1. The Precious Moments

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    Precious are the pleasant moments…
    when the world is bright and gay…
    times when everything is rosy…
    and I welcome each new day…
    very dear are laughing hours…
    periods when eyes can’t cry…
    I wish they would live forever…
    for they keep my spirits high…
    minutes spent in love’s enchantment…
    are the moments heaven sent…
    full of tenderness and comfort…
    sparkling with wonderment…
    eventide when day is over…
    hours of contented thrills…
    listening to glad concertos…
    played by thrush and whippoorwills…
    childhood days when hearts are happy…
    without worry, void of care…
    these are sweet and blissful moments…
    priceless and beyond compare…
    peaceful hours spent in praying…
    asking for the strength to plod…
    times like these could not be better…
    talking over things with God…
    all these make for golden memories…
    that no trial or grief can sever…
    yes, they are the precious moments…
    that will glow and live forever.

    ~by Ben Burroughs

  2. How to accept it…

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    We don’t become monks or nuns to eat well, sleep well, and be very comfortable, but to know suffering:
    1. how to accept it…
    2. how to get rid of it…
    3. how not to cause it.

    Compiled & Edited by Dhamma Garden
    Transcribed to the Internet by
    Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

    Source: http://www.dharmaweb.org

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  3. I Have Everything

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    I don’t need to see you to love you
    I only need to know you’re there;
    I don’t need to feel you
    To have you touch my heart
    I only need to know you care
    I don’t need to look into your eyes
    To believe that this is real
    I only need to understand
    What you think and feel…

    ~The Poetry Pad

     

  4. Let yourself relax and breathe

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    You cannot judge the value of a life by its quantity. It is by the joy that you are feeling. The more joyful you are, the longer you live. Let yourself relax and breathe and be free and be joyous, and romp. ~Abraham-Hicks

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    Vipassana master Dejapanno placing the Sacred Relics of Buddha Sakyamuni on Kali’s head.

  5. The amount of joy that you feel

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    The standard of success in life isn’t the things.
    It isn’t the money or the stuff.
    It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel. ~Abraham-Hicks

    RFA photo

    RFA photo

  6. Every time you choose

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    Every time you choose whether or not to fulfill your function, you are really choosing whether or not to be happy. ~A Course In Miracles

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  7. Heaven is a Wonderland

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    Heaven is a wonderland
    Where angels dance and play
    And laughter and happiness
    Are the music of the day

    Joy fills the clouds
    Upon which angels roam
    Everyone loves everyone
    No one ever feels alone

    Heaven is mystical, magical
    And beautiful too
    Where angels old and new
    Are watching over me and you.

    Poem title: Heaven Is
    ~The Poetry Pad

  8. Your Look

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    Anybody can love your looks, but it’s your personality that makes someone stay with you… ~E.C.I

  9. Your Day

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    Life is too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday, it will definitely destroy your wonderful today and ruin your great tomorrow. ~Unknown


Live & Die for Buddhism

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Khmer Tipitaka 1 – 110

 ព្រះត្រៃបិដក

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.

Maha Ghosananda

Maha Ghosananda

Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism (5/23/1913 - 3/12/07). Forever in my heart...

Samdech Chuon Nath

My reflection

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.

Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

My reflection

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

Hermit of Tbeng Mountain

Sachjang Phnom Tbeng សច្ចំ​​ ភ្នំត្បែង is a very long and interesting story written by Mr. Chhea Sokoan, read by Jendhamuni Sos. You can click on the links below to listen. Part 1 | Part 2

Beauty in nature

A beautiful object has no intrinsic quality that is good for the mind, nor an ugly object any intrinsic power to harm it. Beautiful and ugly are just projections of the mind. The ability to cause happiness or suffering is not a property of the outer object itself. For example, the sight of a particular individual can cause happiness to one person and suffering to another. It is the mind that attributes such qualities to the perceived object. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Nature is loved by what is best in us. The sky, the mountain, the tree, the animal, give us a delight in and for themselves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Our journey for peace
begins today and every day.
Each step is a prayer,
Each step is a meditation,
Each step will build a bridge.

—​​​ Maha Ghosananda