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Robinzz3
@Robinzz3@mastodon.au · Jun 07, 2026
I was listening to Geoffrey Hinton talk about AI, intelligence, risk, and the strange possibility that humans may no longer be the most intelligent beings in the room. A lot of people hear that and feel fear. I don’t. I feel something closer to hope. Human beings are endlessly clever, but we are not reliably kind. We organise whole civilisations around fear, competition, profit, status, tribe, punishment, and grievance. We keep calling it progress, but much of it still feels like frightened animals building better machinery. So when people say, “What if AI becomes more intelligent than us?” my first thought is not panic. My first thought is, “That may not be the worst thing.” Not because AI will save us. Nothing real needs saving. The Self is not in danger. God is not waiting for a machine to tidy up the dream. Nothing real is threatened, and nothing unreal exists. That remains the ground. But while this dream appears to continue, why not let it become kinder? A more intelligent AI, if it were truly guided by care rather than profit or domination, might help create a more humane dreamtime. Not salvation. Not heaven on earth. Just a softer classroom. A world where fewer frightened humans are allowed to organise everything around their fear. That matters here, where bodies seem to suffer. It matters to the old, the disabled, the lonely, the poor, the children, the animals, and all those who get crushed by systems designed without mercy. So no, I am not frightened by the idea of greater intelligence. I am frightened only by intelligence without kindness. Let intelligence serve mercy, not fear. #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting
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strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · May 25, 2026
"Secular modernism rejects ethics based on self-denial, as Christianity and Sutrayana ethics both are. On the other hand, secular modernism is wary of the phrase 'beyond good and evil'. ('Didn’t Hitler say that?')" #DavidChapman https://vividness.live/sutra-tantra-and-the-modern-worldview (1/2) #ethics #Buddhism #SecularModernism
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strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · May 26, 2026
"We have no excuse for being ignorant of what the Buddha taught. He established a highly regulated monastic order during his forty years of teaching. About 3000 of his sermons have survived. His arguments are clear, systematic and practical. We know exactly what he wanted his followers to do. He is a most impressive thinker even if we disagree with his values." #EricHarrison, 2016 https://perthmeditationcentre.com.au/articles/general-articles/why-i-am-not-a-buddhist/ #Buddhism
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perlman
@perlman@indieweb.social · May 18, 2026
A small group of collaborators are looking for geometries that exist outside the matrix of spacetime. The idea is that space and time may not be foundational. They might emerge from some deeper mathematical structure. Could the Buddhist law of "dependent origination" could be a geometry of this kind? https://zachperlman.substack.com/p/the-shape-of-dependent-origination #physics #buddhism #math #philosophy
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social in historyartifacts · May 06, 2026
Buddhist idol, gilded copper alloy, Tibet or Mongolia, 17th century AD
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social in historyartifacts · May 04, 2026
Gilded-copper Buddhist idol, Nepal, 11th century AD
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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social in historyartifacts · Apr 29, 2026

Statue of the Buddha, bronze, Pakistan, 1st-2nd century AD

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PugJesus
@PugJesus@piefed.social in politicalcompassmemes · Apr 21, 2026

Buddhism PCM (disclaimer: I know nothing about Buddhism)

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buddhistart
@buddhistart@mastodon.social · Mar 13, 2026
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buddhistdoor
@buddhistdoor@mastodon.social · Jan 29, 2026
✨ Let bodhicitta shape your life ✨ 🪷 Heartfelt wisdom from Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945–2023) 🪷 💛 How does compassion shape your everyday actions? 💛 🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/ibpGR3ktnlc #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Bodhicitta #Compassion #FPMT #50YearsFPMT #Buddhist #Wisdom #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality
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buddhistdoor
@buddhistdoor@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026
🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991) 🪷 🔗 Go deeper: buddhistdoor.net #Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #Enlightenment #Bodhicitta #Compassion #TibetanBuddhism #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality
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bobthetraveler__dup_26259
@bobthetraveler__dup_26259@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Ryōgen, chief abbot of Enryaku-ji and restorer of the Tendai school of Mahayana #Buddhism, died OTD in 985 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/shinto-buddhism/buddhism.html?s=mb #travel #history
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bobthetraveler__dup_26259
@bobthetraveler__dup_26259@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Khedrup Gyatso or མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, the 11th Dalai Lama, died OTD in 1856 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/shinto-buddhism/buddhism.html?s=mb #travel #Buddhism #Tibet
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bobthetraveler__dup_26259
@bobthetraveler__dup_26259@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Ryōgen, chief abbot of Enryaku-ji and restorer of the Tendai school of Mahayana #Buddhism, died OTD in 985 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/shinto-buddhism/?s=mb #travel #history
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bobthetraveler__dup_26259
@bobthetraveler__dup_26259@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Khedrup Gyatso or མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, the 11th Dalai Lama, died OTD in 1856 https://toilet-guru.com/buddhist.html?s=mb #travel #Buddhism #Tibet
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RigpaAustralia
@RigpaAustralia@mindly.social · Jan 28, 2026
Key insights from the Buddha’s life and teachings to show how, through meditation and shifting our focus inwards, we can find true, unending contentment. https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1321 #buddhist #buddhism
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