National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to twin cubs
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August 24, 2015
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The sun shining brightly
Comment August 24, 2015There is nothing more delightful then an honest smile when having an awful day. To feel a cool breeze flowing over your face in the burning heat. To see the sun shining brightly through the pouring rain and to have a friend who tells you that nothing from any of them is more then you to be your friend. ~Alexander Fennis
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Keyboard kitty
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You only have control over yourself
Comment August 23, 2015I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away. ~Author Unknown
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You will always look lovely
Comment August 23, 2015If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. ~Roald Dahl
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Happiness blooms naturally
Comment August 23, 2015Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living. ~Paramhansa Yogananda
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Smiling and calm face
Comment August 23, 2015Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face. ― Manoj Arora
Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt
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Simplicity of living
Comment August 23, 2015There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. ~Peace Pilgrim
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Letting things take their course
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Plunging into Horseshoe Lake. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Live & Die for Buddhism
Khmer Tipitaka 1 – 110
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
Samdech Chuon Nath
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
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
