2. Cut off from the present moment

    Comment January 7, 2018

    Our society is very result-oriented, that’s why we are so competitive. That’s why we are always stressed, because we are always looking at something in the distance. If you are always looking at the top of the mountain you are climbing, you cannot be aware of the grass and flowers growing at your feet. We are always looking ahead, aren’t we? And then the actual thing, the actual living, passes us by. We are locked inside our brains, cut off from the present moment, always centered on something beyond our reach. We are imagining this mirage of happiness, satisfaction and fulfillment which will magically appear once this and this and this happens. But what’s happening right now is “it” and it’s the only “it” we have. The rest is just fabrication. ~Tenzin Palmo

  3. An act of compassion always brings about transformation

    Comment January 7, 2018

    An act of compassion always brings about transformation. If not right now, it will happen in the future. The important thing is you don’t react with anger. You react with compassion, and sooner or later you see the transformation in the other person. You keep being compassionate, you keep being patient. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

  4. Learn from it and let it go

    Comment December 23, 2017

    Learn from it and let it go.
    The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it.
    Worrying is worthless.
    When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you stop worrying about what might never happen, then you will be in the present moment.
    Then you will begin to experience joy in life.

    ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  5. Our notions about happiness entrap us

    Comment December 23, 2017

    Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  6. Usually when we hear or read something new

    Comment December 23, 2017

    Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  7. When you say something really unkind

    Comment December 23, 2017

    When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

  8. In separateness…

    Comment December 23, 2017

    In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength. ~Buddha

  9. My Childhood

    Comment December 5, 2017

    My childhood was the time when i was innocent
    When the world seemed to be fair
    When my universe was around my toys

    My childhood was the time when 9i lived in dreams
    When everyone was selfless
    When everyone appeared to be a friend

    My childhood was the time when my life was full of colours
    When sorrows never knocked my door
    When smile was gift presented to everyone

    My childhood was the time when love was pure
    When there were no obligations
    When tenderness prevailed

    My childhood was the time which is long gone
    Tears flow from my eyes when i go back in my childhood
    My childhood will never come back but
    The child in me will never go

    ~Jahanvi

  10. Damage

    Comment December 5, 2017

    I sit in my car
    Eyes burning
    Like a zombie
    My eyes glue to the
    Window
    Bottles and trash
    Punctuate
    The landscape before me
    Looking
    Inconsiderate America
    No one thinks
    They can make the
    Difference
    So they just pollute
    The Earth
    They are all wrong.
    Smoke fills the sky from
    Factories miles
    And miles away
    I want to pick up
    every bottle
    every wrapper
    vacuum the smoke
    from the sky
    Take away all this
    Damage.

    ~Jazmin Kay

Live & Die for Buddhism

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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

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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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