Geoff Barstow
@thelostyak.bsky.social
Scholar of #Buddhism, #Tibet, #vegetarianism, and #animals.
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Geoff Barstow
@thelostyak.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I've recently gone from a dozen to more than a hundred followers. Hi! 👋
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
Happy Saga Dawa! May your day be full of happiness.
June 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy Saga Dawa! May your day be full of happiness.
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
thrilled that we have a new Tibetan reading room in the University of Virginia Library :
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
thrilled that we have a new Tibetan reading room in the University of Virginia Library :
Some beautiful flower offerings at the Boudha Stupa this morning!
March 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Some beautiful flower offerings at the Boudha Stupa this morning!
Excited to help spread the word about the Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural Works NEH seminar. I’ll be there and would be awesome if some of you were too!
Applications close March 5, so check it out and please share!
www.mangalamresearch.org/summer-insti...
Applications close March 5, so check it out and please share!
www.mangalamresearch.org/summer-insti...
Summer Institute 2025 - Mangalam Research Center
Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural World in an Era of Global Climate Change - an NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty. Apply by March 5, 2025.
www.mangalamresearch.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excited to help spread the word about the Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural Works NEH seminar. I’ll be there and would be awesome if some of you were too!
Applications close March 5, so check it out and please share!
www.mangalamresearch.org/summer-insti...
Applications close March 5, so check it out and please share!
www.mangalamresearch.org/summer-insti...
Interesting thread on what may be the first “performance” by Tibetan monks in Europe, and the 13th DL’s response.
The arrival of the first Tibetan monks in Europe was surrounded with controversy, deeply straining Anglo-Tibetan relations.
One group of monks, arriving in 1924, performed Buddhist rituals before showings of the silent film Epic of Everest, sparking the “Dancing Lamas” affair. /🧵
🗃️ 📜
One group of monks, arriving in 1924, performed Buddhist rituals before showings of the silent film Epic of Everest, sparking the “Dancing Lamas” affair. /🧵
🗃️ 📜
January 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Interesting thread on what may be the first “performance” by Tibetan monks in Europe, and the 13th DL’s response.
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Hope-you’re-having-a-nice-day Day
December 25, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Hope-you’re-having-a-nice-day Day
I need a new pillow. Anybody have one they recommend?
Side sleeper, for what that’s worth. I think I want one of the contour pillows, but there are so many options!!
Help me, Bluesky. You’re my only hope.
Side sleeper, for what that’s worth. I think I want one of the contour pillows, but there are so many options!!
Help me, Bluesky. You’re my only hope.
December 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I need a new pillow. Anybody have one they recommend?
Side sleeper, for what that’s worth. I think I want one of the contour pillows, but there are so many options!!
Help me, Bluesky. You’re my only hope.
Side sleeper, for what that’s worth. I think I want one of the contour pillows, but there are so many options!!
Help me, Bluesky. You’re my only hope.
Got some heated public discourse about meat eating going on here in Boudha: someone is writing quite aggressive anti-meat graffiti and someone else is crossing it out.
I have no idea who is doing this, but I’m definitely curious.
I have no idea who is doing this, but I’m definitely curious.
December 1, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Got some heated public discourse about meat eating going on here in Boudha: someone is writing quite aggressive anti-meat graffiti and someone else is crossing it out.
I have no idea who is doing this, but I’m definitely curious.
I have no idea who is doing this, but I’m definitely curious.
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
Books.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
November 26, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Books.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
Students sometimes ask if Nepal is Hindu or Buddhist and I’m like… Yes?
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Students sometimes ask if Nepal is Hindu or Buddhist and I’m like… Yes?
In Lumbini for the inauguration of the new 1000 Buddha temple, and this building is epic. And full of great friends. Feeling happy and grateful to be here! ☺️
November 24, 2024 at 12:51 AM
In Lumbini for the inauguration of the new 1000 Buddha temple, and this building is epic. And full of great friends. Feeling happy and grateful to be here! ☺️
Funny how ingrained social constructs like personal space and privacy are.
Was doing prostrations at the stupa this morning and kept getting annoyed at the people taking my picture…. not exactly the mental state I was aiming at. 😕
Was doing prostrations at the stupa this morning and kept getting annoyed at the people taking my picture…. not exactly the mental state I was aiming at. 😕
November 18, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Funny how ingrained social constructs like personal space and privacy are.
Was doing prostrations at the stupa this morning and kept getting annoyed at the people taking my picture…. not exactly the mental state I was aiming at. 😕
Was doing prostrations at the stupa this morning and kept getting annoyed at the people taking my picture…. not exactly the mental state I was aiming at. 😕
Good morning from the Boudha Stupa. Always feels good to be back!
November 17, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Good morning from the Boudha Stupa. Always feels good to be back!
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
Not many of us yet, but here's a starter pack for Tibetan & Himalayan Studies. Give a shout if you'd like to be added or know of others who should be included.
go.bsky.app/QLFmW2S
go.bsky.app/QLFmW2S
November 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Not many of us yet, but here's a starter pack for Tibetan & Himalayan Studies. Give a shout if you'd like to be added or know of others who should be included.
go.bsky.app/QLFmW2S
go.bsky.app/QLFmW2S
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
About Chinese Buddhist vegetarianism and history of #vegetarianism in #China: Chinese Buddhists Don’t Eat Meat. Can They Convince Others to Do the Same? @SixthTone; www.sixthtone.com/news/1014148 #buddhism
Chinese Buddhists Don’t Eat Meat. Can They Convince Others to Do the Same?
A monastery in southwest China is trying to return Buddhism to its rightful place at the vegetarian table.
www.sixthtone.com
November 28, 2023 at 2:43 PM
About Chinese Buddhist vegetarianism and history of #vegetarianism in #China: Chinese Buddhists Don’t Eat Meat. Can They Convince Others to Do the Same? @SixthTone; www.sixthtone.com/news/1014148 #buddhism
I've recently gone from a dozen to more than a hundred followers. Hi! 👋
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
November 11, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I've recently gone from a dozen to more than a hundred followers. Hi! 👋
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
So a quick introduction seems in order: I'm a scholar of
#TibetanBuddhism, focussing on #animals and #animalethics. Especially the logic and practice of #vegetarianism
in #Tibet. Links to books etc. below.
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
My super awesome colleague Justine Quijada is speaking today about Buryat religion in UT’s Buddhism & Posthumanism series. 1pm Eastern by zoom.
buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/justi...
buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/justi...
November 11, 2024 at 12:43 PM
My super awesome colleague Justine Quijada is speaking today about Buryat religion in UT’s Buddhism & Posthumanism series. 1pm Eastern by zoom.
buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/justi...
buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/justi...
I’ve been off social media for a while, but @arianam.bsky.social’s Buddhist Studies starter pack has me remembering when social media was fun and thought provoking. So maybe I’m back for a bit?
November 9, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I’ve been off social media for a while, but @arianam.bsky.social’s Buddhist Studies starter pack has me remembering when social media was fun and thought provoking. So maybe I’m back for a bit?
Reposted by Geoff Barstow
A Buddhist Studies Starter Pack is up and running! Envisioned as primarily academic, it’s also a place for librarians, publishers, and professional societies that work with Buddhist Studies to connect.
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
November 9, 2024 at 4:28 AM
A Buddhist Studies Starter Pack is up and running! Envisioned as primarily academic, it’s also a place for librarians, publishers, and professional societies that work with Buddhist Studies to connect.
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
It’s a work in progress—add and share widely.
go.bsky.app/VQ843Yv
#Buddhism #Buddhist #academia
Hi friends! Wanting to spread the word about this conference on Buddhism and Food Ethics coming up soon at Oxford. I'll be there, and it would be awesome to have some of you all too!
Feel free to spread the word to others (including grad students) who might be interested.
Feel free to spread the word to others (including grad students) who might be interested.
February 23, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Hi friends! Wanting to spread the word about this conference on Buddhism and Food Ethics coming up soon at Oxford. I'll be there, and it would be awesome to have some of you all too!
Feel free to spread the word to others (including grad students) who might be interested.
Feel free to spread the word to others (including grad students) who might be interested.
World is falling apart, so here’s a picture of my #catbeingcute
February 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM
World is falling apart, so here’s a picture of my #catbeingcute
Hello Bluesky peoples. 👋
How’s the weather ‘round here?
How’s the weather ‘round here?
February 7, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Hello Bluesky peoples. 👋
How’s the weather ‘round here?
How’s the weather ‘round here?