12 Buddhists On Twitter You Should Be Following

If you are a Buddhist or somebody who is just curious about the tradition and the issues facing it today, Twitter is a great starting point for getting in on the conversation. Here we've compiled several of the prominent teachers, writers and organizations that we follow to help us stay clued in on the world of Buddhism.

We invite you to follow them, and also join our conversation @HuffPostRelig! Be sure to add your suggestions below if we left your favorite Buddhist on Twitter off the list.

 

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Whether we like it or not, we\'re all connected, and it is unthinkable to be happy all by oneself.

@DalaiLama He may not be personally responsible for these tweets, but, like so many things, Twitter makes it easy to keep up with His Holiness.

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[MeetJohnDoe]

09:29 PM on 09/10/2011

Change that picture. It is of a Chinese god of wealth. Yikes, people.

[Madhyamika]

04:28 PM on 09/06/2011

Sounds like a restaurant guide, heavy on Tibetan and Japanese flavor with some molecular gastronomy thrown in.

[Ifeanyi Akaolisa]

07:07 AM on 08/21/2011

they don't like religion nowadays? no, more like they don't like to hear any mention of YHWH, JESUS...

[MeRainyday]

12:57 PM on 08/19/2011

Ugh! Quit with the bidheadedness. Who care what type of Buddhism each of these people follow their tweets are NOT PROSELTYIZING just messages of peace, and this world surely needs more of that! (See today latest videos of Assad atrocities to convince yourself.)

[MeRainyday]

12:52 PM on 08/19/2011

Why can't you just post a list as part of piece!

[doctorJulia]

12:25 PM on 08/19/2011

As a confirmed atheist, I find all this empty verbage rather annoying but I can't stop myself asking why a tricycle magazine relates to buddhism. Did Buddha ride a tricycle?

[Ben Royal]

04:14 PM on 08/28/2011

Yes.

[MeetJohnDoe]

09:31 PM on 09/10/2011

Why are you bothering to read it, then?

[jim messenger]

12:19 PM on 08/19/2011

Are'nt we showing here how silly we are to keep to our particular brand of Buddhism as being perfect for everyone. Impossible. We are just demonstrating our limitation and pigheadedness.
The Buud would be laughing at us.

What works for one is anathama for another. That's OK. It only has to work for you. Chow.

[jim messenger]

12:10 PM on 08/19/2011

I think it;s fun to see Buddhists having hissy fits. In public yet. Let's compete for emptness.

[Ben Royal]

04:15 PM on 08/28/2011

Jim, reminds me of an old Texas story about what the Baptist said about the Methodist.

[jim messenger]

12:01 PM on 08/19/2011

Response to Buddhist Suggestion NO#11

"Are you sure?"

[Toivo Makinen]

12:00 PM on 08/19/2011

Follow 12 buddhists? Thanks- just following one Harvey Mackay is enough for me! "What is sound of one hand clapping?" It's the same sound the tree makes when it falls with no one around.

[Anjushri]

07:46 AM on 08/16/2011

For some reason I wasn't able to post this reply to someone who claims that eating wearing and using other animals is compatible with Buddha Dharma and therefore it is not violence. So I will post it here instead.

Buddhism advocates nonviolence, yet many Buddhists continue to eat, wear and use other animals. It's beyond me how many Buddhists continue to justify this obvious violence. Torturing and murdering 56 billion other animals for our pleasure each year is morally unjustifia­ble. If Buddhists want to see the violence we participat­e in each year when we eat, wear and use other animals, just watch this free online documentar­y. http://www.earthlings.com

The only reason we don't understand that animal use is violence is because we mistakenly believe that other animals are lesser. That's is because we have been indoctrina­ted to believe this. It's speciesism. Sentience is all that matters as to whether other animals belong to the moral community. Speciesism cause violence. If we truly believe in nonviolenc­e, then we need to incorporat­e nonviolenc­e into every aspect of our lives and that means we need to stop eating, wearing and using other animals. It's very simple. To deny that using animals is violence and deny that it is not problemati­c is just deluding ourselves. We cannot justify continuing this violence. We do not need animal products to be healthy. It's killing us and the environmen­t.

Go vegan. It's easy. http://www.veganpamphlet.com

[CalifMan]

12:50 PM on 08/19/2011

The Buddha never said not to eat animals, but to have compassion toward such animals and to honor their sacrifice by being mindful of it.

[Anjushri]

09:55 PM on 08/19/2011

Maybe if you consider the overall message of the Buddha's teachings, you would understand that his teachings are undeniably ALL about nonharm and nonviolence. The Dharma is definitely about not killing. We cannot eat, wear and use other animals, and claim we are not participating in violence. We just get someone else to do our dirty work. Watch this online video http://www.earthlings.com

Consider reading the Lankavatara sutra or the Surangama Sutra.

Nonhuman animals are sentient beings. They do not make a willing "sacrifice" for our palate pleasure. We do not need to eat animal products for our health. A plant based diet is not only healthy, it's delicious. The first step to nonviolence is to stop participating in violence. Ending our participation in violence is Dharma. Please view this http://www.veganpamphlet.com

Please view this essay: “Compassionate” Animal Use is Nonsense http://bit.ly/eFGFCd

[nixthetrix]

05:03 PM on 08/27/2011

I see you do not apply your logic to all living things , only animals .
"It's speciesism­." Then your logic is 'kingdomsism' ?

[dharmadhatuzoo]

12:19 PM on 08/10/2011

As a supremely enlightened buddha, allow me to assure you that using Twitter will NOT help you to attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi. Go meditate.

[jim messenger]

12:02 PM on 08/19/2011

Thank you for letting us know.

[MeRainyday]

12:54 PM on 08/19/2011

Yes, jim, wasn't that helpful.

[Anjushri]

09:56 PM on 08/19/2011

I hope you're joking RE: "As a supremely enlightened buddha".

[MeetJohnDoe]

02:40 PM on 08/04/2011

Why do you have a picture of the Chinese god of wealth accompanying this story?

[jim messenger]

12:02 PM on 08/19/2011

For good luck of course.

[captaincrawley]

06:27 PM on 08/03/2011

Whenever someone tells me "Whether you like it or not", I immediately switch them off.

[Allen Jenkins]

01:06 PM on 08/19/2011

...welcome to the real world...

[Whistlejackett]

11:59 PM on 07/31/2011

You didn't mention Pema Chodron.

[kooldalai]

02:03 AM on 08/03/2011

or Alan Wallace, Robert Thurman, Lama Lena and others. Maybe they are not on Twitter.

[Whistlejackett]

02:08 AM on 08/03/2011

That's my point exactly. Thank you.

[kooldalai]

02:07 AM on 08/03/2011

or Thich Nhat Hanh

[Anjushri]

12:31 AM on 08/17/2011

Thich Nhat Hanh is vegan. He understands that eating, wearing and using animals is violence. He is a great example of the Dharma.