1. Busy parrot

    Comment

    The parrots are a broad order of more than 350 birds. Macaws, Amazons, lorikeets, lovebirds, cockatoos and many others are all considered parrots. Though there is great diversity among these birds, there are similarities as well. All parrots have curved beaks and all are zygodactyls, meaning they have four toes on each foot, two pointing forward and two projecting backward. Most parrots eat fruit, flowers, buds, nuts, seeds, and some small creatures such as insects. ~National Geographic

  2. The lyrics

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    When you are happy, you enjoy the music.
    But, when you are sad you understand the lyrics.

    ~Coolnsmart

  3. Hungry kittens

    Comment

    A kitten’s eyes begin to open slightly around eight days of age. They won’t focus well, however, until the kitten is 2-3 weeks old. At the same time, his ears will open and he will become aware of soft sounds he could not hear before. The kitten’s legs now are becoming strong enough to hold his weight. Just a few short days after the kitten takes his first steps, he starts to run and climb, and explore his wonderful new world. Now, there’s no stopping this bundle of cuddle-soft fur. Source: The nest

  4. Little piggy with dog

    Comment

    Adult pigs can run at speeds of up to 11 miles an hour. According to Professor Donald Broom of the Cambridge University Veterinary School, “[Pigs] have the cognitive ability to be quite sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and certainly [more so than human] 3-year-olds.” Professor Stanley Curtis of Penn State University has found that pigs can play joystick-controlled video games and are “capable of abstract representation.” Dr. Curtis believes that “there is much more going on in terms of thinking and observing by these pigs than we would ever have guessed.” Source: Peta2

  5. Someday…

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    Someday you’ll cry for me like I cried for you.
    Some day you’ll miss me like I miss you.
    Some day you’ll need me like I needed you.
    Some day you’ll Love me…
    But I won’t Love you…

     ~Coolnsmart

  6. At some point

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    Sometimes you just have to forget about that person you once liked and move on.
    At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart
    but not in your life. ~Coolnsmart

  7. When you make peace with yourself

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    When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world. ~H.H. Maha Ghosananda

    You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing. When you practice contentment
    you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes I already have everything that I really need’. ~Dalai Lama

    A 6-year-old meditating

    A 6-year-old meditating

  8. Keep it Simple

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    Once you have committed to a particular path, I suggest that you look for the simplest way forward. You should make things accessible and approachable in your religious community and in your personal practice, rather than more complicated.

    Keep it simple. The life of the spirit is actually very basic and easy. We often don’t appreciate that. In the beginning, our spiritual path may strike us as very simple and perfectly clear. But then, after we have been practicing it for a few years, we sometimes find ourselves going backward, and moving away from that initial simplicity. The spiritual breakthrough we experience may simply consist in rediscovering what we had seen in the beginning.

    Spiritual discovery is not a matter of finding wisdom out there somewhere. It is a matter of discovering what already exists within us. Like cleaning the surface of a stone inscription, the more you clean it, the more the original carving becomes apparent. We are like that stone. With spiritual practice, instead of gaining something we did not have before, we gradually make ourselves clearer to ourselves. ~by 17th Karmapa

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    17th Karmapa

  9. Boundless heart

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    With a boundless heart
    Should one cherish all living beings:
    Radiating love over the entire world
    Spreading upwards to the skies,
    And downwards to the depths…
    ~Maha Ghosananda

    Pope John Paul II is embraced by Cambodian Buddhist monk Maha Ghosananda during an interreligious ecounter in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 27, 1986.

    Pope John Paul II is embraced by Cambodian Buddhist monk Maha Ghosananda during an interreligious ecounter in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 27, 1986.


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