Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Neil Snyder @neilsnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Rimban has been going through the temple’s archives for the upcoming 125th anniversary and found this copy of the Kyōgyōshinshō from 1922. Curious as to what the reproduction process was as this is a photographic copy of Shinran’s handwriting. 072
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I truly believe that the key to a happier life is to read more books, eat more scones, and use more Oxford commas. 1963673
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 11/10/2026New Yakuza undercover at a Zen Buddhist monastery manga drop in English 🙏🙏🙏 011
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Dire Dire Docks @dirediredocks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Some Yiddish wisdom for your Wednesday. 🐈 0406
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This also means that winter sidewalk maintenance needs to consider older adults, who may not be able to climb over an uncleared crosswalk or navigate an icy sidewalk. 03110
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Okay the Christian’s are definitely on to something with the Taizé service 😲🕯️ 000
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My book, How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650–850, is now available for purchase. You can get 30% off with the code JAPAN30 through November 15, 2026. uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/how-bu...uhpress.hawaii.eduHow Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650–850Between the late seventh and early ninth centuries, Japan changed from a land largely without Buddhism to a country where Buddhist ideas, images, and practices were everywhere. The introduction of … 1278
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say??? 161153186
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.  1375118507
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This goes for Buddhist clergy too particularly acutely 😤 152
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I fear the UUs got some hooks into me by being such sweethearts 😤 000
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 28/09/2026 5923143
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"To the computers all aspects of the word other than information are 'noise.' But we are not computers. We may not be very bright, but we are brighter than computers." -Ursula K. Le Guin. From my August artist residency; handcut craft foam=inexpensive way to add color+shapes to a print, as w/this ☀️ 0247
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Listen up, I checked, there's nothing good on the internet today. All the good stuff is offline, this has been independently verified, you don't need to look at the internet anymore today, you can check back in tomorrow if you want. 321245
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Explore the life and teachings of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885–1985), the founder of the Nichiren Buddhist sangha, Nipponzan Myohoji. tricycle.org/article/nich...tricycle.orgThe Extraordinary Life of Nichidatsu FujiiA portrait of the anti-war activist and founder of Nipponzan Myohoji 041
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just had the COOLEST thrift find in a long time. Seems to be a mid-century Krosno Octopus/Jellyfish bowl 121
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 23/07/2026@lisafdavis.bsky.social just found the Tea Break Archaeology podcast and listened to your episodes and it rekindled a passion I had long since forgotten how deep I had (one that Deborah Harkness, People of the Book, and the Physick Book of Deliverance Dane kindled as a child) 🙏 010
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Odysseus: Wait ... are WE the Sea People?! Me, being pedantic in the theater: Well, actually, there is strong evidence that the Sea People were the Phoenicians, later known as the Punic, who settled in North Africa and fought the Romans for centuries. 3355540
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Received my gohonzon yesterday and set up my butsudan 🙏📿 #nichirenshu #InariDaimyojin 041
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) @buddhistdoor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Bokar Tulku Rinpoche (1940–2004) 🪷 🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Bodhicitta #Awakening #Mindfulness #Meditation #Spirituality 081
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 06/05/2026📖“The Dharma taught by the Tathagata is of a single flavor and a single attribute. Namely, it is the attribute of emancipation, the attribute of detachment, and the attribute of extinguishment, and it ultimately arrives at the attainment of all-embracing wisdom.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism 021
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Visited Dharma Drum Mountain for a change of pace 🙏 141
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Sadhu sadhu sadhu, one of my dearest of friends has gone forth as a Bhikkhu 🙏🙏🙏 Anumodana 010
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Be the kind of person who supports your local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café. 13922191
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Utagawa Kuniyoshi @utagawakuniyoshi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Priest Nichiren praying under the storm www.wikiart.org/en/utagawa-kuniyosh… 033
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Visited the New England Peace Pagoda for the celebration by Nipponzan Myohoji of the birth of the Buddha 🙏 (a bit late due to the opening of the new PNW pagoda) 011
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Numitor 🔞 @numitorus.bsky.social · 02/06/2026You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. You can't resist fascism by using AI. 132063699
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 12/06/2026May el*n own a hundred houses, in each house a hundred rooms, in each room twenty beds, and may fever and chills toss him from one bed to another. 010
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Fujii Guruji calling out the Nichiren schools to be careful of our precedent for arrogance and obstinacy 🙏 011
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Manabu｜Japan @manabu-educa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026If even a good person can be reborn in the Pure Land, how much more so the evil person. — Shinran (Kamakura, 13th c.), Tannishō; the radical heart of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism. 021
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Hanachozu, the traditional Japanese practice of decorating shrine or temple water basins with seasonal flowers. The basin, known as a chozubachi, is filled with vibrant blue and purple hydrangea flowers and Japanese maple leaves. A hishaku (bamboo ladle) rests across the mossy stone basin. 010221
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I'm so tired of DUNE readalikes because they never quite get at the ideas that make DUNE actually great. It's not just vibes and Bene Gesserit, you gotta be obsessed with something like ecology and the boundless light of Islam and alas, too few are. 3406
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Dave Cactus @davecactus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025When a baby is about to be born, someone always has to boil water. It's for the baby's first hot dogs. 351879427
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Cylindrical Sutra Container collections.artsmia.org/art/122523 063
Shōei 韶英 🪷 @redlotus108.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Finally watching Shogun and the weaponization of translation (or the lack thereof) is a fascinating place to start. 010
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Buddhist Art @buddhistart.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026#Jizo #Bodhisattva standing statue, Yuen-ji, #Nara, #Japan, 9th century. Statue height 156cm. A single piece of wood, including the lotus meat pedestal. It is said to be #Jizo Bosatsu, but it was originally enshrined at Kamidake Shrine, and some say it is a […] [Original post on mastodon.social] 031
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 26/05/2026🌤️🌥️UNSETTLED DAYS☁️🌧️ Around this time of year there are a lot of rainy days, but don't be fooled...rainy season has not (quite) yet arrived. 'Hashiri-zuyu' (走り梅雨) describes the unstable weather preceding the rainy season. #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #走り梅雨 #lotus 17119
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288189434
Reposted by Shōei 韶英 🪷Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 25/05/2026logging on 161760436
