Khmer Buddhist temple in Marseille, France
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February 21, 2015
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Love and understanding
Comment February 21, 2015We all want love and understanding, but we often confuse love with desire. Love and desire are different. When they get mixed up together, we need to look at them deeply and make an effort to sort them out! There are three kinds of intimacy: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Physical intimacy can’t be separated from emotional intimacy; we always feel some emotional intimacy when we’re sexual, even if we profess not to. When spiritual intimacy is there, then physical and emotional intimacy can be healthy, healing, and pleasurable. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
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Water Flows
Comment February 21, 2015Water flows over these hands.
May I use them skillfully
to preserve our precious planet.~Thich Nhat Hahn
Flowers in Rhode Island
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Unique tree in AiX-En-Provence
Comment February 21, 2015A tree inside the National Archives of French Overseas Territories in AiX-En-Provence, France
A tree inside the National Archives of French Overseas Territories in AiX-En-Provence, France
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The reason…
Comment February 21, 2015The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. ~Marcel Pagnol
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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The reason
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I'm here to visit some of you for a while
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. ~Marcel PagnolNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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Standing together
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Imagine trees standing together in a forest. They don’t talk, but they feel each other’s presence. When you look at them, you might say they aren’t doing anything. But they are growing and providing clean air for living things to breathe. Instead of describing sitting meditation as the practice of concentration, looking deeply, and getting insight, I like to describe sitting as enjoying doing nothing. Primarily, sitting is to enjoy the pleasure of sitting, being fully alive and in touch with the wonders of our working bodies, the cool air, the sounds of people and birds, and the changing colors of the sky. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
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The way is in the heart
Comment February 20, 2015You are far from the end of your journey.
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
See how you love. ~Buddha
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When one feels tranquil
Comment February 20, 2015When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in
listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them,
one is free of fear. ~Buddha
Japanese monk in Leverett, Massachusetts.
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All beings love life
Comment February 20, 2015All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? ~Buddha
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
