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Why You Need to Read Thomas Mann‘s 'The Magic Mountain'

 

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"Grace is the speeding up of the return to the divine."   Source: Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 155 – Astral Fun and Games Pt. 2: Doorways to the Divine

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Mindfulness and Concentration: Establishing Mindfulness of Mental Objects and the Fourth Jhāna

 

Via FB \\\ 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭

 

Face of Tibet

𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭–𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬

I am saddened to learn of the devastating floods in the Rasuwa region of Nepal and Kyirong in Tibet, resulting in loss of life and heavy structural damage. I pray for all those who have lost their lives, and offer my sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved and to all those affected by this tragedy.

Since this region has seen calamities in the past as well, these are certainly symptoms of a deeper underlying cause — whether climate change or other factors. I hope that appropriate follow-up measures will be taken, wherever possible, to help ensure that such disasters do not recur.

With my prayers,

Dalai Lama

27 August 2026

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NPR Music's pop critic pays tribute to the dearly departed Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday at the age of 80.

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I was in a Nashville hair salon (appropriate!) when I heard that Dolly Parton had died. Everyone’s phone started buzzing with texts: This was a cataclysmic event. As the town where Dolly first made her mark began to grieve, with people placing flowers at the many shrines to the country legend that dot the landscape, I went home to write an appreciation of her music. Below is an excerpt. The whole essay is here.

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Real Progressive Dharma It’s Time for Some Real Progressive Dharma Y’all Vince Fakhoury Horn Aug 28   READ IN APP   I wonder how many people backed off from engagement in the Insight Meditation tradition, or in other convert Buddhist traditions in America, because of the silence around the genocide in Gaza? I wonder how many just straight-up left? And what happens to a culture when many of its people of conscience quietly walk out the door? We’re watching the same thing happen politically, as the new Progressive left breaks from Corporate Democrats, most sharply over Gaza. I think the same underlying forces are driving both splits. It gets filed under the “culture wars,” but what we’re actually witnessing is the collapse of Neoliberalism’s authority, in politics and in religion at once. https://www.buddhistgeeks.org/p/real-progressive-dharma?utm_source=email&redirect=app-store-no-desktop&inbox=true&utm_campaign=email-read-in-app&triedRedirect=true