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LowlandZen
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🧘‍♂️ LowlandZen • Scottish
Plum Village seeker 🌱
Dad, husband & cat‑dad 🐾
Wellness journeyman – reading, listening & sitting in meditation
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schasse60.bsky.social
#NewYear ✨️ #Possibilities ✨️ #Joy #PositiveVibes 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫

May 2026 bless us with vibrant health—mindful thoughts, steady breath, and caring actions—that nurture us, our families, and our wider communities. 🌿🧘🏻‍♂️🪷

#PlumVillage #buddhism #zen #LowlandZen #HappyNewYear
l am committed to cultivating good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family and my society ~The Fifth Mindfulness Training (Nourishment and Healing), Plum Village @LowlandZen.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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buddhismnow.bsky.social
Today, the legacy of these early wanderers reminds us that the heart of Buddhism is not found in doctrine or ritual but in the lived practice of liberation. The forest and the cave, symbols of solitude and renunciation, are not just places on the map.

Happy New Year everyone.
December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

“l am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening in order to relieve suffering”

~𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦

#PlumVillage #LowlandZen #buddhism #zen

A thread about loving speech, compassion and reflection

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l am committed to cultivating loving speech and compassionate listening in order to relieve suffering ~The Fourth Mindfulness Training (Loving Speech and Deep Listening), Plum Village @LowlandZen.bsky.social|
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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russincheshire.bsky.social
What a pity @zackpolanski.bsky.social isn't offering the grown-up solutions we've got used to from SERIOUS parties, such a letting billionaires make up their own rules, pretending Belgium doesn't exist, or improving public services without raising taxes.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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mothinali.bsky.social
On a frosty morning in Leeds, I met some fantastic young brothers who are walking all the way from Dungeness to John o' Groats

To raise £35,000 to support a school and orphanage in Chad housing Sudanese refugees

Please do what you can to support these vulnerable children
gofund.me/427fe23e1
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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mindfulspot.bsky.social
"Your body is your first home: 'Breathing in, I arrive in my body. Breathing out, I am home.' — Thich Nhat Hanh #mindfulness #wellness #stressrelief
December 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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buddhismnow.bsky.social
Buddhist read: Buddhist practice: Even if you don’t suffer too much, if you sit and listen... 'Practising Listening with Empathy', by Thich Nhat Hanh wp.me/pFy3u-252.
Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Each of us has an Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva inside waiting to grow. So, this is not exactly a prayer, but more a kind of mindfulness practice. You evoke the name of the Buddha in order to bring a…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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lisaschipper.bsky.social
...I hope therefore that in 2026, we can turn the page (or several) and remember the importance of helping others, of protecting the environment, of finding a joint future where no one is suffering, and no one is king. Maybe 2025 can be the lowest point, and we can say onwards and upwards to 2026 ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
Plum Village emphasises that enlightenment is discovered in everyday, mindful activity—not through scholarly study alone.

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞”

~𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳: 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 - 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳: 𝘛𝘩í𝘤𝘩 𝘕𝘩ấ𝘵 𝘏ạ𝘯𝘩

#PlumVillage #zen #mindfulness #LowlandZen
Zen circle containing the quote “there is no enlightenment outside of daily life” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh @LowlandZen.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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earth-fm.bsky.social
"In nature I am listening to an honest display of life, a non-performative act. I [also don’t] have to perform. It’s a very honest relationship, because nature is not (...) asking us to pretend."

earth.fm/earth-storie...
Homeostasis - earth.fm
Nature has helped me to find solace, even within loneliness. Nature doesn’t require me to be performative; it forces me
earth.fm
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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leadcoalition.bsky.social
This is caregiving: "Hearts that beat to the tune of kindness can change the rhythm of the world." ~ C.J. Peterson

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #kindness #quote
"Hearts that beat to the tune of kindness can change the rhythm of the world." ~ C.J. Peterson
December 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞

“…𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.”

~The Five Mindfulness Trainings: plumvillage.org/wp-content/u...

#PlumVillage #LowlandZen #zen #Buddhism
COMMUNAUTE BOUDDHIQUE ZEN VILLAGE DES PRUNIERS The Five Mindfulness Trainings The Five Mindfulness Trainings represent the Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and ethic. They are a concrete expression of the Buddha's teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the path of right understanding and true love, leading to healing, transformation, and happiness for ourselves and for the world. To practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings is to cultivate the insight of interbeing, or Right View, which can remove all discrimination, intolerance, anger, fear, and despair. If we live according to the Five Mindfulness Trainings, we are already on the path of a bodhisattva. Knowing we are on that path, we are not lost in confusion about our life in the present or in fears about the future. Reverence For Life Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating the insight of interbeing and compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, or in my way of life. Seeing that harmful actions arise from anger, fear, greed, and intolerance, which in turn come from dualistic and discriminative thinking, I will cultivate openness, non-discrimination, and non-attachment to views in order to transform violence, fanaticism, and dogmatism in myself and in the world.
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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climateadam.bsky.social
Mini nuclear is meant to be quicker, easier, cheaper, cleaner.

So far, the reality doesn't quite live up to expectations...

And with renewables & storage getting cheaper every year, the niche for nuclear is constantly narrowing.

www.ft.com/content/567a...
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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scottishgreens.org
🚨Scotland’s coastal waters are at risk!

Evidence shows that salmon farms are having disastrous effects on our waters and are threatening endangered species.

We need a stop to licensing now to protect Scotland's waters. greens.scot/ProtectScotl...
The National article: Greens call for stop to licensing of new Scottish salmon farms
December 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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loveaspurpose.bsky.social
“The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.”

~ Jack Kornfield
Steps lead to the path of a garden with leaves of a plum tree. A green shrub coming into flower and agapanthus where a dog is walking at the top of the steps
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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loveaspurpose.bsky.social
A few weeks ago my guides (I wasn’t asking anything) while driving home said for me to look at the six pointed star! Not feeling the significance as a religious or ominous symbol and looking into the geometrics. Thought to put it out there as strange as it is..
Where attention goes energy flows….
Hexagon - Diagrams from Pinterest
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
Heartbreaking 💔

We must do better!
iflscience.com IFLScience @iflscience.com · 3d
It shuffled into the IUCN’s “Extinct” category along with 5 other species in a 2025 update. www.iflscience.com/officially-g...
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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plumvillageapp.bsky.social
NEW The Way Out Is In #podcast 🔔 This time Brother Phap Huu & Jo Confino explore the lifelong journey of self-forgiveness and how to forgive ourselves. 🙏🏽

On the app 👉🏽 link.plumvillage.app/hAWd
More here 👉🏽 plumvillage.org/podcast/self...

#mindfulness #Buddhism #zen #ThichNhatHanh #PlumVillageApp
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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brspirit.bsky.social
One day, let’s make the word of the year “interbeing”
December 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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brspirit.bsky.social
Oh dear.. the trend
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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miketakespics.bsky.social
“If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.”
~ Phil Lester

I've noticed that a lot of us here on Bluesky tend to say nasty things about other folks. Perhaps we have some ugliness inside of us that we haven't addressed. We can do better. Be the light. Be the love. ❤️
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

#PlumVillage #LowlandZen

plumvillage.org/mindfulness/...
Plum Village The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings are a modern distillation of the traditional Bodhisattva precepts of Mahayana Buddhism, and were created by Thich Nhat Hanh in Saigon in 1966.
December 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
lowlandzen.bsky.social
𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠

#PlumVillage #LowlandZen

plumvillage.org/daily-contem...
The Five Remembrances I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape having ill-health. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them. I inherit the results of my actions of body, speech, and mind. My actions are my continuation.
December 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM