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Houses in Siem Reap were damaged by strong winds

Comment May 14, 2016

ផ្ទះឈើរបស់ពលរដ្ឋ នៅភូមិគំរូ ឃុំល្វា ស្រុកពួក ខេត្តសៀមរាប ត្រូវខ្យល់បក់រលំសង្កត់គោយន្ត ២គ្រឿង ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ ១គ្រឿង និងសម្ភារៈជាច្រើនទៀត។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦ RFA/Hang Savyouth

សមត្ថកិច្ចចម្រុះខេត្តសៀមរាប នាំគ្នាជួយរុះរើផ្ទះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលដួលរលំនៅឃុំល្វា ស្រុកពួក ខេត្តសៀមរាប។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦។ RFA/Hang Savyouth
Come and go like the wind

Comment May 12, 2016

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all. ~Gautama Buddha
As rain falls equally

Comment May 12, 2016

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. ~Gautama Buddha
How well did you love?

Comment May 12, 2016

In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?
~Gautama Buddha
Choosing to love…

Comment May 12, 2016

Forgiveness is choosing to love. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
Cakes being offered to the Buddha

Comment May 12, 2016

Cakes being offered to the Buddha by the brothers Tapussa and Bhallika

15. Cakes being offered to the Buddha by the brothers Tapussa and Bhallika

Not long after his attainment of Supreme Buddhahood, the Blessed One sat cross- legged at the foot of the Rajayatana tree (Buchanania latifolia). At that time two brothers Tapussa and Bhallika, from a village called Ukkala went for trade to (the middle Districts of) India where the Buddha was dwelling. A deity who was related to them in a past existence informed the two brothers that the Blessed One had recently attained the Supreme Buddhahood, and directed to the place where the Blessed One was then dwelling. The deity also instructed them to offer to the Buddha the cakes which they had brought with them.
As directed by the deity, the two brothers approached the Buddha and offered the cakes which they had brought They then addressed the Buddha with the words, “We take our refuge, Lord, in the Blessed One and the Dhamma; may the Blessed One receive us as disciples, who from this day forth, while our life lasts, have taken their refuge in Him”. They then asked the Blessed one, “What shall we receive as an object of worship from today, Lord?” The Blessed One rubbed his head with his hand and gave to the two brothers whatever hairs came off and stuck to his hand.

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BUDDHISM
by ASHIN JANAKA BHIVAMSA (Aggamahapandita)
Artist: U Ba Kyi | Link to this post
Our capacity to make peace

Comment May 12, 2016

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Serenity will be yours

Comment May 11, 2016

Let loose of what you can’t control. Serenity will be yours.

End each day with thoughts of peace. Begin each day with thoughts of peace. Continue thinking thoughts of peace throughout your precious day and happiness will be yours. ~Unknown
If you hold yourself dear

Comment May 11, 2016

ចម្ការថ្នាំជក់នៅឃុំស្វាយឃ្លាំង ស្រុកក្រូចឆ្មារ ខេត្តត្បូងឃ្មុំ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦។ RFA/Cheu Sideth

That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:

If you hold yourself dear
then don’t fetter yourself
with evil,
for happiness isn’t easily gained
by one who commits
a wrong-doing.

When seized by the End-maker
as you abandon the human state,
what’s truly your own?
What do you take along when you go?
What follows behind you
like a shadow
that never leaves?

Both the merit & evil
that you as a mortal
perform here:
that’s what’s truly your own,
what you take along when you go;
that’s what follows behind you
like a shadow
that never leaves.

So do what is admirable,
as an accumulation
for the future life.
Deeds of merit are the support for beings
when they arise
in the other world.

“Piya Sutta: Dear” (SN 3.4), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Source: Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 30 November 2013
Attainment of Enlightenment as Buddha

Comment May 10, 2016

Attainment of Enlightenment as Buddha

14. Attainment of Enlightenment as Buddha

Having vanquished the army of Mara, the Future Buddha sat cross-legged at the foot of the Bodhi tree with the firm resolution that he would not get up from his seat until he attained the supreme wisdom of a Buddha, and went into deep meditation. He acquired in the first watch of the night the knowledge of previous existences; in the middle watch of the night, the divine eye with which he could see the beings of all thirty-one planes of existence dying and being reborn; and in the last watch of the night, he gained the bliss of complete emancipation. Thus on Wednesday the full moon day of Vesakha (April-May) 103 the Great Era at dawn, the Great Being attained the Supreme Enlightenment of a Buddha.

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BUDDHISM
by ASHIN JANAKA BHIVAMSA (Aggamahapandita)
Artist: U Ba Kyi | Link to this post

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Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

Should anyone wish to ridicule me and make me an object of jest and scorn why should I possibly care if I have dedicated myself to others?

Let them do as they wish with me so long as it does not harm them. May no one who encounters me ever have an insignificant contact.

Regardless whether those whom I meet respond towards me with anger or faith, may the mere fact of our meeting contribute to the fulfilment of their wishes.

May the slander, harm and all forms of abuse that anyone should direct towards me act as a cause of their enlightenment.