Pema Chöga
@mariecari.bsky.social
human, woman, lesbian, progressive/leftist, aspiring to do good in a world of suffering, practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma tradition. #BeKind #SkillfulMeans #Act No DMs please!
Another mural going up in Dharamsala in honor of Lobga Rangzen.
Love without chains ~ Thich Nhat Hanh https://justdharma.org/love-without-chains/ #ThichNhatHanh #freedom #love
msmagazine.com/2026/07/25/u... “It took until July 7 ‘26 for world’s leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. …adopted unanimously, UNHRC recognized “reproductive violence” specific, systemic gender-based violence.
A Groundbreaking U.N. Resolution Calls Forced Pregnancy What It Is: Reproductive Violence
It took until July 7, 2026, for the world's leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopt...
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Greetings to you from beautiful Dharamshala. Today's experience seeing and doing kora around His Holiness' temple was so moving. May all beings benefit.
We think everything in this relative world is real. But it's all an illusion.
I'm still at the retreat center, but can't let this one pass. Please take this one small action to register your dissent: The comment period for the USPS rule change is now open The comment period closes 7/2/26. Submit comments online www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
The Postal Service is proposing to amend the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal el...
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Taking a much needed break from social media while at the retreat center. Study, reflection, meditation. Be well, all. ☮️
It's amazing to me, incredulous as well, that even now, at this point in my life, I still have to put up with sexual/sexist innuendo from men. When will they ever learn?
House Republicans joined by 4 Democrats vote to literally take food away from pregnant women and children
House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
washingtonpost.com
Dear Compassion, Please pour yourself in me to talk with the crazed, defensive and delusional person who I need to talk with today. 🪷🙏🏽 I'm so ordinary and easily aggravated. Thank you. Signed, Just like them.
A wonderful read for Mother's Day, especially those who follow the Dharma. tricycle.org/article/no-z...
No Zazen for the Birthday Girl
On motherhood, practice, and whether liberation moves through authority or care
tricycle.org
"No, Mom, we are not fighting anymore! We told you that we called a cease-fire!"
"Equanimity is the ground that makes compassion sustainable." I needed to read this today. just-buddha.org/en/articles/...
What Is Equanimity in Buddhism? How to Stay Present Without Shutting Down
Equanimity in Buddhism does not mean detachment or emotional numbness. It means staying steady with pain, compassion, and uncertainty without being overwhelmed. Here is what upekkha means and how it d...
just-buddha.org
World Press Freedom Day 2026 Insert Tibetan Flag emoji here- edition Don’t @ me Little Pink 😉
It's all about forced pregnancy. #mifepristone Order from Canada.
Power and greed and power and greed and power and greed and power and greed and power and greed and power and greed and power and greed...........
CZEdwards@czedwards.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is bad, incredibly bad. Wiping out the National Science Foundation board kills …. Everything at NSF, flatlines NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research), our Antarctica program, our geophysics programs, just… everything, the entire foundation of science in the United States.
War can never bring happiness to other living beings.
Greed and the Desire for Power
by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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Going through some old things today and found these. Hell yes I support the Southern Poverty Law Center!!
First, I should put effort into meditating on the equality of self and others. Because all sentient beings are equal in desiring happiness and not wanting suffering, I should protect them like I protect myself. Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva
This is the bomb. Got to love Bette, Midler. And Woody!
Art Candee 🍿🥤@artcandee.bsky.social · 4mo agoBette Midler dropped a revamped Woodie Guthrie protest song into All You Fascists (Bound to Lose) against Donald Trump and his MAGA cronies in Congress. This part where she sang about the Epstein files and said “you pervs are bound to lose” had me rolling. Bravo, Bette (and Barbara Hershey)! 🔥🔥🔥