1. A simple smile is all it takes…

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    Smile for everyone you meet…
    A simple smile is all it takes to make one happy.
    Love can come in many different ways, shapes and sizes.
    But a simple smile will conquer everything.
    And leave the best of us speechless.

    ~sms4smile

  2. Those we Love

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    Sparkling rose for you

    Sweet thoughts and prayers
    are sent your way
    to warm your heart
    and bless your day.

    ~latestsms

  3. A beautiful day, whenever you smile…

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    Smile is the electricity and Life is a battery. Whenever you smile the battery gets charged and a beautiful day is activated. Everyone wants happiness, no one needs pain, but it’s not possible to get a rainbow, without a little rain. So, keep smiling!

    Shopping with my mom on October 30, 2014.

  4. Embrace all living creatures

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    A human being is part of the whole called by us
    ‘universe’ – a part limited in time and space.
    Our task must be to free ourselves from
    this prison by widening our circle of compassion
    to embrace all living creatures and the whole
    of nature in its beauty. ~Albert Einstein

  5. S M I L E means

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    S-see | M-miracles | I-in | L-life | E-everyday. So, do not drop your smile!

    Only October 27, but feels so cold!
  6. Love is the way…

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    What happens when you keep brewing coffee beyond a certain duration?
    It gets bitter, way too bitter to be consumed, it cannot be sweetened by any
    honey any more. Similarly, when a person holds onto their negative emotions,
    such negativity keeps on brewing, it makes the person bitterer. The longer
    they hold onto, the greater the bitterness.

    Brewing anger can easily lead to a fit of rage because an outburst is more
    a symptom, an outcome, than a cause, it is a sign that you have been holding
    onto negative emotions within you. It is like heating up a steamed dumpling
    in a microwave oven.

    The dumpling is able to take heat to a certain degree, beyond which it simply
    explodes, splattering all over, it is no longer edible, much less presentable.
    The brewer is a real killer, it is the slow poison. Unlike the volcano,
    this one is kept in heart. Many harbor anger and other negative emotions,
    they are unable to let go.

    ~ Om Swami

  7. My little sister and I on November 9, 2013

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    Our family just buried our little sister, Alanthara on our 28th anniversary in America November 9, 2013. Yes, this day is bittersweet for us. Coincidentally, little sister is now Dany Svay’s neighbor at the cemetery. Dany is a grandson of our family’s very close friend and room mate in Texas. We moved to Massachusetts together on November 3, 1987, the day my little sister passed away [26 years later]. Dany died from drowning at his high school pool on April 9th, 2013 at age 16. We purchased a plot for our little sister, without knowing…From now on my mother and Dany’s grandma can cry together during their visits….

  8. Be yourself, authentically yourself. Respect yourself

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    The first step towards discovery is to accept yourself, rejoice in being yourself. Be yourself, authentically yourself. Respect yourself. Love yourself. You are a vast universe! And slowly slowly, as you become more conscious, you will be able to put things right, into right places. You are topsy-turvy, that is true, but nothing is wrong with you. You are not a sinner — just a little rearrangement and you will become a beautiful phenomenon. ~Osho


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