1. Your attitude of flexibility

    Comment

    To live your full potential, always be ready to encounter some
    unseen obstacles. Your attitude of flexibility will react
    immediately to mend the way for the right track. If it demands
    change in approach, go with confidence. Never be afraid
    of a change as you may get something positive. Change
    is good, because change means progress. 

    ~Dr Anil Kr Sinha

  2. Your mistakes have taught you

    Comment

    We all should be wise enough not to make the same mistakes twice.
    We should all learn to make amends, forgive and move on.
    Regret nothing because this has taught you something valuable.
    Do not forget the right way that your mistakes have taught you.

    ~Dr Anil Kr Sinha

  3. We must be strong

    Comment

    What is Right will always be Right. What is Wrong will always
    be Wrong. Yet in order for Truth to prevail, we must be strong. 

    ~Marrett Green

  4. True friend loves us unconditionally

    Comment

    A friend is the best gift we give to ourselves. Friends are those people in our life with whom we do not have any blood relation. It is a relation of love and affection towards each other. A true friend loves us unconditionally, understands us, but never judge us and always tries to support us, help us and give us good advice.   ~Anurag Prakash Ray

  5. One who stands for moral value

    Comment

    Being transparent reflects commitment towards justice and truth. It’s speaks
    that one stands for moral value. One who stands for moral value commands
    respect and honor of all. ~Dr Anil Kr Sinha

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  6. Prince Five-Weapons and Sticky-Hair (The Diamond Weapon)

    Comment

    Once upon a time, the Enlightenment Being was born as the son of the King and Queen of Benares. On the day of his naming, 800 fortune tellers were invited to the palace. As presents, they were given whatever they desired to make them happy for the moment. Then they were asked to tell the fortune of the newborn prince. This was so they could find a good name for him.

    One of the fortune tellers was an expert in reading the marks on the body. He said, “My lord, this is a being of great merit. He will be king after you.”

    The fortune tellers were very clever. They told the king and queen whatever they wanted to hear. They said, “Your son will be skilled in five weapons. He will become famous as the greatest master of all five weapons throughout India.” Based on this, the king and queen named their son ‘Prince Five-Weapons’.

    When the prince turned 16, the king decided to send him to college. He said, “Go, my son, to the city of Takkasila. There you will find a world famous teacher. Learn all you can from him. Give him this money as payment.” He gave him a thousand gold coins and sent him on his way.

    The prince went to the world famous teacher of Takkasila. He studied very hard and became his best pupil. When the teacher had taught him all he knew, he gave the prince a special graduation award. He gave him five weapons. Then he sent him back to Benares. Continue reading

  7. Colored Water

    Comment

    Our heart, when it’s at normalcy, is like rainwater. It’s clean water, clear, pure, and normal. If we put green coloring in the water, yellow coloring in the water, the color of the water turns to green, turns to yellow.

    The same with our mind: When it meets with an object it likes, it’s happy. When it meets with an object it doesn’t like, it gets murky and uncomfortable — just like water that turns green when you add green coloring to it, or yellow when you add yellow coloring. It keeps on changing its color.

    “In Simple Terms: 108 Dhamma Similes”, by Ajahn Chah
    translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
    Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 2 November 2013
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  8. Dhamma practice

    Comment

    All of Dhamma practice comes to completion when nothing remains.
    It is the place of surrender, of emptiness, of laying down the burden.
    This is the end. ~Ajahn Chah

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  9. Buddha within our own mind

    Comment

    If we establish the Buddha within our own mind then we see everything
    as identical to ourselves. We see the animals, trees, mountains and vines
    as no different from ourselves. One who understands this is content wherever
    they are. They listen to the Buddha’s teaching at all times. ~Ajahn Chah

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  10. Jaya piritha

    Comment

    More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined
    mind does greater harm. ~ Buddha, The Dhammapada


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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