Monday, May 25, 2020

Via White Crane Institute / SIR IAN McKELLEN

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Sir Ian McKellen 1939 - Today's the birthday of beloved stage and screen actor and long time Gay Rights advocate and hero...

Via Daily Dharma: Imagine the War Being Over

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Victory is no balm for loss. Any of us may celebrate a moment, but we live a long time, and finality is not what we need, compassion is w...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Via Modern MET // Giant Buddha Is Surrounded With Harmonious Mound of 150,000 Lavender Plants

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Renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando brings harmony to the landscape by enclosing a large stone Buddha in a lavender covered hi...

Via White Crane Institute // Tales of the City

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1976 - ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S serialized epic Tales of the City makes its debut in The San Francisco Chronicle. That first appearance b...

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - May 24, 2020 💌

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"One day I was sitting in a motel in middle America, and it was one of those really plastic Holiday Inn type places, and I had arrived...

Via Daily Dharma: Extend Compassion Toward Yourself

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Compassion for oneself... is the basis of an authentic and openhearted life. —Aura Glaser, “Into the Demon’s Mouth” CLICK HERE TO READ ...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Pixar Sparkshort “Out” Disney+ Teaser Trailer

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The Saint of Dry Creek

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The local Toucan made a visit to a friend´s house

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  There are a pair of toucans who have und around OP for almost 15 years... a buddy posted this of one of them sporting the flag

Via Kalachakra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama // Happy Saga Dawa 2020

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🙏 — Happy Saga Dawa 2020 — 🙏 Today marks the first day of the “Saga Dawa” observed during the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar...

Via Daily Dharma: Concentrate Your Effort

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Intelligence or lack of it does not matter; between the dull and the sharp-witted there is no distinction. If you concentrate your effort...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Via White Crane Institute / Happy Harvey Milk Day!

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The Harvey Milk Forever stamp 1930 - Gay rights pioneer, martyr and San Francisco city supervisor HARVEY MILK was born on this...

Via Daily Dharma: The Most Meritorious Act

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Buddhism emphasizes love’s beneficial power. Because its nature is joy and because it always brings about happiness and well-being, to lov...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Via Querty // ! Meet the hunky Spanish doctor who beat coronavirus and just became Mr. Gay World Pride

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30-year-old Francisco José Alvarado is a family doctor at Lavapiés Health Center in Madrid. While working tirelessly to help COVID-19 p...

Via White Crane Institute / REVEREND ROBERT WOOD

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Reverend Robert Wood 1923 - REVEREND ROBERT WOOD , author of historic book Christ and the Homosexual (1960) was born. Wood...

Via Daily Dharma: Understanding Why We Do What We Do

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You have to get dirty with your emotions. Meditation allows us to feel them, live them, and taste them completely. It gives us a lot of in...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - May 20, 2020 💌

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"Death is our greatest challenge as well as our greatest spiritual opportunity. By cultivating mindfulness, we can prepare ourselves f...

Via Daily Dharma: An Ever-Renewing Present

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All experience arises in the present, does its dance, and disappears. Experience comes into being only tentatively, for a little time in ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Imee Ooi - Medicine Buddha Dharani (Bhaisajyaguru) Phật Dược Sư Đà La Ni

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Sanskrit: Bhaiṣajyaguru (भैषज्यगुरु) Chinese: Yàoshīfó (藥師佛); Yàoshīrúlái (藥師如來) Japanese: Yakushi (薬師); Kusurishi Nyorai (薬師如来) Korean: ...