How China saved the world (last month)

(Max Fisher) China quietly saved the world last month

• Buddhism in China: the religion of more than a billion people, who blend it with Taoism, Confucianism (Three Teachings), and ancient shamanic Chinese folk religion

Bigfoot in Vatican art, miners see lizard people

(Cabin in the Woods) Ancient Catholic religion knew what Bigfoot (Yakkha) is, but we forgot

• Satyrs are "hairy ones" (Book of Enoch explains)
• Buddhism's Yakshas and Yetis are wild subhumans

"Lizard people" live underground in caves?

Ancient Aliens: Terrifying humanoids emerge from subterranean realm (Season 18) | HISTORY

In 1906 Coal miners encountered Lizard People in the Nevada caves

Dinosauroid - Reptilian humanoid

(Into the Past) Nov. 13, 2025: In 1906, a remote Nevada coal crew uncovered something no miner was meant to see — a hidden chamber beneath the ridge containing strange markings, fresh drag trails, and footprints that didn’t belong to any living person.

When the lanterns flickered and tapping sounds traveled through the stone floors, the men realized they weren’t alone in the dark.

Race of nagas

This full-length historical horror story follows the miners as they descend deeper into the hill, discovering the truth behind the tunnels and the reptilian creatures (nagas) rumored by the local Shoshone Native Americans. What began as routine coal work quickly turned into a night of terror, vanishing men, and an encounter no one escaped unchanged.

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Trump appears 1 million times: Epstein Files

Bibi, they're calling me the Pedo President. - So what, Don? You proudly raped those children.

• (OFF TOPIC SHOW) Don't think about Israel. Americans rage: Epstein cover up, demand Trump accountability
• "Coalie" is a real figure invented by Republicans to destroy the environment for capitalism
• Bibi Netanyahu trades barbs with Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak over Epstein sex trafficking scandal - Israel election 2021 (Haaretz)

Bibi in DC for sixth time to plan war on Iran

(The Young Turks) House hearing gets spicy, Pam Bondi crashes

out when pressed on her cover up of Epstein Files for Trump

Trump deal: peace in Putin's Alaska?

Dave Chappelle reviews Trump's behavior. - Putin and Trump reach major deal in Alaska

• Pres. Putin’s wins leave Trump with hard choices
• Keith Edwards, Puppet Regime; Sammy Obeid, Dave Chappelle; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Father, Son, and a 'difficult' relationship

Fathers’ Day — The Young Buddhist Editorial

For Father’s Day tell us a story about how a father-figure in your life has taught you a life lesson about Buddhism — whether it was intentional or not as is the case with most “dad” lessons.

Hallie Ewig and her hip hop gangster rap dad

Hallie Ewig (she/her/hers) University of Washington, Class of 2022: “For as long as I can remember, my dad has exclusively listened to hip-hop music. When I was little, instead of listening to pop artists on the car radio, he would play artists like Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., and Wu-Tang Clan from his iPod. I never really understood why he listened to music most parents would find “profane.” One time I asked him, “Dad, why do you listen to songs with bad words in them?”

WARNING: Profane! 2Pac gangsta rap hip hop old skool ft. Eminem, Biggie

He responded by turning up the volume and saying, “Just listen to the lyrics, Mika.” If you really listen to the lyrics, you can see that all of these Black artists are sharing a common theme intertwined with the swear words: systemic racism. My dad has been exposing me to Black oppression before I was even old enough to understand it.

He taught me that it is important to not only listen to others but to do so with compassion, and music is a great place to start. Even though we face our own racism as Asian-Americans, we must be compassionate to the struggles of others so that we can unite to overcome them together. Black men, women, children, members of the LGBTQ+ community, dreams, and futures [all] matter. They have always mattered, and they will forever matter. Thank you, Dad, for everything!” More: The Young Buddhist Editorial

• The Dad - The Son is created using material from the father (Chad Knight) as seen in this #short
• Statue of the son was made from pieces removed from the father to represent what parents do to build the lives of their children : r/MadeMeSmile

The statue of the son (r/MadeMeSmile)

QUESTION: It's Father's Day. How would a Western follower of the Buddha make use of this celebration?

How and why would a "modern" or "Western" follower of the Buddha's Teaching celebrate this day and use it to give gratitude to his or her father as one of his/her first gods and the other three gods?

Maybe readers would like to share also how you fulfill their personal duty to give others inspiration and ideas. This mean not being greedy but instead sharing possible merits you have. (Note: This question is given as a gift of Dhamma and not for commercial purpose or meant for worldly gain.) Source: Buddhism Stack Exchange

The Buddha’s Legacy as a Father

Ven. Rahula, the Buddha, and Ananda

The San Mateo Buddhist Temple warmly welcome all to join the community in person for its Family Dharma Service on Sunday, June 15, 2025. On the occasion of Father’s Day, Rev. Adams will share a Dharma Talk about the legacy that Sakyamuni Buddha left for his son Rahula and how the Buddha’s compassionate care for all beings was like the concern of parents for their only child. The Buddha's Legacy as a Father (June 15) - San Mateo Buddhist Temple

Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

Do you love me, Daddy? - More than life itself.

Was Prince Siddhartha loved by his father? The story/allegory of the Buddha's life makes that clear, unless he was a narcissist trying to live through his child, as even many non-narcissists do. King Suddhodana doted on his beloved son, the prince and future chief of the Scythians/Indo-Sakas. He wanted for his son what he wished for himself -- world dominion, the role of "world monarch" (chakravartin). The Brahmin soothsayers said it would be so IF only the boy were pampered and kept from seeing the world as it really was. For the son so loved the world that he came back to save everyone.

A father with a father and wife

Sid married at 16 and had a son at 29. Realizing it was now or never, he set off on a quest.

In this anachronistic, Western-informed fantasy, Samsara (2001), beautiful Yasodhara rips selfish Siddhartha for daring to leave his family to pursue his own fame, glory, and good times.

The Buddha's loving father

It's sad to reflect that most Westerners do not know who the Buddha was, their heads having been filled up with popular misconceptions of a fat happy Budai or Herman Hesse's book Siddhartha (which the careful reader will note is NOT about the Buddha but another guy named Siddhartha) which tangentially touches on the story of the Buddha's life.

Hesse's novel mirrors Everyman's Tale, the Hero's Journey, based on the allegorical story of the Buddha's life in general. Some of the Buddha's life story is not even about this Buddha but previous ones the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) mentioned when teaching about previous supremely enlightened teachers (samma-sam-buddhas) who had arisen in this world.

Buddhist Madonna and Child

We forget that Siddhartha G. was a father because what are we all taught? That's right, that he abandoned the family (renounced the palace) for the easygoing life of a spiritual nomad, a wandering mendicant answering to no one with all the fun and palaver of going East on a spiritual quest. What could be more fun and full of good times? All that yoga and sitting around, no job, talking to other groovy hippies with long hair and beards on the Hippie Highway to Magadha and Bihar.

(Dalai Lama) Mothers are kind, and fathers

are left to be the unpopular tough ones.

The prince leaves his wife, Yasodhara (Bimba Devi), never meets his kid (Rahula or "Bondage"), says "fudge you" to the Ol' Man (King Suddhodana), not even a wave his mother-aunt (his mother, Queen Maya's sister, Pajapati Gotami)...right? Right? Wrong.

Scythian King Suddhodana with his son the Bodhisatta Prince Siddhattha Gotama

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Thus We Heard (Bhante Piyananda)

Intention (cetana) matters. It is the basis of karma (deeds, actions). What was Prince Siddhartha thinking to drop out like that? (Where was he going to tune in and turn on?) We know from the ancient texts of the Pali canon that his wife knew where he was, how he was, and why he was doing it. So well did she know that she copied him. When he ate only one meal and slept on the ground and wore saffron, she took up these things. We impute to her how we would feel if we had been abandoned after giving birth, and this is completely wrong and misleading. The Los Angeles area monk Ven. Walpola Piyananda understands the matter so well that, together with Stephen Long, he tried to correct all the misconceptions in his book Thus We Heard - Recollections of the Life of The Buddha.

I'm hitting the road on a quest.

Siddhartha's intention, motivation, impulse to leave was to find "salvation" from suffering for everyone -- his father, his mother(s), his wife, his son, his family, his friends, his people, and all living beings, particularly the humans and devas. He didn't go to go forever. He went until he was successful. It took him seven years to do what he had to do (to accomplish what it means to be a "supremely awakened" "Buddha," which is different from an arahant or paccekabuddha). He had to attain full realization (maha bodhi), make known the path to enlightenment, which entailed preaching the Dhamma (Dharma exclusive to buddhas), and establish a Sangha (community) of successful practitioners, disciples capable of memorizing, chanting, and teaching that Dharma.

Mom, where's Dad? - That deadbeat?

As soon as he did that, he came back. How old was his son when he returned to Kapilavatthu (Gandhara, Afghanistan, Saka Land)? His son, Rahula, was 7. His former wife had not remarried even though she could have and was encouraged to. The family had not moved on -- his father having sent many messengers to bring his son back to rule the Sakas/Shakyas/Indo-Scythians and to find news of him. The only thing that had changed was that the son's son was now the prince. Rahula was now being raised to lead. The Buddha didn't think that was much of a legacy to leave his son. Instead, he gave him his grand inheritance worthy of a buddha: He had him ordain as a monastic, stayed by him, and brought him to enlightenment.

The moral of the story, the denouement?

King Suddhodana goes to greet the Buddha

Son Rahula became Ven. Rahula and enlightened. Wife Yasodhara became a nun (Ven. Rahulamata) and enlightened, the fiercest disputant in all the land able to debate anyone and win. Father King Suddhodana became an Aryan ("noble") disciple, attaining one or more of the stages to enlightenment. Mother Queen (Maha) Pajapati Gotami (Prajapati Gautami) became the world's first Buddhist nun and enlightened.

Many Scythians/Shakyian princes and princesses entered the Monastic Sangha and gained realization -- and the Buddha opened up that possibility to everyone, creating a Noble Sangha that was far larger than the Monastic Sangha we all imagine to be the "disciples" of the Buddha. It may have included 80,000 people, but it certainly included countless millions of devas. The Buddha is popularly known not only as the "Master Physician" but also as the "Teacher of Gods and Men" (of devas and humans).

Does that sound like a hippie on the Hippie Trail gallivanting around India with no job, doing nothing, leaving his wife, abandoning his son, sticking a choice finger in the direction of a loving and overprotective father and doting foster mother? The Buddha didn't forget his biological mother (Maha Maya) or even his previous mother in many lives (a woman the texts simply refer to as Mata along with her husband, Shakyamuni's father in many previous lives).

Now remember, young man, be a good father.

Wouldn't it have been better if he had stayed home, raised his son, tended to the householder life of the palace, been a dutiful son to his father, and made his mother proud? We wouldn't be talking about him now. He would never have become the Buddha, "the Enlightened One," in that life. But people, Westerners in particular, still want to bellyache, gripe, and air their grievances, full of wrong view, putting down the Great Teacher like they know better how a profitable life is lived.

• Monty Python (video); The Young Buddhist Editorial; 2pac gangsta rap mix; Tupac Shakur; Buddhism Stack Exchange; San Mateo Buddhist Temple; Dalai Lama; Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Gas prices rise but a SOLUTION exists

Cameron Kiszla, KTLA, 9/12/23; Sheldon S., CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

I have a Tesla, so I'm not part of the problem...most days, unless I run out of juice and use gas.

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Gas prices soar higher in Southern California

Don't drink it; pore it in the tank

Buckle up, Southern California. Overly high gas prices are back with a vengeance [just as was predicted years ago to align with Big Oil's plan to milk the endless supply of polluting petroleum, which German scientists proved grows naturally in the ground by the magic of microbes in the soil and is not coming from old dinosaur fossil deposits. But it takes a long, long time to replenish and is very toxic and polluting when brought up and burned into the atmosphere. Big Oil also doesn't want anyone to know that clean, natural alcohol can be a gas as a byproduct of natural yeasts and microbes eating sugars].

Daryl Hannah and her alcohol-powered ”Kill Bill” come to downtown (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Los Angeles County [the self-proclaimed Capital of the World because what happens here eventually happens everywhere else] prices are up to an average of $5.56 per gallon.

A month ago, that price was $5.22, according to AAA. That’s higher than the state’s average of $5.46 and far higher than the national average of $3.84.

[They'll have us all in 5G remote controlled electric vehicles, which will be more polluting to fuel up even if less polluting to operate, by outlawing internal combustion engines that run on petroleum in the name of climate change alarmism. But sourcing rare earth minerals to make batteries on an industrial scale then burning coal to make electricity to power them is known to be far more polluting than the system now in place.]

[Though devices and techniques to get 100 MPG have been around for 50 years, they will not be allowed because that would bankrupt Big Oil, which has a graph and prognostication on how much money they are going to make from the remaining amount of peak oil at their disposal, over how long, and at what price at the pump.]

[They will not be deterred by engineering innovations, better fuel efficiency standards, alcohol as a replacement fuel, solar, wind, methane, free energy (which is not even allowed to mention), hydrogen fuel cells, or systems yet to be brought to market or dreamed up. But Big Oil will bow out to make room for "smart cities" and an agenda of greater government surveillance and control.]

It's already working as detailed in Blume's book

It’s also higher than this time last year, when a gallon was $5.41 on average. 

However, it’s still lower than the highest local average ever for L.A. County, which was recorded a little over a year ago:

On June 14, 2022, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $6.44. Despite the climbing costs, deals can still be found. GasBuddy.com shows prices as low as $4.69 in the greater Los Angeles area. More

Solution? Alcohol fuel from sugars

A plant goddess (bhumi devi) knew all along

(David Blume, alcoholcanbeagas.com) ...We can reverse global warming. Since alcohol is made from plants, its production takes carbon dioxide out of the air, sequestering it, with the result that it reverses the greenhouse effect (while potentially vastly improving the soil).

Recent studies show that with a permaculture-designed mixed-crop alcohol fuel production system, the amount of greenhouse gases removed from the atmosphere by plants -- then exuded by plant roots into the soil as sugar -- can be 13 times what is emitted by processing the crops and burning the alcohol in our cars.

• Why alcohol fuel? The 2-minute summary (David Blume)

A peaceful solution? No "blood for oil"?

We can revitalize the economy instead of suffering through Peak Oil. Oil is running out, and what we replace it with will make a big difference in our environment and economy.

Alcohol fuel production and use is clean and environmentally sustainable, and will revitalize families, farms, towns, cities, industries, as well as the environment.

A national switch to alcohol fuel would provide many millions of new permanent jobs. No new technological breakthroughs are needed. We can make alcohol fuel out of what we have, where we have it....

Unlike hydrogen fuel cells, we can easily use alcohol fuel in the vehicles we already own.

Unmodified cars can run on 50% alcohol. And converting to 100% alcohol or flexible fueling (using both alcohol and gas) costs only a few hundred dollars.

Most auto companies already sell new dual-fuel vehicles.

This would've bankrupted us and Bush Dynasty

Alcohol is a superior fuel to gasoline! It’s 105 octane, burns much cooler with less vibration, is less flammable in case of accident, is 98% pollution-free, has lower evaporative emissions, and deposits no carbon in the engine or oil, resulting in a tripling of engine life. More

• Alcohol Can Be A Gas! - Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century [to Avoid Toxic Coal and Nuclear Fallout]
• The Plant Goddess Landscaping, California
• GreenGoddess.com

Forbidden archeology artifacts on Earth (video)

Future Unity, April 2, 2023; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Ancient alien relic found older than the earth

Forbidden Archeology

(Future Unity) April 2, 2023. Welcome to Future Unity that explores the fascinating world of science, technology, and the universe. From the inner workings of the human body to the outer reaches of space, it delves into the latest and most interesting discoveries shaping the world. Whether a science buff or just looking for mind-blowing facts, they're covered. Join as it uncovers the mysteries of the world around us and discover new frontiers in the fields of science and technology. Get ready for a journey that's both educational and entertaining.

Evidence concealed by mainstream media.

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• Living an Authentic Life Summit (wisdomforlife.life)

Greta Thunberg arrested in Germany (video)

KHOU 11; Forbes News; Russell Howard; Crystal Q., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Greta Thunberg arrested, detained by police in Germany after protest

(KHOU 11) Jan. 17, 2023. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg -- woke darling of the media -- and several other protesters have been carried away by German police from the edge of an open coal pit mine.

COMMENTARY

Climate Book: Facts+Solutions

[Why? She was hauled off for daring to protest business "progress." How long before others are out throwing their bodies into The Machine that UC Berkeley's Mario Savio and Los Angeles' Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) warned us about? Her parents will be so proud, and her book sales should skyrocket. Our dad wouldn't be happy, and we have yet to publish a book about our artificially and purposefully-induced climate catastrophes can be countered.]

• VIDEO: Comedian tells Oxford Union about new generation of WOKE climate activists

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Greta Thunberg detained by German police at coal mine protest

(Forbes Breaking News) Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. [Behold the NAZI tactics of modern German riot squad police, wielding batons for capitalism, on horseback and aiming the trained biting dogs at peaceful demonstrators trying to slow down The Machine.] Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police on Tuesday during a protest of a German coal mine.

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The climate is in kids' hands

Greta Thunberg chats to the playground politics kids about the climate crisis

(Russell Howard) From The Russell Howard Hour (11/8/22), climate activist Greta Thunberg chats to the playground politics kids about what we can do to help the climate crisis, with a varying degree of useful answers... Welcome to the official #RussellHoward channel. Follow the show on Twitter at twitter.com/howardhour.