Miyo Wratten
@mkgw.bsky.social
Studying Zen Buddhism.
Serving as a Buddhist priest (Pūjari).
Teaching French.
Travelling through this adventure called life with my best friend and husband of 26 years.
Trying to be a bagpiper but not always succeeding.
Serving as a Buddhist priest (Pūjari).
Teaching French.
Travelling through this adventure called life with my best friend and husband of 26 years.
Trying to be a bagpiper but not always succeeding.
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May we listen to the cries of this world: Avalokiteshvara, She who hears the cries of suffering in our world May we respond without hesitation: Samantabhadra, She who enacts wisdom and compassionate activity.
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
May we listen to the cries of this world: Avalokiteshvara, She who hears the cries of suffering in our world May we respond without hesitation: Samantabhadra, She who enacts wisdom and compassionate activity.
It is difficult not to feel ... ragey... lately. Remember to pause, go out in nature and re-fill your cup. Can't fight fascists when our internal resources are depleted. Make sure to take care of you ❤️ It's part of saving the world - you're the world, the world is you.
This is something I have had to do myself a lot this week. And it does work. Even though it can be exhausting and hard work sometimes, it is useful advice. May you find your calm, my friends. 😊
#mindfulness #life #compassion #calm #peace #health
#mindfulness #life #compassion #calm #peace #health
May 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It is difficult not to feel ... ragey... lately. Remember to pause, go out in nature and re-fill your cup. Can't fight fascists when our internal resources are depleted. Make sure to take care of you ❤️ It's part of saving the world - you're the world, the world is you.
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May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be happy.
May 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be happy.
If you, like me, are looking for sources of news that are meant to deliver information rather than stoke the fires of "us" vs "them," here are some that I've found and checked out that I have appreciated so far:
1440
Tangle
Straight Arrow News
What are your favorites?
1440
Tangle
Straight Arrow News
What are your favorites?
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If you, like me, are looking for sources of news that are meant to deliver information rather than stoke the fires of "us" vs "them," here are some that I've found and checked out that I have appreciated so far:
1440
Tangle
Straight Arrow News
What are your favorites?
1440
Tangle
Straight Arrow News
What are your favorites?
Incredibly, it IS that simple. Everyone has the right to live. Period.
This kid runs circles around the reporter
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Incredibly, it IS that simple. Everyone has the right to live. Period.
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Canada has been named among the top 5 countries with the most freedom.
The United States ranked 57th.
The United States ranked 57th.
Canada named among countries with the most freedom
According to a new report by Freedom House, Canada has been named among the top countries in the world with the most freedom.
cultmtl.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Canada has been named among the top 5 countries with the most freedom.
The United States ranked 57th.
The United States ranked 57th.
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Yesterday, the Buddhist peace activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, was freed from federal custody. In ruling to release Mohsen, a federal judge found that he did not pose a danger to the public.
Read more about his story in the piece below.
Read more about his story in the piece below.
Mohsen Mahdawi, the Buddhist
Understanding and responding to the latest college-student abduction by ICE
tricycle.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yesterday, the Buddhist peace activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, was freed from federal custody. In ruling to release Mohsen, a federal judge found that he did not pose a danger to the public.
Read more about his story in the piece below.
Read more about his story in the piece below.
Engaged Buddhism.
Big update in the Mohsen Mahdawi story today!
Judge orders release of Buddhism-informed activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Mahdawi’s case has found support in some corners of the Buddhist community, most notably in via letters from mostly American Zen teachers as well as from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
www.lionsroar.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Engaged Buddhism.
Ah yes, there's a reason I miss the Motherland.
You’re welcome. 😊
Montreal is the most anti-Pierre Poilievre city in Canada
Montreal is the most anti-Pierre Poilievre city in Canada
Montreal is the most anti-Pierre Poilievre city in Canada
Montreal is the most anti-Pierre Poilievre city in Canada.
cultmtl.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ah yes, there's a reason I miss the Motherland.
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April 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well, say goodbye to the US tourism industry, folks. Nice job.
April 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Well, say goodbye to the US tourism industry, folks. Nice job.
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If you don't have this book. Order a HARD COPY now. Read it. Recognize that much of what happens in the book, is happening now in the U.S. Then, resist. With everything that is in you.
In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books
April 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If you don't have this book. Order a HARD COPY now. Read it. Recognize that much of what happens in the book, is happening now in the U.S. Then, resist. With everything that is in you.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
Yesterday was our last day with this sweet, grumpy old brown bear we called Cooper. It all happened so unexpectedly, but we are glad we could help him make his transition into the next life. I'll look for you in the skies with the birds you wanted so badly to catch ❤️
March 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yesterday was our last day with this sweet, grumpy old brown bear we called Cooper. It all happened so unexpectedly, but we are glad we could help him make his transition into the next life. I'll look for you in the skies with the birds you wanted so badly to catch ❤️
The joy of impermanence is that it makes room for joy in dark places. It's the fireflies at midnight, it's the beauty of the hooting owl in obscured branches, it's finding love where the waters were once too muddied to perceive it.
March 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The joy of impermanence is that it makes room for joy in dark places. It's the fireflies at midnight, it's the beauty of the hooting owl in obscured branches, it's finding love where the waters were once too muddied to perceive it.
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The chaotic evil nature of geese, as captured by a Roshi 😊🤣
long days of sitting
as geese honk over the zendo
no respect at all
Jiko Mannen (Joan Halifax)
as geese honk over the zendo
no respect at all
Jiko Mannen (Joan Halifax)
February 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The chaotic evil nature of geese, as captured by a Roshi 😊🤣
Oh Target, I'm so disappointed in you. You used to be all about diversity and equity, but apparently that was all just an act, because when we really believe in something, we stand up for it in the face of adversity. Instead, you're pandering to and falling in step with the powers that be.
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Oh Target, I'm so disappointed in you. You used to be all about diversity and equity, but apparently that was all just an act, because when we really believe in something, we stand up for it in the face of adversity. Instead, you're pandering to and falling in step with the powers that be.
Resistance isn't always about violence. Sometimes it's stuff like this - standing up for what you know in your heart is right, and loudly declaring it to be so.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened
The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.
bringmethenews.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Resistance isn't always about violence. Sometimes it's stuff like this - standing up for what you know in your heart is right, and loudly declaring it to be so.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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👇🏻👇🏻
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
👇🏻👇🏻
This is why knowing our actual history is important. So we can avoid repeating it. Yet Jerry we are ... not learning. We have an opportunity to try to really learn this time. Who will take the time?
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
February 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is why knowing our actual history is important. So we can avoid repeating it. Yet Jerry we are ... not learning. We have an opportunity to try to really learn this time. Who will take the time?