Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal

Zen's Bodhidharma on the ONE method

2026-04-18T17:00:00.000-07:00

The ONE practice that contains every spiritual method | Bodhidharma's breakthrough sermon

(ECHOES OF LOST KNOWLEDGE) April 17, 2026: What if one single practice contained every other spiritual method within it?

In this final chapter of the series, the First Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma [from India] reveals the most essential teaching of his entire lineage — and it begins with beholding the mind.

This video is a direct transmission of Buddhist Wisdom that cuts through centuries of misunderstanding about what spiritual practice truly means.

Discover why temples, rituals, chanting, and good deeds alone cannot free us — and what actually can.

In this sermon, Bodhidharma teaches

→ The single method that contains all other methods

→ The three hidden poisons (greed, anger, delusion) — and how they silently run our life

→ The six "thieves" operating through our own senses, robbing us of peace every day

→ Why "three asankhya kalpas [aeons of indeterminate length]" of hardship is not what most people think

→ The true meaning of the six perfections (paramitas), the three sets of precepts, and invoking the Buddha

→ How to behold our own mind and free ourselves from suffering — in this very lifetime.

This is not a lecture. This is Buddhist Wisdom spoken directly — clear, unfiltered, and as alive today as it was 1,500 years ago.

📌 THIS SERIES

Chapter 1 — Blood Stream Sermon (watch first)
Chapter 2 — Wake-Up Sermon
Chapter 3 — Breakthrough Sermon (you are here)

🔍 TOPICS COVERED

Bodhidharma teachings | Breakthrough Sermon | Beholding the mind | Three Poisons in Buddhism | Six Perfections (paramitas) explained | Buddha Nature | Zen Buddhism | Buddhist Wisdom for modern life | First Zen Patriarch | Liberation from suffering | Three sets of precepts | Six thieves of the mind | Enlightenment teachings
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Coachella 2026, Weekend 2 (livestream)

2026-04-18T16:00:00.000-07:00

Young Thug "Havana" featuring Camila Cabello live at Coachella 2026

Major Lazer!

Major Lazer "Lean On" live at Coachella 2026

Is this a rave?

John Summit "LIGHTS GO OUT" DJ under a simulated rave tent live at Coachella 2026

MC EDM DJ John Summit takes his shirt off for "Shiver"

White Stripe's Jack White "Seven Nation Army" stadium anthem

Jack White "Seven Nation Army" live at Coachella 2026: I didn't know this song would be a hit

Slayyyter!

Slayyyter "BEAT UP CHANEL$" live Coachella 2026 (Slayyyter "CRANK" Coachella 2026)

Main Stage

Main Stage - Live from the lawn at Coachella 2026

Mojave Stage

Sahara Stage

(Sahara - Live from Coachella 2026)

The Coachella 2026 Lineup 👀👉 - @anyma_ofc presents ÆDEN with #LISA

Early for Stagecoach, Kacey Musgraves performs new song at Coachella Weekend 2

Kacey Musgraves iconic Coachella moment

Younger Madonna sings "Hung Up" (live at Coachella 2006)

Sabrina Carpenter and Madonna together at Coachella 2026

(This is... LIVE Events) Sabrina Carpenter and Madonna live Weekend 2 at Coachella 2026

Fleshwater "Last Escape" chaotic and live at Coachella 2026

Sex on stage with Addison Rae (sort of)

Addison Rae "Aquamarine/Arcamarine" live at Coachella 2026

Punk rock at Coachella? Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies (each with one original member)

Mike "Institutionalized" Muir of ST leads kids in anti-religious song "Send Me Your Money"

Is stretchmark Iggy Pop pregnant again?

"Life During Wartime" Talking Heads (a touch of autism with David Byrne)

David Byrne "Life During Wartime" Live at Coachella 2026: This guy D. Byrne has autism?

Vegan EDM returns to Coachella w/ Moby

Wet Leg in bikini bottom

Wet Leg sing their hit "Chaise Longue" live at Coachella 2026 Weekend 1

Vulgar Wet Leg cuss during "mangetout" live at Coachella 2026

Girl metal at Coachella (Die Spitz)

Die Spitz "Throw Yourself to the Sword" live at Coachella 2026

DRAIN "Who's Having Fun?" live for peace at Coachella 2026

Die Spitz "Groping Dogs Gushing Blood" pit erupts at Coachella 2026

Disclosure "Latch" easy listening EDM live from Coachella 2026

The Strokes

The Strokes "Reptilia" live at Coachella 2026

How Norman Cook became "Fatboy Slim" (and threw the wildest beach party ever)

Please notice me! I'm Paris Hilton

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Zaghrouta is known by different names around the world: "That's your culture?"

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Enough with the flash; what's it really like?

(Astromancy Archives) Rebellion? It's now as commercial as it gets: corporate money milking

The woman faster than Bruce Lee

2026-04-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

(Untold the Legacy of Bruce Lee) Female Karate Master Maki Uehara, Okinawa

Admiral Byrd mission: last survivor speaks

2026-04-18T06:00:00.000-07:00

(UNITY) Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. wrote a diary that was replaced by the CIA (or its predecessor organization OSS) then hidden away until, possibly, his son released the real, unredacted original version after his father's passing. It recounts what Byrd found -- a very advanced civilization living in Agartha (our Hollow Earth) as spoken of in Hindu and Buddhist texts. The momentous mission was Operation Highjump (about The Secret Land)

Earth Days in Los Angeles, April 2026

2026-04-18T04:20:00.000-07:00

Why keep it to a day? Pasadena leads the charge to make it last a whole month.

Earth Day 2026: Things to change to save Earth

City of Pasadena (One Arroyo, Instagram)
As of this year, it's EARTH MONTH beginning March 30, 2026: Proclamation - Earth Month - Office of the Mayor of Pasadena

ALTADENA'S EARTH DAY 2026
ALTADENA's Earth Day
Solvang Garden (urban ranch)
280 Crosby, Sunday, April 19

The Solvang Ranch (280 Crosby St., Altadena, California) is a historic 3,100 square foot craftsman courtyard house built in 1915. Situated on nearly an acre, it has been meticulously restored by owners Rob Bruce and Greg Gill and is known for hosting community events, such as the Soul Force Project's Earth Day Celebration. More

Earth Day Pasadena

Playful goats/kids do yoga

Earth Day Celebration in Pasadena, Los Angeles? These are the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, one of the most Buddhist places in the United States. Join us and the City of Pasadena as we celebrate Earth Day and the official release of the goats into the Arroyo ("gully," "wash," dry riverbed). This family-friendly event includes goat yoga, a goat petting zoo, educational experiences, and interactive booths from local sustainability organizations. Let's celebrate and find our Flow. How? Goat Yoga in the Arroyo. Enjoy a lighthearted outdoor yoga experience surrounded by playful goats, Nature's great grass eaters. This beginner-friendly yoga session blends movement, laughter, and connection with nature, offering a unique way to relax, recharge, and celebrate the arrival of the Arroyo Goats. More: OneArroyo.org

Goats may save LA foothills

Altadena Earth Day (Colorado Blvd)

The City of Pasadena and the One Arroyo Foundation are set to host a distinctive Earth Day Celebration this Saturday, inviting the community to witness an innovative approach to landscape restoration and wildfire risk reduction. The highlight of the event will be the deployment of approximately 600 goats into the Arroyo Seco ("Dry Gully"), where they will embark on a targeted grazing mission across 100 acres to clear invasive vegetation. This natural method not only helps protect the beloved Arroyo but also offers a fascinating spectacle for attendees of all ages. More: pasadenanow.com/weekendr

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The Anunnaki in ancient Sumerian literature (cuneiform stone tablets), Tiamat and the Abzu: Jewish (Semitic) Christian (Roman universalism) borrowed/stole all these ideas for their Tanakh/Old Testament texts

Buddhist book giveaway (LA Festival of Books)

2026-04-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

Third Thursdays LA

Celebrate the joy of reading at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, happening April 18–19 at the USC campus.

This FREE, weekend-long event brings together hundreds of authors, poets, storytellers, and book lovers for panels, signings, performances, and family-friendly activities across indoor and outdoor stages.

Wisdom Quarterly joins in to distribute free Buddhist titles at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2026 (Book Row behind main stage)
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Students mingle with booklovers

Find LAist.com at two booths, Booth 154 (marketing team) and Booth 723 (education team), connecting with the LA and OC community, giving away free books, and sharing plenty of LAist swag.

Whether one is catching a panel or just exploring the festival for reading material in the company of authors, stop by to say hello and be part of one of the country’s largest celebrations of storytelling. Free, open to the public, with no RSVP required. More

Arches across the world revealed

2026-04-18T03:33:00.000-07:00

(Project Chronos)

Pyramid theory: it was lasers

The Goddess Sophia: wearing masks

2026-04-17T19:00:00.000-07:00

Goddess [of Wisdom] Sophia (Gnosticism)
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Nag Hammadi Library

The giants of Tartarian army erased

2026-04-17T17:00:00.000-07:00

(Tartaria History)

The Number 1 antisemite and Sen. Bernie

2026-04-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

(Kim Iversen) Dan Bilzerian, Republican for US Congress

Stop funding genocidal Israel

(Times Now World) Follow Me To Hillary Bernie Sanders on Israel

(CJ Werleman Show) Iran's attrition strategy has destroyed Israel forever IDF about to die?

(Meidas Touch) Melania Trump's dark Epstein past surfaces as American public hates her

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ETs on ancient Buddhist temple wall art?

2026-04-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

(Praveen Mohan)

Woodstock, no, 'Woodstock 1999' (film)

2026-04-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

(LukeTheDuke) Woodstock 99: Three Days that Ended a 30-Year Legacy: Rage against the...

Navajo Wisdom on evil and adversity

2026-04-16T14:00:00.000-07:00

(Navajo Traditional Teachings) Navajo (Diné) Nation

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Disgraced Dalai Lama on end of world

2026-04-16T13:00:00.000-07:00

His Holiness to attend Long Life Prayer offered to him by Dhasa Dhotoe Welfare Society and Lodrik Welfare Assn. at Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, HP, India on April 22, 2026

(PR for HHDL) Alluding to Tibet's "female Buddha" Yeshe Tsogyal, Knowledge Lake Empress

Congratulating new female Archbishop of Canterbury

[If I want to hang out at Jeff's NY apartment, I...]
Office of HH Dalai Lama, Feb. 8, 2026: "Some recent media reports [including Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal] and social media posts concerning the “Epstein files” are attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein. We [the PR arm of dalailama.com] can unequivocally confirm that His Holiness has never met Jeffrey Epstein [no matter what Mr. Epstein's biographer, journalist Michael Wolff, says] or authorised any meeting or interaction with him by anyone on His Holiness’s behalf. [Case closed. Don't ask us about it, and definitely don't mention it to His Holiness because it might embarrass Him.] The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama | The 14th Dalai Lama

Joichi Ito (Epstein-Dalai Lama's go-between)

Congressional Gold Medal for service to CIA, Zionism, anti-China war? Pres. Bush, Byrd, Pelosi

High in Scotland: 'Trainspotting' turns 30

2026-04-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

Trainspotting (1996) official trailer - old Scottish drug movie with Ewan McGregor in HD

What do you for fun around here? Drugs?
Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. It is written in English and Scots [3]. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on Feb. 23, 1996 [6].

The film follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh [7]. Trainspotting was released to critical acclaim and is today regarded by many critics as one of the best films of the 1990s.... More

(JoBlo Originals) Reliving the raw brilliance of a 1990s masterpiece from the UK

Trainspotting scene: "Born slippy"

T2: The Sequel? Lightning in a bottle?

(Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Wild Food Foraging Ethnobotanical Walk

2026-04-16T06:30:00.000-07:00

FORAGING WALK — WILD FOOD OUTING

Hosted by prolific plant author Christopher Nyerges, nature guide, and founder of School of Self-Reliance: The Wild Food and Self-Reliance Discovery Meetup Group (with 4.9 out of 5.0 stars with 143 reviews) is leading a nature walk:

Wild Food Ethnobotanical Walk
Saturday, May 9, 2026 10:00 am
$65 (seniors and students $45)

To attend and for exact directions, register HERE. Join us for an outing in Los Angeles where we explore the edible, medicinal, and other useful qualities of many of the native plants found in the environment with many introduced (invasive) plants.'

Both natives and non-native plants will be seen. This is a leisurely walk in the woods. All will also get a chance to taste some of the plants. We will introduce a few basics of systematic plant identification and ways to start a record of various species.

We’ll bring up an important point: Many of the wild plants we see — especially the non-natives — can easily be cultivated in our own yards for ease of harvesting. There are also local native plant nurseries where we can obtain native plants — such as toyon berries, ceonothus, oak trees, mulefat, elder, and so on — to grow them at home, where we can provide the ideal situation for them.

Wear comfortable footwear and bring water and a bowl for eating. This class can serve as credit towards the the School of Self-Reliance Ethnobotany Certificate. Directions sent upon registration.

FORAGING WALK — WILD FOOD OUTING, Sat, May 9, 2026, 10:00 AM | Meetup

Bruce Lee on Muscle Beach, Los Angeles

2026-04-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

(Bruce Lee: The Dragon's Legacy) Bruce Lee was at Muscle Beach in Los Angeles, when a 315-pound strongman said, "Real men have mass" — six seconds later

In 1971, Bruce Lee was enjoying a day with his wife Linda Lee Cadwell and family at "Muscle Beach," a portion of Venice Beach next to Santa Monica under LAX's flight path, when Kurt Wagner — a 315-pound strongman who could deadlift 750 pounds — publicly challenged his Buddhist/Taoist/Chinese philosophy.

What happened in the next six seconds shocked the entire "Muscle Beach" crowd and changed strength culture forever.

This is the untold story of when raw power met precision, when mass confronted understanding, and when a world-champion strongman learned that everything he believed about strength was incomplete.

🥋 The confrontation that Muscle Beach never forgot

🥋 How a 135-pound man dropped a 315-pound giant in six seconds

🥋 The solar plexus strike that penetrates through muscle

🥋 Why mass without wisdom is just weight to carry

🥋 The strongman who became Bruce Lee's student

Kurt Wagner thought his 315 pounds of muscle made him unstoppable. Bruce Lee showed him that technique, properly applied, can overcome any size advantage — not through luck, not through tricks, but through deep understanding of anatomy, physics, and human movement.

This is the legacy of Bruce Lee teaching that real strength isn't measured in pounds, but in wisdom and understanding.

Joe Rogan: This is impossible

(The Hidden Record) Only Dr. Joel Wallach (criticalhealthnews.com) knows what killed legendary and superhuman Bruce Lee (Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Chinese martial arts). It was his bad diet, going to extremes, killed by gluten and insufficient micro and macro nutrients.

USA/ISR War on Iran ENDS, says Trump

2026-04-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

Mossad asset Jared Kushner, Zionist and son of fathers Trump and Netanyahu (White House)

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Israel doesn't want peace, never did. Mossad assets Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner work for Israel, Mossad, and the legacy of genocidal Zionist Bibi

Let Iran develop nuclear weapon?

(Kim Iversen) Peace through power: Get me cancelled to say let Iran?

Israeli Prime Minister Bennett admits Jews did NOT come from "Israel"

Greedy Trump on Iran in 1987 - Ooh, I want a Cool Cat!!!

(Kim Iversen) USA vs. PRC and IRGC in Trump's attempt to block blockade

Israel, Palestine: what's in a name? – Roots Metals

Girl singer 'possessed' by angel or devil?

2026-04-15T16:20:00.000-07:00

(竜宮ツカイ) BABYMETAL "Catch Me If You Can"「かくれんぼ」full live compilation

Haley Bennett in choreographed "Buddha's Delight" (Music & Lyrics with Hugh and Drew)

(Kasey Karlsen) 115 Elena Siegman [TikTok re-upload] - of Bad Omens "Concrete Jungle"

Music and Lyrics

Haley Bennett, in what was only her third audition [11], won the role of Jewish American popstar "Cora Corman" [Korman] for her film debut in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics [15]. She sang several songs for the film's soundtrack, including the super sexified (Hollywood vulgar but catchy) hit "Buddha's Delight," having been possessed by a devi (celestial "shining one") or earthbound asura princess ("demoness," "cast out shining one").. More

Babymetal, the world's greatest metal act?

Buddhist/Shinto death metal from Japan? BABYMETAL "Catch Me If You Can"

(Century Media Records) Old Man's Child "Black Seeds On Virgin Soil" (Norwegian death metal)

(The Agonist) Melodic death metal's reigning Canadian beauty Alissa White-Gluz sings/screeches "and Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep"

Why Trump hates American Catholic pope

2026-04-14T10:00:00.000-07:00

(The Jimmy Dore Show)

(Candace Owens) Trump leaks: US sent illegal arms to Iran to serve Israel

Mel's Jesus gives man an NDE message

2026-04-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

(The Parallax Files)

(Near-Death Experiences) I died and Jesus showed me seven cities to flee in 2026 | NDE story

The Goddess Sophia and Anointed Jesus

(Morgue Official) The Lost Gospel: Was Jesus secretly worshipping a Goddess [of Wisdom]?

Turkey threatens 'Hitler of our times' Bibi

2026-04-14T06:30:00.000-07:00

Man in Mexico destroys wax Netanyahu statue - (Joe Rogan) Bibi Netanyahu is dead dead dead

(Dalio Secrets)

(The Young Turks) Illegal Greater "Israel" Empire wants to steal land

How Iran treats prisoners #islamicreligion

On Rothschild Island, Antarctica (1908)

2026-04-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

(Tartaria History)

Zionists abuse Christians, Palestinians

2026-04-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

(Standup Legacy) Dave Chappelle ROASTS Trump, Elon, and America (whites in Ohio) | comedy

(Sammy Obeid) Standup comedian: Lebanon can't be erased

Dave MAGA Trump supporter?

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Dave Chappelle recounts story of R. Kelly, Kevin Hart, Chris Rock

(Elusive Truths) '33 Moloch/Baal ceremony @ Soldier Field (2)

(Breaking Points)

Buddhism split: Mahayana emerged

2026-04-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

(Buddha's Wisdom) Heretical new texts turn the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's Dharma (Doctrine) on its head, infusing it with the Old Vedic Religion of the Brahmins, Taoism, Hinduism, and later thought, sometimes directly opposing what Gautama Buddha taught about nirvana and samsara and many other things, including the Ten Perfections (reduced by Mahayana to six) and the 31 Planes of Existence (reduced to six)...