathos / logos poorly conveyed:
1. power, capacity
(śakti, bala, indriya, vīrya, vibhūti, sāmarthya etc)
2. sorcery, magic
(ābhicārika, kṛtyā, śambara, ṛddhi, siddha, kārmaṇa etc)
3. peace, ataraxy
(śānti, śama, sama, kṣema, abhaya, nirbhaya etc) >
1. power, capacity
(śakti, bala, indriya, vīrya, vibhūti, sāmarthya etc)
2. sorcery, magic
(ābhicārika, kṛtyā, śambara, ṛddhi, siddha, kārmaṇa etc)
3. peace, ataraxy
(śānti, śama, sama, kṣema, abhaya, nirbhaya etc) >
Mahāvairocana (Great Sun), the original dharmakāya of early Guhya Mantra (Vajrayāna).
As five elements:
Oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ
As awareness:
Oṃ vajradhātu vaṃ
As dynamic union of awareness and experience:
Oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvala pravartāya hūṃ
As five elements:
Oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ
As awareness:
Oṃ vajradhātu vaṃ
As dynamic union of awareness and experience:
Oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvala pravartāya hūṃ
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Mahāvairocana (Great Sun), the original dharmakāya of early Guhya Mantra (Vajrayāna).
As five elements:
Oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ
As awareness:
Oṃ vajradhātu vaṃ
As dynamic union of awareness and experience:
Oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvala pravartāya hūṃ
As five elements:
Oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ
As awareness:
Oṃ vajradhātu vaṃ
As dynamic union of awareness and experience:
Oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvala pravartāya hūṃ
Maitreya Buddha in samādhi, holding five elements stūpa.
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maitreya Buddha in samādhi, holding five elements stūpa.
Awareness is uncontroversial, as is experience. Any controversy is a social construct, a squabble. Don't waste precious time proving you're effortlessly experiencing stuff, and knowing it. Look at experience, rest in that looking, and see all controversy dissappear. Hallelujah.
June 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Awareness is uncontroversial, as is experience. Any controversy is a social construct, a squabble. Don't waste precious time proving you're effortlessly experiencing stuff, and knowing it. Look at experience, rest in that looking, and see all controversy dissappear. Hallelujah.
You can overtrain. And we know what it does, most of it not good. Can you overmeditate? Easily. How much is too much? It depends where u're at and what u're aiming at, but it is almost certainly less than u imagine. Of course, u must do it well. Well enough. And maintain balance.
June 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You can overtrain. And we know what it does, most of it not good. Can you overmeditate? Easily. How much is too much? It depends where u're at and what u're aiming at, but it is almost certainly less than u imagine. Of course, u must do it well. Well enough. And maintain balance.
Individuals are oriented in Buddhist practice in different ways, 3 main modes follow. ¹Therapeutic thru healing and improving one's experience of life. ²Being part of community thru organized group activities. ³Spiritual or mystical calling, seeking inner transformation. >
June 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Individuals are oriented in Buddhist practice in different ways, 3 main modes follow. ¹Therapeutic thru healing and improving one's experience of life. ²Being part of community thru organized group activities. ³Spiritual or mystical calling, seeking inner transformation. >
Round and round. Lost and found. Revolving or going around the sacred is a key practice in many spiritual traditions East and West. In Sanskrit, parikrama (path around) or pradakṣiṇā (to the right, clockwise), means walking around sanctum sanctorum: holy relics (śarīra) >
June 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Round and round. Lost and found. Revolving or going around the sacred is a key practice in many spiritual traditions East and West. In Sanskrit, parikrama (path around) or pradakṣiṇā (to the right, clockwise), means walking around sanctum sanctorum: holy relics (śarīra) >
A tiny little bit of genuine kindness goes a very long way. And it doesn't matter one iota where one's at. A little bit more – and it's a different world altogether.
May 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A tiny little bit of genuine kindness goes a very long way. And it doesn't matter one iota where one's at. A little bit more – and it's a different world altogether.
Any demystifying by blinding oneself to mistery is bound to fail. Mistery is always at the core of every meaningful pursuit. Every aspect, every level, every mode. Learn to embrace and appreciate mystery.
May 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Any demystifying by blinding oneself to mistery is bound to fail. Mistery is always at the core of every meaningful pursuit. Every aspect, every level, every mode. Learn to embrace and appreciate mystery.
Most of "mindful" now is humans trying to somewhat compensate for making many aspects of ourselves obsolete – ie physical emotional spiritual social atrophy – thru seeking safety comfort convenience. Same tracks, same drive behind both.
May 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Most of "mindful" now is humans trying to somewhat compensate for making many aspects of ourselves obsolete – ie physical emotional spiritual social atrophy – thru seeking safety comfort convenience. Same tracks, same drive behind both.
What is intimacy? A deepening movement from knowing about
to
knowing thru experience
to
knowing thru being known
to
empty knowing
to
natural direct knowing.
Each step opens possible cycles for each previous step. While it feels like emergence, it's a genuine descent.
to
knowing thru experience
to
knowing thru being known
to
empty knowing
to
natural direct knowing.
Each step opens possible cycles for each previous step. While it feels like emergence, it's a genuine descent.
May 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
What is intimacy? A deepening movement from knowing about
to
knowing thru experience
to
knowing thru being known
to
empty knowing
to
natural direct knowing.
Each step opens possible cycles for each previous step. While it feels like emergence, it's a genuine descent.
to
knowing thru experience
to
knowing thru being known
to
empty knowing
to
natural direct knowing.
Each step opens possible cycles for each previous step. While it feels like emergence, it's a genuine descent.
Medicine Buddha (skt. Bhaiṣajyaguru, jap. Yakushi, tib. Menla) statue in Japan, flanked by Moonlight and Sunlight. Some years ago I've put together a simple Medicine Buddha ritual practice. Still available for download here
hokai.eu/medicine-buddh…
hokai.eu/medicine-buddh…
May 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Medicine Buddha (skt. Bhaiṣajyaguru, jap. Yakushi, tib. Menla) statue in Japan, flanked by Moonlight and Sunlight. Some years ago I've put together a simple Medicine Buddha ritual practice. Still available for download here
hokai.eu/medicine-buddh…
hokai.eu/medicine-buddh…
Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī embodies insight & discerning wisdom ie intimacy with empty knowing. Mañju means beautiful, sweet, while Śrī is a honorific, meaning glorious. Other names Mañjughoṣa (Lovely Voice) & Vāgīśvara (Lord of Speech), shown as either youth prince or old hermit.
May 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī embodies insight & discerning wisdom ie intimacy with empty knowing. Mañju means beautiful, sweet, while Śrī is a honorific, meaning glorious. Other names Mañjughoṣa (Lovely Voice) & Vāgīśvara (Lord of Speech), shown as either youth prince or old hermit.
Whether learning attention, skills, concepts, or ways of being, inner or outer or liminal... whatever learning is about, from, of, towards etc. it has five implicit domains.
- learning environment
- unlearning
- how to learn
- how to know
- pointing beyond the learnt
- learning environment
- unlearning
- how to learn
- how to know
- pointing beyond the learnt
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Whether learning attention, skills, concepts, or ways of being, inner or outer or liminal... whatever learning is about, from, of, towards etc. it has five implicit domains.
- learning environment
- unlearning
- how to learn
- how to know
- pointing beyond the learnt
- learning environment
- unlearning
- how to learn
- how to know
- pointing beyond the learnt
Knowing history is laudable. Not repeating past errors, remarkable. This isn't about that. It's about what one becomes. Knowing itself. So...
Hindsight is lazy wisdom. Always right. A would-be should've. Judging the dead. Someone said, "Let the dead bury the dead."
Look. Act.
Hindsight is lazy wisdom. Always right. A would-be should've. Judging the dead. Someone said, "Let the dead bury the dead."
Look. Act.
May 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Knowing history is laudable. Not repeating past errors, remarkable. This isn't about that. It's about what one becomes. Knowing itself. So...
Hindsight is lazy wisdom. Always right. A would-be should've. Judging the dead. Someone said, "Let the dead bury the dead."
Look. Act.
Hindsight is lazy wisdom. Always right. A would-be should've. Judging the dead. Someone said, "Let the dead bury the dead."
Look. Act.
Create a void. Then fall into it.
May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Create a void. Then fall into it.
We are legion.
Each and every single one. Or, as my teacher often encouraged me, "Not small. One!"
Just do your part. It *always* tips the scales.🤘🤘 🙏
Each and every single one. Or, as my teacher often encouraged me, "Not small. One!"
Just do your part. It *always* tips the scales.🤘🤘 🙏
May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We are legion.
Each and every single one. Or, as my teacher often encouraged me, "Not small. One!"
Just do your part. It *always* tips the scales.🤘🤘 🙏
Each and every single one. Or, as my teacher often encouraged me, "Not small. One!"
Just do your part. It *always* tips the scales.🤘🤘 🙏
Weeping Maitreya (Loving One), aka Ajitā (Invincible). Why? Cuz loving compassion is the way. Also cuz that way is a path through an endless valley of sorrows. No way around it. It's hard sell if coming from a "make my life better" angle, not that it hasn't been tried. Forever.
May 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Weeping Maitreya (Loving One), aka Ajitā (Invincible). Why? Cuz loving compassion is the way. Also cuz that way is a path through an endless valley of sorrows. No way around it. It's hard sell if coming from a "make my life better" angle, not that it hasn't been tried. Forever.
New series on nobility by @meaningness.bsky.social is timely and exciting. Not sure when or how or why it got started in private, but 10yrs ago I plunged into a similar project as I was translating the two sūtras on Benevolent Kings.
🆕 Nobility is the wise and just use of power. What counts as noble? How did nobility become a myth? What have we lost as a consequence? How will we recover it? meaningness.substack.com/p/ofermod
Ofermōd
Building a bridge across postmodern nihilism to nobility
meaningness.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New series on nobility by @meaningness.bsky.social is timely and exciting. Not sure when or how or why it got started in private, but 10yrs ago I plunged into a similar project as I was translating the two sūtras on Benevolent Kings.
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"Sometimes ritual doesn’t just demand that we hold ourselves in, but instead that we loosen ourselves up."
I spent this afternoon putting together a few thoughts on Confucius, and the art of not being annoying.
www.willbuckingham.com/confucius-no...
www.willbuckingham.com/confucius-no...
Confucius on the Art of Not Being Annoying | Will Buckingham
A note on the proper use of ritual
www.willbuckingham.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Sometimes ritual doesn’t just demand that we hold ourselves in, but instead that we loosen ourselves up."
Bliss or sukha, what's in a word. You know duḥkha? Pain discomfort unease trouble agony grief distress sorrow misery suffering struggle frustration... Duḥ is bad, difficult etc. Kha is open empty space when/where awareness meets experience, empty meets clarity. A slow thread...
May 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Bliss or sukha, what's in a word. You know duḥkha? Pain discomfort unease trouble agony grief distress sorrow misery suffering struggle frustration... Duḥ is bad, difficult etc. Kha is open empty space when/where awareness meets experience, empty meets clarity. A slow thread...
Many principles, practices, methods, symbols, ritual forms etc accepted as Indian by origin, just because we find them in Indian traditions, clearly have been introduced to India from other places at different times.
May 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Many principles, practices, methods, symbols, ritual forms etc accepted as Indian by origin, just because we find them in Indian traditions, clearly have been introduced to India from other places at different times.