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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 7.10 Bahudhītarasutta: Many Daughters
“This ascetic mustn’t have rats in a vacant barn dancing merrily……”
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#laypeople #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 7.19 Mātuposakasutta: The Brahmin Who Provided for His Mother
“Master Gotama, I seek alms by legitimate means, which I use to provide for my mother and father.…”
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#laypeople #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
Ud 2.5 Upāsakasutta: A Lay Follower
“For a long time I’ve wanted to come and see the Buddha……”
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#laypeople #Udana #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.176 Pīti Sutta: Rapture
“‘Let’s periodically enter & remain in seclusion & rapture.’ That’s how you should train yourself.…”
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#laypeople #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 8.25 Mahānāmasutta: Mahānāma
“In what way, Bhante, is one a lay follower?…”
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#faith #giving #laypeople #listening #precepts #virtue #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 9.17 Kulasutta: Families
“Visiting a family with nine factors is not worthwhile…”
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#giving #laypeople #stinginess #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
#Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) revitalized Japanese #Rinzai #Zen through rigorous #kōan practice, dynamic integration of #awakening into daily life, and innovative teaching methods. His emphasis on post-#satori training and outreach to #laypeople established a lasting legacy in Zen #pedagogy. Read more about his life and teachings in this new blog post
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-16-hakuin/
Think citizen science is unreliable, simplistic, or just free labor? Think again.
Citizen science is often misunderstood—and myths hold it back. But in fact:
✅ Citizen data can rival professional data.
✅ Citizens drive breakthroughs in genomics, astrophysics, and beyond.
✅ It's not unpaid labor; it's meaningful co-creation.
✅ Scientists remain firmly responsible for quality and rigor.
#CitizenScience #Research #Mythbusting #Debunking #Laypeople #Participation #Research #Transformation
🚧 While citizen science fuels innovation, it also faces critical challenges: ensuring data quality, promoting true inclusivity, sustaining engagement, and upholding ethical standards.
If we ignore these issues, we risk undermining the very strengths that make citizen science so powerful.
Building better citizen science means confronting these hurdles head-on.
#CitizenScience #Research #Laypeople #Transformation #Sustainability #Participation #Empowerment #Agency
Did you know citizen science isn't just a hobby—it can shape the future of research and society?
Citizen participation enables large-scale data collection, enhances geographic coverage, and can lead to novel insights that professional researchers alone may not achieve (Bonney et al., 2014).
#CitizenScience #Sustainability #Transformation #science #research #participation #democratization #laypeople #empowerment #agency
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
MN 14 From… Cūḷadukkhakkhandhasutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
“Mahānāma, there is a quality that remains in you that makes you have such thoughts.…”
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#inspiring #laypeople #SensePleasures #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
MN 51 From… Kandarakasutta: With Kandaraka
“How well described by the Buddha are the four kinds of mindfulness meditation!…”
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#FoundationsOfMindfulness #laypeople #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 7.57 Sīhasenāpatisutta: General Sīha
“When it comes to these fruits of giving that are apparent in the present life, I don’t have to rely on faith in the Buddha, for I know them too.…”
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#almsfood #faith #laypeople #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 7.10 Bahudhītarasutta: Many Daughters
“This ascetic mustn’t have rats in a vacant barn dancing merrily……”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-10-bahudhitarasutta-many-daughters/?=MDS
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#laypeople #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 7.19 Mātuposakasutta: The Brahmin Who Provided for His Mother
“Master Gotama, I seek alms by legitimate means, which I use to provide for my mother and father.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-19-matuposakasutta-the-brahmin-who-provided-for-his-mother/?=MDS
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#laypeople #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
Ud 2.5 Upāsakasutta: A Lay Follower
“For a long time I’ve wanted to come and see the Buddha……”
Read the sutta
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#laypeople #Udana #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.176 Pīti Sutta: Rapture
“‘Let’s periodically enter & remain in seclusion & rapture.’ That’s how you should train yourself.…”
Read the sutta
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#laypeople #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
Document: Vatican to discuss voting rights for women, LGTBQ+ inclusion :
The synthesis found a "unanimous" and "crucial" call for women to be allowed to access positions of responsibility and governance.
#femalepastors #laypeople #LGTBQ+ #PopeFrancis #roleofwomen #RomanCatholic #Vatican
#Miami #news
Today's #DailySutta
AN 8.25 Mahānāmasutta: Mahānāma
“In what way, Bhante, is one a lay follower?…”
Read the sutta: https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-8-25-mahanamasutta-mahanama/
#faith #giving #laypeople #listening #precepts #virtue #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
"There’s all these things that are buried in books used by priests for the most part, but which are designed for #laypeople [...] So we’ve pulled all those things out, those extracts, and put them into one book." #MinistryToSick #PrayerBooks #USCCB https://www.ncregister.com/cna/a-new-book-of-prayers-for-laypeople-ministering-to-the-sick-could-be-on-its-way