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
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
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
Vipassana master Dejapanno placing the Sacred Relics of Buddha Sakyamuni on Kali’s head.
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
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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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Celebrating Khmer New Year at our Peace Meditation Center, Wat Kirivongsa Bopharam, Leverett, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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
I love equally
The rising sun-duty
And the setting sun-peace
~Sri Chinmoy
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
