Excellent point! I’m in a Rapid Response Network. Here’s a list of hotlines in California:

“Lindsey, my boy. You were expecting some old white dude with a long beard? Think again…”

“To those who say, ‘Drill, baby, drill’ — I say, ‘Breathe, baby, breathe!’”

Christine Figueres, Costa Rican Diplomat, February 2, 2025.

Sadly, it appears that tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain has passed. Conflicting reports had been issued throughout the day. His mastery of classical Indian music and collaboration with contemporary musicians in the West have shaped modern music for the past half century.

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Happy and Healing Medicine Buddha Full Moon!

“Just as the crescent moon grows night by night,
Those who abide on the Bodhisattva grounds
Increase in stages of wisdom and compassion.
And just as the waxing moon becomes the full,
The Dharmakaya is fully manifest in each.”

Nāgārjuna

“If you plant the seed of applied science and technology, it proceeds to grow, and it grows according to the laws of its own being. And the laws of its being are not necessarily the same as the laws of our being.”

Aldous Huxley, BBC Interview, c. 1962

“What I consider most important is not just giving Dharma teachings, but to live a human life with dignity, with honesty, having a warm heart.”

His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama, Dharamsala India, December 6, 2024.

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