Anders Hellstrand (Shōju)
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Anders Hellstrand (Shōju)
@hellstranders.bsky.social
My lifehack: WWDD (What Would Dogen Do)

www.svalornassangha.org

Gothenburg/Sweden
Billionaires are attacking our rights, our media, and our freedom. It’s time to resist. I just signed this petition—add your name and be part of the movement: act.gp/3Rqfnlz #TimeToResist
Fight the billionaire takeover - Greenpeace International
If you think billionaires should not be deciding our rights and freedoms? Sign now. Using their vast fortunes, they weaken regulations meant to protect people and the planet, fund candidates who serv...
act.gp
May 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Our prime purpose in
this life is to help others. And if you can't help them at least don't hurt
them. Love And Compassion Are Necessities, Not Luxuries. Without Them, Humanity Cannot Survive. –
Dalai Lama
DALAI LAMA
#Buddhism #Meditation #Wisdom #love #Peace #Buddhisattvas
January 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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When we cling to a fixed idea of self, we set ourselves in opposition to the natural flow of life. But when we embrace impermanence, we align ourselves with reality, and in doing so, we find peace.

Goodnight everyone sleep tight.
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
January 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Deep in the forests of the Ohredahke Sámi community, three priceless works of art by artist and activist Britta Marakatt-Labba are hidden as a powerful protest.

The community has long opposed destructive loggings, threatening not only the forest but their cultural heritage and way of life.
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Earth got a message for us all 🌍
youtu.be/MdwZTTgD7HY
Mars sucks dust 🌎 SOS planet Earth
YouTube video by Vivamos Visual Collective 🌟 💘
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Cohen on Zazen: Things arise that are very disturbing and there's no way around it there's no way over it there's no way under it...you have to sit in the very bonfire of that distress and you sit there until you're burnt away and and it's ashes www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lww...
Leonard Cohen on his Life as a Zen Monk
YouTube video by Peacefulness
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Buddhist insights: The capacity to be alone is linked to self-discovery and self-realisation. 'Being Alone', by John Aske
Being Alone by John Aske
‘Other people may offer a solution to our problems, but it is usually a solution to their problems, to something a bit different, and if it helps us, it is usually by luck.’
buff.ly
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM