1. Cat sharing food

    Comment August 23, 2015

    Cats communicate using about 16 “cat words.” There are around 36 species in the cat family. Source: Tips for Cats

  2. Sunflowers — cheery and happy flowers

    Comment August 22, 2015

    Sunflowers are cheery and happy flowers that make you feel better instantly whenever you look at them. It is one of best flowers that you can give someone who’s in need of some instant encouragement. It has fascinated people and their minds all over the world since a long time. ~Buzzle

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  3. Smooth Hydrangea

    Comment August 22, 2015

    This shrub grows 3-6 feet tall and spreads by suckers. It develops typical pom-pom flowers. Prune back to two feet in early spring; flowers form off new wood. Link source

    Common Name Wild or Smooth Hydrangea. Botanical Name Hydrangea arborescens.

    Common Name: Wild or Smooth Hydrangea. Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens.

     

  5. When suffering arises

    Comment August 22, 2015

    Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else, right there we are wrong. It becomes wrong view. When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering. ~Ajahn Chah

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  8. Guinness recognizes 112-year-old Japanese as oldest man

    Comment August 21, 2015

    The secret to a long, happy life? Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old living in the central Japanese city of Nagoya who was officially recognized by Guinness World Records on Friday as the world’s oldest man, says to “not overdo.” Source: AP, August 21, 2015

    Yasutaro Koide, oldest person living (male) at the impressive age of 112 years and 161 days.

Live & Die for Buddhism

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Me & Grandma

My Reflection

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

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

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

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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...

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