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Weekend Stories<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D%C5%8Dgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dōgen</span></a> Zenji (1200–1253) revolutionized <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> by emphasizing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shikantaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shikantaza</span></a> ("just sitting") and the inseparability of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>practice</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a>. His <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophical</span></a> depth, especially in works like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sh%C5%8Db%C5%8Dgenz%C5%8D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shōbōgenzō</span></a>, shaped <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8DZen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SōtōZen</span></a> and continues to influence global Buddhist thought. Here is a brief overview of his life and teachings:</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-27-dogen_zenji/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-07-27-dogen_zenji/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/D%C5%8DgenZenji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DōgenZenji</span></a></p>
Korsier<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://zirk.us/@SANKOFAB" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SANKOFAB</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@irannachrichten" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>irannachrichten</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@BLKNewsNow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BLKNewsNow</span></a></span> Once again proving that the West is the Best. In Africa, it's one totalitarian dictatorship after another, while the West has enjoyed stable democracy for centuries.<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://libertarian.communitynetwork.space/tag/westisbest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestIsBest</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://libertarian.communitynetwork.space/tag/enlightenment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://libertarian.communitynetwork.space/tag/democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RT: <a href="https://zirk.us/users/SANKOFAB/statuses/114913104167226987" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://zirk.us/users/SANKOFAB/statuses/114913104167226987</a></span>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>"I LEFT <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CHRISTIANITY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHRISTIANITY</span></a> &amp; FOUND <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PEACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PEACE</span></a>: Free Your Mind" </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MduIRLBPcBA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MduIRLBPcB</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deconstructingchristianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconstructingchristianity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeYourMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeYourMind</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faith</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Beliefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beliefs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReligiousJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousJourney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deconversion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InnerPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InnerPeace</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreakingFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingFree</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Awakening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awakening</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FindingYourPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FindingYourPath</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LettingGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LettingGo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfEmpowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfEmpowerment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/leavingreligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leavingreligion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/skeptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skeptic</span></a></p>
Andreas Sternowski<p>We need a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>. The Enlightenment of the 18th century freed us from the shackles of a church that had assumed secular power. The Enlightenment of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/21st" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>21st</span></a> century must free us from the current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secular</span></a> power of money: this power is devastating us inwardly, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intellectually" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intellectually</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiritually" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spiritually</span></a>. It makes us weak.</p>
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu by Sept 30 2025 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hunger Games Prequels Call For...</a></p>
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> name, affiliation, 100wd bio, 250-500 wd abstract by Sept 30 2025. submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>☸️ Samiddhi’s First Question About Māra (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Mara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mara</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Ebts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ebts</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/BuddhaQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuddhaQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Senses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senses</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn35.65" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/canon/sn35.65</span></a></p>
Adrian Fellhauer<p>It is a pity that the "peace talks" regarding the <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> strip that at first seemed somewhat hopeful have now degenerated into a farce, with the <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> now discussing <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> was the one country where one would have thought that such atrocities could never happen. Where is the Israeli <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a>? Is there a broad <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> movement? These are voices lost in the wilderness.</p><p>The bitter irony is that <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> are themselves <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> according to their ancestry.</p>
Subir Pal vedic astrologer<p>KEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT IS TO BECOME DESIRELESS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiritualknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spiritualknowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desireless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buddhaknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhaknowledge</span></a> </p><p>CLICK TO READ . . . .<br><a href="https://qr.ae/pAVC4b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">qr.ae/pAVC4b</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)<p>Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994)</p><p>[People], knowing not how to handle the tool of the mind, have become used to leaning on others and on habit; and, owing to that, this splendid tool, the human mind, has in fact become unreliable through neglect. — Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994)</p><p>🔗 Explore more at BDG: <a href="https://www.buddhistdoor.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">buddhistdoor.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dhamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dhamma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Theravada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theravada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SriLanka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SriLanka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiritualGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Awakening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awakening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>☸️ The First Discourse on No Gratification Inside (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Senses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senses</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/BuddhaQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuddhaQuotes</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn35.17" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/canon/sn35.17</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 1, 1766: François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, was tortured, beheaded and burnt on a pyre for reading Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique and, more importantly, for not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France. The articles in Voltaire’s work included critiques of the Catholic Church, as well as Judaism and Islam. The general public loved the book, which sold out quickly after its first, anonymous, printing. The religious authorities hated it and censored it in France and Switzerland. Charles Dickens reference the torture and murder of la Barre in his novel, Tale of Two Cities. Voltaire tried, unsuccessfully, to defend la Barre. His writings immediately after the arrest did help several other young Frenchman get acquitted for the same offenses.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voltaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voltaire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/execution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>execution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosopher</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dickens</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Alaric<p>My Metaphysics<br>I wrote this in a break during a recent zen retreat:</p><p>All is one. This lies at the root of spiritual metaphysics - of the kind i know - and in a sense the story ends there. But let's unpack it a little. What is the nature of "One" ? Well, One is God, but anything which has all qualities yet also no divisions is (logically) without qualities - for qualities require things to contrast with - here is where we get<br><a href="https://www.forkword.com/plog/?p=2088" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">forkword.com/plog/?p=2088</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/whimsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whimsy</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"Incorporating the best of world <a href="https://babka.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a>, “Between the Bridge and Barricade” argues, helped <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> emerge into the modern era. Between 1450 and 1800, countless <a href="https://babka.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> were made accessible from <a href="https://babka.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latin</span></a> through <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yiddish</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ladino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ladino</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JudeoItalian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudeoItalian</span></a> versions. They were produced by <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sephardi</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ashkenazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ashkenazi</span></a> Jews, printers and doctors, rabbis and proponents of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>. “<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Translations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translations</span></a>,” writes Idelson-Shein, “seem to allow us to travel throughout the world without visas, passports or border crossings."</p><p><a href="https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/books/382422/worldly-wisdom-and-the-jewish-tradition-of-translation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jewishjournal.com/culture/arts</span><span class="invisible">/books/382422/worldly-wisdom-and-the-jewish-tradition-of-translation/</span></a></p>
The Open Buddhist University<p>☸️ The First Discource on the Arising of Suffering (A free, 1-page sutta translation from 2018)</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/BuddhaQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuddhaQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a><br><a href="https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/canon/sn35.21" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buddhistuniversity.net/content</span><span class="invisible">/canon/sn35.21</span></a></p>
IXNAY<p>Sleep? Maybe. Calming? Definitely. Excellent readings, wise insights of 25 classic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhist</span></a> stories. I'll be returning to this video again, I'm sure. Good listening any time, day/night. <a href="https://youtu.be/Rx-y-8DRqEA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Rx-y-8DRqEA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inspiration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behaviour. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.”<br>— Eckhart Tolle</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EckhartTolle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EckhartTolle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thoughts</span></a></p>
Thomas<p>Breakfast discussion with my spouse on the roots of hermetical systems, including in science. Connections between <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Helenism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helenism</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Humanitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanitarianism</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> carry some baggage from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Esotericism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Esotericism</span></a> - that's also in the believe in "ars inveniendi" and "ars iudicandi", and later in scientific method, including in our days.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a></p><p>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. "The pagan who came from the East: George Gemistos Plethon and Platonic orientalism." Hermes in the Academy (2009): 33.</p>
Thomas<p>The below paper by Hanegraaff provides very interesting insights into the advent or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Esotericism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Esotericism</span></a> in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renaissance</span></a>. </p><p>In my opinion, the expressed trust in the distance of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Helenism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Helenism</span></a> is difficult to justify, given the widespread belief in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MosGeometricus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MosGeometricus</span></a>, and superior wisdom of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/geometers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geometers</span></a> in antiquity. <br> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Platonism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platonism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paganism</span></a> </p><p>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. "The pagan who came from the East: George Gemistos Plethon and Platonic orientalism." Hermes in the Academy (2009): 33.</p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,<br>And the rocks melt wi’ the sun…</p><p>James Hutton met Robert Burns in 1787. Later that year, Burns chose to visit some of the sites discussed in Hutton’s THEORY OF THE EARTH. Is there an echo of Hutton’s “deep time”—oceans evaporating, rocks melting—to be heard in Burns’s “A Red, Red Rose” (pub. 1794)?</p><p>2/3</p><p><a href="https://sunnydunny.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/robert-burns-and-geology/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sunnydunny.wordpress.com/2011/</span><span class="invisible">10/11/robert-burns-and-geology/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DeepTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepTime</span></a></p>