Sasanapala 🐚
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Promoting unity primarily among Pure Land, Tiantai/Tendai, Chān-Pure Land Dual Cultivation, Yogacara, Madhyamaka, Shingon, Orthodox Mahayana, and non-Sthaviravada sects 🪷 Sanskrit Tripitaka & Bodhisattva Pitaka 🪷 No Southern Transmission Followers Wanted ❌
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Monks and nuns without full attainments are not perfect beings. They are not to be worshipped.
The supreme authority is Sakyamuni Buddha, the Arahats, the Bodhisattvas, and the Elders of the Great Vehicle. The Scriptures are just below these exalted beings.
LEARNED laypersons outrank DUMB monks.
The supreme authority is Sakyamuni Buddha, the Arahats, the Bodhisattvas, and the Elders of the Great Vehicle. The Scriptures are just below these exalted beings.
LEARNED laypersons outrank DUMB monks.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Monks and nuns without full attainments are not perfect beings. They are not to be worshipped.
The supreme authority is Sakyamuni Buddha, the Arahats, the Bodhisattvas, and the Elders of the Great Vehicle. The Scriptures are just below these exalted beings.
LEARNED laypersons outrank DUMB monks.
The supreme authority is Sakyamuni Buddha, the Arahats, the Bodhisattvas, and the Elders of the Great Vehicle. The Scriptures are just below these exalted beings.
LEARNED laypersons outrank DUMB monks.
We do encourage steadfastness.
Followers of the Buddhadharma must stop trying to appease members of outer paths (other religions).
Grow a spine.
Don't be passive.
Don't seek conflict, but don't act timidly either.
Read, study, and research.
Stop entertaining silly questions from non-followers.
Followers of the Buddhadharma must stop trying to appease members of outer paths (other religions).
Grow a spine.
Don't be passive.
Don't seek conflict, but don't act timidly either.
Read, study, and research.
Stop entertaining silly questions from non-followers.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We do encourage steadfastness.
Followers of the Buddhadharma must stop trying to appease members of outer paths (other religions).
Grow a spine.
Don't be passive.
Don't seek conflict, but don't act timidly either.
Read, study, and research.
Stop entertaining silly questions from non-followers.
Followers of the Buddhadharma must stop trying to appease members of outer paths (other religions).
Grow a spine.
Don't be passive.
Don't seek conflict, but don't act timidly either.
Read, study, and research.
Stop entertaining silly questions from non-followers.
Meditation is imparted the traditional way amongst us only after the following has taken place:
•Proper initiation (Three Refuges + Five/Eight Precepts)
•Duly taught (affirmation of the doctrine of the Great Vehicle) •Commitment (Bodhisattva Vows)
•Proper initiation (Three Refuges + Five/Eight Precepts)
•Duly taught (affirmation of the doctrine of the Great Vehicle) •Commitment (Bodhisattva Vows)
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Meditation is imparted the traditional way amongst us only after the following has taken place:
•Proper initiation (Three Refuges + Five/Eight Precepts)
•Duly taught (affirmation of the doctrine of the Great Vehicle) •Commitment (Bodhisattva Vows)
•Proper initiation (Three Refuges + Five/Eight Precepts)
•Duly taught (affirmation of the doctrine of the Great Vehicle) •Commitment (Bodhisattva Vows)
Can't accept rebirth, iddhis, devas, asuras, miracles, pretas, etc.?
Then don't bother coming at all.
Our beliefs are nonnegotiable.
Either find a discord server willing to cater to your secular/heretical sensibilities, or go join a lackadaisically minded, watered down "dharma center", FOOL.
Then don't bother coming at all.
Our beliefs are nonnegotiable.
Either find a discord server willing to cater to your secular/heretical sensibilities, or go join a lackadaisically minded, watered down "dharma center", FOOL.
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Can't accept rebirth, iddhis, devas, asuras, miracles, pretas, etc.?
Then don't bother coming at all.
Our beliefs are nonnegotiable.
Either find a discord server willing to cater to your secular/heretical sensibilities, or go join a lackadaisically minded, watered down "dharma center", FOOL.
Then don't bother coming at all.
Our beliefs are nonnegotiable.
Either find a discord server willing to cater to your secular/heretical sensibilities, or go join a lackadaisically minded, watered down "dharma center", FOOL.
I cannot tell you how many Westerners show up demanding to learn what would essentially be glorified breathing exercises and have no interest in the Buddhadharma whatsoever.
No, we don't teach that here, and you're not welcome to stay. You're wasting your time and ours.
No, we don't teach that here, and you're not welcome to stay. You're wasting your time and ours.
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I cannot tell you how many Westerners show up demanding to learn what would essentially be glorified breathing exercises and have no interest in the Buddhadharma whatsoever.
No, we don't teach that here, and you're not welcome to stay. You're wasting your time and ours.
No, we don't teach that here, and you're not welcome to stay. You're wasting your time and ours.
Anyone who comes to the vihara/chaitiya who is very obviously not a layperson, monastic, ascetic, or supporter/patron is promptly chased out by me, and I feel neither ashamed nor guilty about it!
We don't have "meditation classes" over here! This is not a yoga club! Stay home!
We don't have "meditation classes" over here! This is not a yoga club! Stay home!
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Anyone who comes to the vihara/chaitiya who is very obviously not a layperson, monastic, ascetic, or supporter/patron is promptly chased out by me, and I feel neither ashamed nor guilty about it!
We don't have "meditation classes" over here! This is not a yoga club! Stay home!
We don't have "meditation classes" over here! This is not a yoga club! Stay home!
The Buddhasasana is my religion.
I am a follower (layperson) and devotee through and through.
I have no fellowship with so called "buddhist p_ners", "meditation p_ners" or anyone who feels the neurotic urge to sprinkle the word p-tice on every sentence, or throws that wretched word onto everything.
I am a follower (layperson) and devotee through and through.
I have no fellowship with so called "buddhist p_ners", "meditation p_ners" or anyone who feels the neurotic urge to sprinkle the word p-tice on every sentence, or throws that wretched word onto everything.
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Buddhasasana is my religion.
I am a follower (layperson) and devotee through and through.
I have no fellowship with so called "buddhist p_ners", "meditation p_ners" or anyone who feels the neurotic urge to sprinkle the word p-tice on every sentence, or throws that wretched word onto everything.
I am a follower (layperson) and devotee through and through.
I have no fellowship with so called "buddhist p_ners", "meditation p_ners" or anyone who feels the neurotic urge to sprinkle the word p-tice on every sentence, or throws that wretched word onto everything.
He who, thinking not of the body, lives in a cave, and wanders about solitarily, has conquered his flighty mind, and is no longer subject to the greatest of terrors.
—Udanavarga 31, Cittavarga (Kangyur)
—Udanavarga 31, Cittavarga (Kangyur)
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
He who, thinking not of the body, lives in a cave, and wanders about solitarily, has conquered his flighty mind, and is no longer subject to the greatest of terrors.
—Udanavarga 31, Cittavarga (Kangyur)
—Udanavarga 31, Cittavarga (Kangyur)
𑖌𑖼 ナモ アミターバ ブッダ
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
𑖌𑖼 ナモ アミターバ ブッダ
The Unity of Cultivation and Awakening (Butsu no shōgaku to shujō no gō to
ga ittai) 🪷
ga ittai) 🪷
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Unity of Cultivation and Awakening (Butsu no shōgaku to shujō no gō to
ga ittai) 🪷
ga ittai) 🪷
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"If people knew the value of giving, they would not take a single meal without sharing their food with others." ~Buddha
Keep The Kindness Going! Mutual Aid Needed🙏🏽 #MutualAid #HelpSky #Buddha #Buddhism #BlackFriday
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November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"If people knew the value of giving, they would not take a single meal without sharing their food with others." ~Buddha
Keep The Kindness Going! Mutual Aid Needed🙏🏽 #MutualAid #HelpSky #Buddha #Buddhism #BlackFriday
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Dec 4, 2025. Threading the Invisible Flower Garland: Stories of Asian (North) American Buddhist Women: Meditation & Dharma Talk with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, hybrid, EBMC's BIPOC (Black, Indigenous & Peoples of Color) online practice group. poc.eastbaymeditation.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Dec 4, 2025. Threading the Invisible Flower Garland: Stories of Asian (North) American Buddhist Women: Meditation & Dharma Talk with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, hybrid, EBMC's BIPOC (Black, Indigenous & Peoples of Color) online practice group. poc.eastbaymeditation.org
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Cave Temples of #dunhuang: #buddhistart on #china's #SilkRoad. The #mogaogrottoes, located near the town of Dunhuang in the #gobi Desert of northwest China, comprise some 500 decorated #buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the 14th century.
#BuddhistArt #buddhism
#BuddhistArt #buddhism
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cave Temples of #dunhuang: #buddhistart on #china's #SilkRoad. The #mogaogrottoes, located near the town of Dunhuang in the #gobi Desert of northwest China, comprise some 500 decorated #buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the 14th century.
#BuddhistArt #buddhism
#BuddhistArt #buddhism
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"In November, Bhutan witnessed a historic moment: for the second time in its history, the country conferred full monastic ordination on a large number of women. The ordination happened under the auspices of the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF) ..."
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A New Chapter for Buddhist Nuns - Buddhistdoor Global
Linda Leaming offers a reflection on the quiet grace and gentle strength of female monastics in Bhutan, and the movement to restore full female ordination.
www.buddhistdoor.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"In November, Bhutan witnessed a historic moment: for the second time in its history, the country conferred full monastic ordination on a large number of women. The ordination happened under the auspices of the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF) ..."
www.buddhistdoor.net/features/a-n...
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It is Giving Tuesday! Your donations help us to bring guests like Bonbu Stories to share the Dharma with us. Make a one-time donation, or start monthly giving (for a match) today. We are grateful for you. 🙏
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#GivingTuesday #ColoradoGivesDay #BuddhistDana
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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It is Giving Tuesday! Your donations help us to bring guests like Bonbu Stories to share the Dharma with us. Make a one-time donation, or start monthly giving (for a match) today. We are grateful for you. 🙏
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#GivingTuesday #ColoradoGivesDay #BuddhistDana
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I have many Buddhadharma projects being worked on as it pertains to the Pure Land path, but more work needs to be done one consolidating Mahayana teaching propagation and unity.
Everyone, do your part. Do not neglect your role in the Sangha.
Everyone, do your part. Do not neglect your role in the Sangha.
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I have many Buddhadharma projects being worked on as it pertains to the Pure Land path, but more work needs to be done one consolidating Mahayana teaching propagation and unity.
Everyone, do your part. Do not neglect your role in the Sangha.
Everyone, do your part. Do not neglect your role in the Sangha.
Support our loyal scholars, acharyas, panditas, and upadhyayas.
Contribute to the construction of temples and monasteries.
If the Hinayanikas can pour funds into spreading their mongrel teachings and succeed, what excuse do we have to not spread the pure teachings?
Contribute to the construction of temples and monasteries.
If the Hinayanikas can pour funds into spreading their mongrel teachings and succeed, what excuse do we have to not spread the pure teachings?
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Support our loyal scholars, acharyas, panditas, and upadhyayas.
Contribute to the construction of temples and monasteries.
If the Hinayanikas can pour funds into spreading their mongrel teachings and succeed, what excuse do we have to not spread the pure teachings?
Contribute to the construction of temples and monasteries.
If the Hinayanikas can pour funds into spreading their mongrel teachings and succeed, what excuse do we have to not spread the pure teachings?
The beloved Nepalese Mahasangha, although minuscule, should have been the highest authority in the collective Dharmadhatu, not the Sinhalese or Siamese.
Regardless of any shortcomings, we, the followers of the Great Vehicle, must be resilient and outlast the regressive Hinayanikas.
Regardless of any shortcomings, we, the followers of the Great Vehicle, must be resilient and outlast the regressive Hinayanikas.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The beloved Nepalese Mahasangha, although minuscule, should have been the highest authority in the collective Dharmadhatu, not the Sinhalese or Siamese.
Regardless of any shortcomings, we, the followers of the Great Vehicle, must be resilient and outlast the regressive Hinayanikas.
Regardless of any shortcomings, we, the followers of the Great Vehicle, must be resilient and outlast the regressive Hinayanikas.
'Thera'vada. It really should be known as Sinhalavada.
Their recension of the Scriptures, their commentaries, their treatises, and most significant of all, their historical documentation and narratives, ultimately originate with, are influenced by, or are derived from the Sinhalese.
Their recension of the Scriptures, their commentaries, their treatises, and most significant of all, their historical documentation and narratives, ultimately originate with, are influenced by, or are derived from the Sinhalese.
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
'Thera'vada. It really should be known as Sinhalavada.
Their recension of the Scriptures, their commentaries, their treatises, and most significant of all, their historical documentation and narratives, ultimately originate with, are influenced by, or are derived from the Sinhalese.
Their recension of the Scriptures, their commentaries, their treatises, and most significant of all, their historical documentation and narratives, ultimately originate with, are influenced by, or are derived from the Sinhalese.
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo Amitābhā Buddha ›
‹ Namo Vairocana Ādibuddhasya,
samyaksiddhāya anugrāhyāya,
satpuruṣa‑pratyakṣa‑vimukti‑bhava‑sampādāya,
sarvasiddha‑ananta‑śuci‑nirvāṇa‑sādhakasya,
sattva‑prabhutaḥ svaha ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ samyak-sambuddhasya ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Amitābha Hriḥ ›
‹ Namo Vairocana Ādibuddhasya,
samyaksiddhāya anugrāhyāya,
satpuruṣa‑pratyakṣa‑vimukti‑bhava‑sampādāya,
sarvasiddha‑ananta‑śuci‑nirvāṇa‑sādhakasya,
sattva‑prabhutaḥ svaha ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ samyak-sambuddhasya ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Amitābha Hriḥ ›
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo Amitābhā Buddha ›
‹ Namo Vairocana Ādibuddhasya,
samyaksiddhāya anugrāhyāya,
satpuruṣa‑pratyakṣa‑vimukti‑bhava‑sampādāya,
sarvasiddha‑ananta‑śuci‑nirvāṇa‑sādhakasya,
sattva‑prabhutaḥ svaha ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ samyak-sambuddhasya ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Amitābha Hriḥ ›
‹ Namo Vairocana Ādibuddhasya,
samyaksiddhāya anugrāhyāya,
satpuruṣa‑pratyakṣa‑vimukti‑bhava‑sampādāya,
sarvasiddha‑ananta‑śuci‑nirvāṇa‑sādhakasya,
sattva‑prabhutaḥ svaha ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ samyak-sambuddhasya ›
‹ 𑑖𑑉𑑕 Amitābha Hriḥ ›