It is flooded water that makes mud; it is clean water that wipes away mud. ~Unknown
ពលរដ្ឋហាលថ្នាំជក់នៅឃុំស្វាយឃ្លាំង ស្រុកក្រូចឆ្មារ ខេត្តត្បូងឃ្មុំ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦។ RFA/Cheu Sideth
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
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 on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. ~Gautama Buddha
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
Forgiveness is choosing to love. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
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 with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
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
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
ព្រះត្រៃបិដក ប្រែថា កញ្រ្ចែង ឬ ល្អី ៣ សម្រាប់ដាក់ផ្ទុកពាក្យពេចន៍នៃព្រះសម្មាសម្ពុទ្ធ
The Tipitaka or Pali canon, is the collection of primary Pali language texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism. The three divisions of the Tipitaka are: Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka.
វចនានុក្រមសម្តេចសង្ឃ ជួន ណាត
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Listen to Khmer literature and Dhamma talk by His Holiness Jotannano Chuon Nath, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia Buddhism.
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.
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not shaken by blame and praise. As a deep lake is clear and calm, so the wise become tranquil after they listened to the truth…
Good people walk on regardless of what happens to them. Good people do not babble on about their desires. Whether touched by happiness or by sorrow, the wise never appear elated or depressed. ~The Dhammapada
