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  1. Just to point out the contradiction: Sri Lanka's constitution both institutionalises and protects Buddhism, but a Buddhist 'executioner' who follows even the first lay precept could not carry out a death sentence on anyone.

    dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/S

    #buddhism #srilanka #crime #punishment #capitalpunishment #deathpenalty #execution #drugs #ahimsa #nonviolence #morality #virtue

  2. Just to point out the contradiction: Sri Lanka's constitution both institutionalises and protects Buddhism, but a Buddhist 'executioner' who follows even the first lay precept could not carry out a death sentence on anyone.

    dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/S

    #buddhism #srilanka #crime #punishment #capitalpunishment #deathpenalty #execution #drugs #ahimsa #nonviolence #morality #virtue

  3. The Transparent Tongue

    I prayed for a transparent tongue—

    not one without language,
    not one emptied of conviction,
    not one so pale with caution
    that it could no longer name the wound,

    but a tongue through which
    truth might pass
    without becoming a weapon.

    James saw it clearly:

    the small bit
    turning the great horse,

    the little rudder
    steering the ship
    through a violence of wind,

    the single spark
    lifting its bright red shout
    into the trees.

    So much ruin
    from so little flesh.

    Inside the mouth
    a forest of ash waits.

    One word,
    and the branches begin to burn.

    One word,
    and someone carries the smoke
    for years.

    We bless God
    with the morning hymns,

    then turn before noon
    and curse the likeness of God
    walking beside us.

    Sweet water,
    bitter water,

    both rising
    from the same hidden spring.

    I prayed for a transparent tongue,

    but transparency is not
    saying everything.

    A window is transparent,
    yet broken, it becomes
    sharp and dangerous.

    Light passes through it
    without leaving a cut.

    The transparent tongue
    does not confuse cruelty
    with courage,

    or bluntness
    with honesty,

    or the pleasure of being right
    with the work of righteousness.

    It pauses
    at the gate of the teeth.

    It asks:

    Will this word heal?

    Will this word clarify?

    Will this word protect the weak
    without becoming
    what it condemns?

    Will this word leave room
    for repentance—

    including mine?

    I prayed for a tongue
    clear enough
    that anger would not stain
    every syllable,

    clear enough
    that fear would not bend
    every meaning,

    clear enough
    that the old need to win
    would not stand
    between the speaker
    and the spoken.

    Not invisible.

    Not innocent.

    Not pure.

    Only transparent enough
    for mercy to be seen
    moving through it.

    Transparent enough
    for silence to enter
    when silence is wiser.

    Transparent enough
    for lament
    to remain lament
    and not harden into blame.

    Transparent enough
    for praise to rise
    without requiring
    an enemy beneath it.

    The tongue is not alone.

    Behind it waits the heart.

    Below it, the hands.

    Beyond it, the feet
    that must walk
    where the words have pointed.

    A mouth may speak of peace
    while the body prepares for war.

    A mouth may bless the hungry
    while the hands remain closed.

    A mouth may cry justice
    while the feet refuse
    to cross the street.

    So I prayed not only
    for a transparent tongue,

    but for a transparent life—

    a body through which
    the word and the deed
    recognize each other.

    Let my speech become a window,

    not so others may admire
    the speaker,

    but so they may glimpse
    something gentler
    standing behind me.

    Let the tongue become
    a small clear pane
    in the house of the soul.

    Let light enter.

    Let light leave.

    And when the spark comes—

    as sparks will—

    let it kindle warmth
    instead of wilderness,

    a lamp
    instead of a pyre,

    a fire around which
    enemies might sit long enough
    to remember one another
    as human.

    I prayed for a transparent tongue,

    and heard no answer
    except the next word
    waiting to be spoken.

    So I held it
    for one breath longer,

    turned it toward the light,

    and asked whether grace
    could pass through.

    #BiblicalMetaphor #BlessingAndCursing #BookOfJames #ChristianArt #ChristianPoetry #DestructiveSpeech #FaithAndSpeech #GraceAndTruth #healingWords #James3 #MindfulSpeech #Nonviolence #Peacebuilding #powerOfWords #SacredLanguage #SpiritualReflection #SurrealSpiritualArt #tongueAsFire #TransparentTongue #WisdomFromAbove
  4. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is Forhttps://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts

  5. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is Forhttps://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts

  6. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is Forhttps://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts

  7. NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

    NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is Forhttps://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

    mastodon.social/@VerdantSquare

    #news #arts

  8. La voie de la non-violence

    Pour atteindre l’idéal de la non-violence, il faut en arriver à accepter, voire aimer notre ennemi. Et ce, malgré ce dont il nous afflige. L'idée n'est pas de nier la blessure, mais de refuser de la nourrir, et ne pas alimenter la violence, mais l'amour. Mais, ce que l’on ne vous dit pas d’emblée, c’est que vous devez, dans un premier temps, apprendre à vous aimer, et à cesser de vous déprécier et de vous voir comme un ennemi de votre idéal. C’est la partie la plus […]

    dandanjean.com/2026/08/06/la-v

  9. The Archer

    The Archer by kmls
    In the high sea of clouds,
    in willowing wisps of white,
    an evil lurks.

    The winds of the world bring
    the first whisper of change,
    an alien thing.

    A dragon.

    Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
    its armor, invincible?

    Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
    acid falling, burning earth below.

    It screams through the sky,
    wings creaking, flapping furiously,
    breathing flame.

    Men flee,
    like tiny ants scurrying
    from desecration
    into it.

    Only One holds his ground,
    a bow and one arrow
    in his hand.

    The Prince awaits,
    as if to allow the dragon to
    devour him.

    Then with a flash,
    he looses his arrow.

    It soars through the air.

    Blood gushing,
    the dart buried deep,
    the dragon crashes to the ground.

    Landing on the One.

    From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
    amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
    a figure crawls,
    stands.

    It is the Archer,
    the One,
    Him.

    From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

    #1983 #apocalypseImagery #battleImagery #ChristianAllegory #clouds #Courage #dragon #epicPoem #Faith #fantasyPoetry #fireAndSmoke #goodVersusEvil #Hope #kingdomImagery #MythicPoetry #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #propheticImagination #redDragon #Redemption #resurrection #sacrifice #spiritualAllegory #symbolicWriting #theArcher #ThePrince #triumphOverEvil #victory #visionaryPoetry #Writing
  10. The Archer

    The Archer by kmls
    In the high sea of clouds,
    in willowing wisps of white,
    an evil lurks.

    The winds of the world bring
    the first whisper of change,
    an alien thing.

    A dragon.

    Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
    its armor, invincible?

    Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
    acid falling, burning earth below.

    It screams through the sky,
    wings creaking, flapping furiously,
    breathing flame.

    Men flee,
    like tiny ants scurrying
    from desecration
    into it.

    Only One holds his ground,
    a bow and one arrow
    in his hand.

    The Prince awaits,
    as if to allow the dragon to
    devour him.

    Then with a flash,
    he looses his arrow.

    It soars through the air.

    Blood gushing,
    the dart buried deep,
    the dragon crashes to the ground.

    Landing on the One.

    From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
    amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
    a figure crawls,
    stands.

    It is the Archer,
    the One,
    Him.

    From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

    #1983 #apocalypseImagery #battleImagery #ChristianAllegory #clouds #Courage #dragon #epicPoem #Faith #fantasyPoetry #fireAndSmoke #goodVersusEvil #Hope #kingdomImagery #MythicPoetry #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #propheticImagination #redDragon #Redemption #resurrection #sacrifice #spiritualAllegory #symbolicWriting #theArcher #ThePrince #triumphOverEvil #victory #visionaryPoetry #Writing
  11. The Archer

    The Archer by kmls
    In the high sea of clouds,
    in willowing wisps of white,
    an evil lurks.

    The winds of the world bring
    the first whisper of change,
    an alien thing.

    A dragon.

    Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
    its armor, invincible?

    Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
    acid falling, burning earth below.

    It screams through the sky,
    wings creaking, flapping furiously,
    breathing flame.

    Men flee,
    like tiny ants scurrying
    from desecration
    into it.

    Only One holds his ground,
    a bow and one arrow
    in his hand.

    The Prince awaits,
    as if to allow the dragon to
    devour him.

    Then with a flash,
    he looses his arrow.

    It soars through the air.

    Blood gushing,
    the dart buried deep,
    the dragon crashes to the ground.

    Landing on the One.

    From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
    amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
    a figure crawls,
    stands.

    It is the Archer,
    the One,
    Him.

    From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

    #1983 #apocalypseImagery #battleImagery #ChristianAllegory #clouds #Courage #dragon #epicPoem #Faith #fantasyPoetry #fireAndSmoke #goodVersusEvil #Hope #kingdomImagery #MythicPoetry #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #propheticImagination #redDragon #Redemption #resurrection #sacrifice #spiritualAllegory #symbolicWriting #theArcher #ThePrince #triumphOverEvil #victory #visionaryPoetry #Writing
  12. The Archer

    The Archer by kmls
    In the high sea of clouds,
    in willowing wisps of white,
    an evil lurks.

    The winds of the world bring
    the first whisper of change,
    an alien thing.

    A dragon.

    Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
    its armor, invincible?

    Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
    acid falling, burning earth below.

    It screams through the sky,
    wings creaking, flapping furiously,
    breathing flame.

    Men flee,
    like tiny ants scurrying
    from desecration
    into it.

    Only One holds his ground,
    a bow and one arrow
    in his hand.

    The Prince awaits,
    as if to allow the dragon to
    devour him.

    Then with a flash,
    he looses his arrow.

    It soars through the air.

    Blood gushing,
    the dart buried deep,
    the dragon crashes to the ground.

    Landing on the One.

    From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
    amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
    a figure crawls,
    stands.

    It is the Archer,
    the One,
    Him.

    From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

    #1983 #apocalypseImagery #battleImagery #ChristianAllegory #clouds #Courage #dragon #epicPoem #Faith #fantasyPoetry #fireAndSmoke #goodVersusEvil #Hope #kingdomImagery #MythicPoetry #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #propheticImagination #redDragon #Redemption #resurrection #sacrifice #spiritualAllegory #symbolicWriting #theArcher #ThePrince #triumphOverEvil #victory #visionaryPoetry #Writing
  13. Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

    In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

    #nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

  14. Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

    In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

    #nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

  15. Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

    In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

    #nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

  16. Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

    In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

    #nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

  17. Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

    In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

    #nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

  18. @DomPython @chris Exactement ! Voire #NonViolence avec les majuscules pour rendre plus lisible les mots (et il me semble que c’est plus accessible aux lecteurs d’écran également)

  19. @DomPython @chris Exactement ! Voire #NonViolence avec les majuscules pour rendre plus lisible les mots (et il me semble que c’est plus accessible aux lecteurs d’écran également)

  20. @DomPython @chris Exactement ! Voire #NonViolence avec les majuscules pour rendre plus lisible les mots (et il me semble que c’est plus accessible aux lecteurs d’écran également)

  21. @DomPython @chris Exactement ! Voire #NonViolence avec les majuscules pour rendre plus lisible les mots (et il me semble que c’est plus accessible aux lecteurs d’écran également)