Chade-Meng Tan

I'm now ready for Chinese New Year.

I had this t-shirt for 12 years. It becomes relevant every 12 years. 😄

(Designed by the high-fashion designer Karen Tseng).

A Paradise Built in Hell: Dhamma Practice in an Age of Outrage | Ajahn Nisabho YouTube video by Clear Mountain Monastery Project

A beautiful talk by a young Buddhist monk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpY6...

The stunning choir room at Salamanca Cathedral. Sadly I didn’t bring my gimbal to stablize the shot, so this was done entirely by hand.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

TACO saves the world again. Phew.

Sunset.

Morning with dark clouds.

Lake Tahoe looks surprisingly small. (Looking at it from its north.)

Hayward Bridge.

San Francisco Bay at sunset.

Instead of taking a photo of the sunrise, I decided to do a short video this time.

The beautiful sunset today.

All they needed to do was to get one of their evil brownshirts to murder an innocent woman with full impunity, then lie incessantly about it, and we all stopped talking about the Epstein files for another week. Pure, fascist evil.

The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…

From Benjamin Slyngstad.

Never forget that a man of great evil staged a violent insurrection against the United States of America.

懶菩薩

心平如靜水，慈悲植心靈。
天天立雄志，普渡天下民。
志向當強烈，慈悲放光芒。
濟世不拚命，無為順自然。
所做平常事，造福天下人。
你這活菩薩，救世也好玩。

The most successful "Wag the Dog" operation in history: I had not heard the words "Epstein files" mentioned in the news even once the entire day.

Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again The Florida-based judge is likely to once again play a central role in politics in the new year.

Evil. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Captain Picard sings "Make it So" (Let it Snow) YouTube video by Mike Millington

Yup, it's time to post that video again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteK...

The Patron Saint of Japanese lunch boxes.

Speech by His Majesty during an honorary doctoral degree award by Chulalongkorn University. YouTube video by Chokey

A beautiful speech by a wonderful human being. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtlt...

I've seen one or two pairs of turtle doves at a time, I've never seen a whole flock like this. Wow.

Meng's 2025 World Meditation Day congratulatory message for the Korean Committee YouTube video by Buddhism-dot-net

A congratulatory message for our Korean friends. youtu.be/akuPZi4SAJ0

The beautiful sunset today.

Buddhistdoor View: The Global Peace Prayer Festival in the Bigger Picture of Bhutan’s National Agenda - Buddhistdoor Global Sixteen days of prayer, diplomacy, and national reflection reveal Bhutan’s emerging Dharma-guided future

Beautiful.

www.buddhistdoor.net/features/bud...

Better to Have a Cup of Tea Than a Club to the Head | Bhante Sujato | Vibe with Venerables Ep 25 YouTube video by Buddhism-dot-net

As Bhante says, having tea together is good, getting a club to the head is bad.

Also: I told a joke that landed so badly it had to be edited out. 😂

youtu.be/AdYxLwnrOAI

Removing the Dart in the Heart | Bhante Sujato | Vibe with Venerables Ep 23 YouTube video by Buddhism-dot-net

I always learn a lot talking to Bhante Sujato. youtu.be/EaGomh0nGC4

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation

With regards to rise of fascism, the thing to worry most about is the military purge, and here we are.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

After a night of big wins, there is only one question on everybody's mind: How is the Democratic Party going to f* this up?