A beautiful photo shot by my co-worker, Julia Malakie
A spider builds a web in the stairwell of the UMass Lowell parking garage at LeLacheur Park. Sun/Julia Malakie #wp
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Thanks to my dearest youtube sister, Menu. I love her videos so much
"This farm was such a beautiful attraction at Birds World. Once you are inside, it feels like as if you had a farm. You feel so much at home. Some birds & animals roam freely inside. There were so many farm animals inside it. The farm was very special for small children. Not even children even adults can enjoy it. There is a special programme called Animal Encounters where children can touch & cuddle the smaller animals like rabbits, gunea pigs etc. I also captured a few scenes from this for those who love farm animals a lot. Music by General Fuzz & Re-Lab from Jamendo .com" #wp
Her channel: http://www.youtube.com/mmsl
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson #wp
I found this flower on the internet. I did not shoot this.
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I've been working for 15 hours already, desperately need a break here
"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” ~William S. Burroughs #wp
Jendhamuni on September 3, 2012.
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Even as a mother
protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish
all living beings.
Sutta Nipata
What do the teachings of Buddhism say about animal rights?
In Buddhism the highest and universal ideal is to continually work for a permanent end to the suffering of all creatures, not just the human animal, but all animals, all living beings without exception.
In Buddhism there are five precepts, codes of moral conduct, the first of which is an injunction against destroying life. Buddha laid great emphasis on the fact that the restriction on casing harm applied not only to human beings but to all creatures all "living beings."
Here is Buddha's response on an occasion when he came across a flock of sheep being driven towards the city of Rajagaha to be sacrificed.
Among the sheep a lamb was injured and Buddha feeling compassion for the poor creature picked him up, followed the shepherds into the city and prevented the sacrifice from taking place by asking King Bimbisara to stop animal sacrifices saying:
All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.
All beings fear before danger, life is dear to all. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.
Dhammapada 54 #wp
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See how adorable he is, how could we kill him for our food…
My heart was broken when I saw this cute little ducking and his siblings in the box, hatching from the fertilized eggs. For any of you who love consuming fertilize eggs, please think twice before boiling them for your meal. Living beings are living inside those eggs awaiting to come out to see the sunshine in our beautiful world, just like us…Jendhamuni #wp
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Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.
~Thich Nhat Hanh #wp
Jendhamuni on September 2, 2012.
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End each day with thoughts of peace. Begin each day with
thoughts of peace. Continue thinking thoughts of peace
throughout your precious day and happiness will be yours.
~Unknown #wp
Jendhamuni with the Late Mr. Dok Son's wife on November, 2011.
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Here comes me and my cheap wrinkle shirt; but I'm happy
"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like." ~Will Roger #wp
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The Honest Truth
Every person alive wants happiness — even common animals struggle to find happiness — but our actions for the most part aren’t in line with our intentions. This is why we don’t get to realize the happiness we want, simply because there’s no truth to us. For example, when people come to the monastery: If they come to make offerings, observe the precepts, and sit in meditation for the sake of praise or a good reputation, there’s no real merit to what they’re doing. They don’t gain any real happiness from it, so they end up disappointed and dissatisfied. Then they start saying that offerings, precepts, and meditation don’t give any good results. Instead of reflecting on the fact that they weren’t right and honest in doing these things, they say that there’s no real good to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, that the Buddha’s teachings are a lot of nonsense and lies. But actually the Buddha’s teachings are an affair of the truth. If a person isn’t true to the Buddha’s teachings, the Buddha’s teachings won’t be true to that person — and that person won’t be able to know what the Buddha’s true teachings are.
Source: Access to Insight
Translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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
