Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth,
so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom
appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely
through the maze of human life, one needs the light
of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. ~Buddha
Long love is mother’s love
Sweet love is father’s love
Short love is lover’s love
But strong love is friendship’s love
So always love me.
~sms4smile
Grown cats rarely, if ever, meow at one another. As kittens, cats meow to ask things of their mothers – so if your grown cat talks to you, it may be an indication that he or she sees you as a maternal figure. According to Catster, “A cat reaches the approximate human age of 15 during its first year, then 24 at age 2. Each year thereafter, it ages approximately four ‘cat years’ for every calendar year. Thus, a 5-year-old feline would be approximately 36 in cat years.z” Source: Trupanion
Kittens lose their “baby” teeth at around 6 months old. Cats are CLEAN – probably cleaner than you. They spend 1/3 of their “awake time” grooming. According to the Way of Cats, our furry friends must learn to climb down a tree, whereas climbing up is instinctive. They also can’t climb down head-first because their paws point the same direction, so they are forced to back down. Source: Trupanion
Life never seems to be the way we want it,
but we live it the best way we can.
There is no perfect life,
but we can fill it with perfect Moments.
~hamariweb
Making everyone happy is not possible; so decide to be
happy with everyone. I was looking out the windows
thinking about the ones I care most and the people
that came into my mind are you. ~hamariweb sms
“Those who do not know satisfaction, even when living in a heavenly palace,
are still not satisfied. Those who do not know satisfaction, even if rich, are poor.
People who know satisfaction, even if poor, are rich.” ~Buddha
People don’t usually create the right causes. They want goodness so much, and yet they don’t work to bring it about. All they get are bad results, embroiling the mind in suffering. All people want these days is money. They think that is they just get enough money everything will be alright; so they spend all their time looking for money, they don’t look for goodness. This is like wanting meat, but not wanting salt to preserve it: you just leave the meat around the house to rot. Those who want money should know not only how to find it, but also how to look after it. If you want meat, you can’t expect to buy it and then just leave it laying around in the house. It’ll just go rotten. This kind of thinking is wrong. The result of wrong thinking is turmoil and confusion. The Buddha taught the Dhamma so that people would put it into practice, in order to know it and see it, and to be one with it, to make the mind Dhamma. When the mind is Dhamma it will attain happiness and contentment. The restlessness of samsara is in this world, and the cessation of suffering is also in this world. ~Ajahn Chah
Success isn’t the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
~Buddha
Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt
Turtles cannot protrude their tongues from their mouths, but they can smell. Flapping the loose skin under the chin or throat moves air over the Jacobsen’s organ. Tortoises and turtles do not have teeth. The growth rings on the scutes or scales on a tortoise cannot be used to determine the animal’s age with any degree of accuracy, as in most instances, growth spurts and interruptions in growth are determined largely by environmental conditions. Some species have hinges on either the carapace or the plastron, which allow closure of the shell. Source: PetPlace
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
