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Ok, friends: Faults of Meat is officially available for pre-order!!! 😁😁 You can order a copy directly from @WisdomPubs and it'll ship now: wisdomexperience.org/product/the-fa… Or you can order from Amazon (a little less) and wait a few days: amazon.com/Faults-Meat-Bu…

Excited to help spread the word about the Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural Works NEH seminar. I’ll be there and would be awesome if some of you were too! Applications close March 5, so check it out and please share! mangalamresearch.org/summer-institu…

Sent this out yesterday, but thought I'd send it again today, during daylight hours. :) 👉 Upcoming conference on Buddhism and Food Ethics in the UK. I'll be there, and would love to have the opportunity to connect with others! 👈

Hi friends! Wanting to spread the word about this conference on Buddhism and Food Ethics coming up soon at Oxford. I'll be there, and it would be awesome to have some of you all too! Feel free to spread the word to others who might be interested.

At least I saw a lovely sunrise over Wy’east!

Well, I was supposed to get into San Antonio today at around 2pm. Instead, I'm sitting in the airport in Las Vegas waiting for a flight to Florida. One of those days, I guess. #aarsbl2023

Final results, six months later:

How am I spending the holiday, you ask? Turning a beautiful piece of wood into expensive sawdust. ☺️

If you want to see more, I’m posting regularly on that other photo sharing social media… instagram.com/curlymaplecarp…

Hi Friends! Haven’t been too active here the last couple years, but there’s been plenty going on, particularly with the woodworking side of my life. :)

I have a student interested in studying a bit of Buddhism while they’re in Thailand. Any suggestions for where they might go? We’re talking short term (days or weeks), not months. And they’re open to studying philosophy, meditation, or other approaches.

Couple weeks ago my water heater caught fire. Other than being thrilled my house didn’t burn, I wasn’t worried: I have a home warranty. But @AHS_Warranty has refused to cover it and no one will tell me why. Isn’t this exactly why we pay for a home warranty???

It may be rainy and gross out, but the cherry blossoms outside my window are something else. instagram.com/p/Cqvi5fhJFzt/…

@DevinFitzger Watched it on a tv at a samosa stand in KTM. I remember all of the Nepalis looking at me like “wtf is up with your country?”

3/3 "By emphasizing the interdependence of all things and the impermanence of all phenomena, Mr. Met reminds us to appreciate the present moment and to cultivate a sense of joy and enthusiasm for life." I kinda love this.

2/3 "While it may be difficult to directly link the figure of Mr. Met to a specific Buddhist philosophical system, his positive and upbeat personality could be seen as embodying the idea of emptiness in a certain way."

1/3 Today's experiment with ChatGPT: "Which Buddhist philosophical system is best embodied by the figure of @MrMet ?" A thread:

Terrifying. nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opi…

@taoyinkui I’d like to know this as well.

Dear China watchers, have there been any updates about visas? Will 10 year visas issued pre-pandemic be valid with restrictions being lifted?