1. A dream you can touch

    1 August 31, 2020

    Let every day be a dream you can touch, a love you can feel
    and a reason to smile, because life is too short not to be happy.

  2. Flowers are restful to look at

    1 August 30, 2020

    Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts. – Sigmund Freud

    Jendhamuni at home on August 26, 2020.

  3. It’s time to let go

    38 August 30, 2020

    Don’t let something that’s long gone
    continue to control you.
    It’s time to let go.
    ~Unknown

  4. Keep love in your heart

    2 August 29, 2020

    Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. – Unknown

    Jendhamuni at home on August 26, 2020.

  5. The meanings of offerings to the Buddha

    Comment August 29, 2020

    By Essence of Buddhism | September 28, 2013

    Here, we are offering the best of ourselves to something higher than us – so that we can one day, aspire to become like that too!

    The act of offering is an act of dana – an act of generosity.  So it’s an emotional and physical expression of our reverence:

    • To the Buddha himself – the Perfectly Enlightened One
    • To the Dharma – the Truth – sometimes we place holy Sutras and Mantras on altars to pay our respects to the wisdom elucidated within those sacred teachings.
    • [To the Buddhist monks], To the Noble Enlightened Ones like the Bodhisattvas – like Gwan Yin Bodhisattva who is a symbol of Great Compassion

    What sorts of things do we usually offer?

    Flowers

    Flowers are the most beautiful things in the world, so here, we are offering the most beautiful things in the world to the Buddha.  And when they fade, it is also a reminder that things of the world also fade – so it’s reminds us of the teaching that “Whatever is of the nature to arise is also of the nature to cease”.  But in general, we want to offer the most beautiful things in the world to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas anyway! Continue reading →

  6. Nothing in the nature

    302 August 29, 2020

    Nothing in the nature lives for itself
    Rivers don’t drink their own water
    Trees don’t eat their own fruits
    Sun doesn’t give heat for itself
    Moon doesn’t ever go on honeymoon
    Flowers don’t spread fragrance for themselves.

    ~sms4smile

  7. Live Happily

    30 August 28, 2020

    Happy indeed we live without hate among the hateful.
    We live free from hatred amidst hateful men.

    SAYINGS OF THE BUDDHA
    Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

     

  8. Let us live happily

    Comment August 28, 2020

    Let us live happily then, free from ailments among the ailing! among men who are ailing let us dwell free from ailments! —The Dhammapada

    Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

  9. Let him walk alone

    Comment August 28, 2020

    If a man find no prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, let him walk alone, like a king who has left his conquered country behind,–like an elephant in the forest. —The Dhammapada

    Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

  10. Compassion brings us an inner strength

    1 August 27, 2020

    A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir — a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness. Or this mind can be likened to a seed; when cultivated, it gives rise to many other qualities, such as tolerance, inner strength, and the confidence to overcome fear and insecurity. Compassion also brings us an inner strength. Once it is developed, it naturally opens an inner door, through which we can communicate with fellow human beings, and even other sentient beings, with ease, and heart to heart. ~Dailai Lama

     

     

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