May 30, 2024 — My beloved Grandma passed away 39 years ago today…
Funeral service for Upāsikā Yath PoK at the Springfield Crematory, Springfield, Massachusetts on May 30, 2024.
And… today, is the funeral service for our beloved Upāsikā Yath PoK, meditation practitioner and loyal supporter at our Peace Meditation Center. Upāsikā Yath, age 78, passed away in Easthampton, Massachusetts on May 20, 2024 at 6:29 p.m. (2 days prior to Visakha Puja). Continue reading →
Jendhamuni with Buddhist nun Sony Nuon at Kiryvongsa Bopharam, Buddhist Peace Meditation Center on July 4, 2013.
Buddhist nun Sony Nuon became my lifetime favorite nun ever since I first met her. She’s very calm, very kind, caring, gentle and compassionate — rare qualities many lack… She’s the Buddhist nun I love most in this world… I hope we will meet again…
My beloved Buddhist nun passed away in Cranston, Rhode Island on Monday March 18, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.
Jendhamuni at Buddhist nun Sony Nuon’s funeral service in Warwick, Rhode Island on March 24, 2024.
Jendhamuni with Buddhist friends at the Glory Buddhist Temple on March 31, 2024 during the memorial service for Buddhist nun Sony Nuon.
Jendhamuni with brother Mony Heng at little sister Alanthara’s grave on November 9, 2013.
Those who touch our lives, stay in our hearts forever.
I did not see you close your eyes or hear your last sigh. I only heard that you were gone, too late to say goodbye. ~ Milano
Jendhamuni visiting brother Mony Heng at Lowell General Hospital on February 22, 2018. Mony (aka Vanny Heng) passed away at home on February 5, 2024 at 3:30 a.m.
Jendhamuni at little sister Alanthara’s grave on November 9, 2013.
May 30, 2023 — My grandma passed away 38 years ago today.
Jendhamuni at home on May 28, 2023.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. – Washington Irving
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller
“It is not length of life, but depth of life”. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bhikkhu Dejapanno Phorn Pheap (Meditation teacher) February 1, 1943 – June 21, 2021
On Sunday, May 30, 2021 my family and I went to pick up my meditation master Ven. Dejapanno Phorn Pheap, Ven. Buddha Saddha Vey Ve and Ven. Indajoto Trang Dong at Wat Kiryvongsa Bopharam, Peace Meditation Center for the ceremony at the graveyard of my late uncle Yoeun Nget. It was raining very hard that day. We arrived at the temple around 8:30 am, but were told by Ven. Buddha Saddha that Ven. Dejapanno could not go to my late uncle’s graveyard because he was literally unconscious in his room. After that, Bhikkhu Buddha Saddha called me to go inside my master’s room for a short while just to witness the scene.
Ven. Buddha Saddha and Ven. Indajoto were the first two monks who found Ven. Dejapanno unconscious in his room. They found him lying on the floor during wellness check (because Ven. Dejapanno did not show up for breakfast). Mr. Piseth Kien, president of the temple, arrived at the scene shortly before my family and I got there.
Bhikkhu Buddha Saddha, Bhikkhu Indajoto, Mr. Piseth Kien, and Mr. Sakal Kim went inside Ven. Dejapanno’s room and called an ambulance to examine him. When the EMTs carried my master to the ambulance, I followed them just to see if my master was conscious. After seeing his eyes, I felt relief knowing he’s awake because his eyes were blinking. And I was told that his life was not endangered.
Samanera Ananda ordained 15 days to honor Ven. Dejapanno Phorn Pheap.
Jendhamuni visiting Master Dejapanno Phorn Pheap at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday June 19, 2021.
Gratitude is a value of interdependence. It is an inner orientation that aligns us emotionally with the outer reality of our lives. Bringing heart and mind together, gratitude is an affective state that can be produced by an awareness of interdependence. We identify interdependence at work and train ourselves to respond to that awareness with gratitude. Like other values of interdependence, gratitude can lead us from awareness to feelings and, eventually, can culminate in action. ~ 17th Karmapa
Maha Thera Siripanno Sophon Thon, Bhikkhu Buddha Saddha, Bhikkhu Indajoto, . Bhikkhu Munindathero Maha Nhor Tepmony, Mr. Piseth Kien, Mr. Sakal Kim, Mrs. San Ou, Ananda Kim, Jendhamuni Sos, Ven. Sirip visiting Bhikkhu Dejapanno, our meditation master, at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts on Thursday June 17, 2021. Bhikkhu Buddha Saddha, Bhikkhu Indajoto, Mr. Piseth Kien, Mr. Sakal Kim, Upāsikā Mony Kim, Ananda Kim and Jendhamuni Sos were at the scene on Sunday, May 30, B.E.2565 A.D.2021 and called an ambulance to examine Bhikkhu Dejapanno Pheap Phorn in his room before he was transported from the Kiryvongsa Bopharam Temple to the Baystate Medical Center around 9 a.m. during that morning.
True love does not just choose one person. When true love is there, you shine like a lamp. You don’t just shine on one person in the room. That light you emit is for everyone in the room. If you really have love in you, everyone around you will profit—not only humans, but animals, plants, and minerals. Love, true love, is that. True love is equanimity. — Thich Nhat Hanh
My father’s graveyard on May 16, 2020
Uncle Yoeun Nget’s graveyard on May 16, 2020. Uncle passed away on April 26, 2020
Little sister Alanthara’s graveyard on May 16, 2020
My late little sister Alanthara bought me this shirt in 2004. She knew I love old fashioned things very much. I only wore it once when she was alive because I love it so much. I didn’t want the shirt to get old. Alanthara could read my mind. Always gave me the right thing. I could see her laughing, making fun of me in a good way whenever I think of her.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From an Irish headstone
This site is a tribute to Buddhism. Buddhism has given me a tremendous inspiration to be who and where I am today. Although I came to America at a very young age, however, I never once forget who I am and where I came from. One thing I know for sure is I was born as a Buddhist, live as a Buddhist and will leave this earth as a Buddhist. I do not believe in superstition. I only believe in karma.
A Handful of Leaves
Tipitaka: The pali canon (Readings in Theravada Buddhism). A vast body of literature in English translation the texts add up to several thousand printed pages. Most -- but not all -- of the Canon has already been published in English over the years. Although only a small fraction of these texts are available here at Access to Insight, this collection can nonetheless be a very good place to start.
Major Differences
Major Differences in Buddhism: There is no almighty God in Buddhism. There is no one to hand out rewards or punishments on a supposedly Judgement Day ...read more
Problems we face today
Of the many problems we face today, some are natural calamities and must be accepted and faced with equanimity. Others, however, are of our own making, created by misunderstanding, and can be corrected...
