Historian of Chinese Religions & Chinese Buddhism, interest in smell culture & aromatics; recent hummingbird whisperer, belated powerlifter, curator of Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
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Kendell Geers
Losing my Religion 23, 2007
Spraypaint on wood, nails, rust
Kendell Geers
Losing my Religion 23, 2007
Spraypaint on wood, nails, rust
Guangzhou, Hua Lin Temple (500 Genii Temple), by Milton M. Miller, ca. 1860-64.
Original source for the postcard below, issued by O. F. Ribeiros in 1902.
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
"Over 100 newly restored bamboo slips are publicly displayed for the first time since their discovery...The main tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, the excavation of which was one of the most significant archaeological activities in the country in recent years..."
en.people.cn/n3/2026/0415...
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
195 years ago, on the 11th of April 1831, the Lewis chessmen were first exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland shortly after being rediscovered. The pieces wee made between 1150 and 1200 and commonly believed to have been made in Norway. #otd #history 🗃️
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
Sculptures like this are often hollowed out and devotional objects can be found inside. 🪷 Using CT scanning, we peered inside this Shōtoku Taishi figure without opening it. No hidden objects – but now we have tree ring patterns to help us date it!
👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200106193
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD
Matt Seybold
This Many Years Ago
BDG News: Gen Z Predominates as a Record 250,000 Visitors Flock to 2026 Seoul International Buddhism Expo
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/4kkzeyk3
#Buddhism #Buddha #Seoul #Gangnam #Korea #HeartSutra #JogyeOrder #Meditation #ContemporaryBuddhism #Mindfulness #COEX #YoungPeople #KoreanBuddhism #Zen #Seon
Rijksmuseum
Man, got to see a presentation about this today—so cool. Enlisting young people to help build historical materials that teachers will then be able to use in a forthcoming citywide curriculum about AAPI experiences here. There are right ways to make curriculum happen.
localizedhistoryproject.org
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty.
"People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)
A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.
The Localized History Project (LHP) is a New York City Council funded, youth participatory history collective working to bring local Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into ...
Reputedly founded in the 6th century, Hualin Temple traces its origins to the famed Zen patriarch Bodhidharma, who arrived in China by sea.
Situated in the port city of Guangzhou, the temple remained a favored destination for visitors and foreign photographers more than a millennium later. 🧵
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