Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed. – Anonymous
Nobody can hurt me without my permission. ~Mahatma Gandhi
When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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People deal too much with the negative,
with what is wrong…
Why not try and see positive things,
to just touch those things and make them bloom?
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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We usually see altruism, concern for others before oneself, as being the opposite of selfishness, concern for oneself before others. Buddhism does not see it as either one or the other but rather as a blending of the two. Genuine self-concern will gradually mature into concern for others as one sees that others are really the same as oneself. This is genuine compassion and it is the most beautiful jewel in the crown of the Buddha's teaching.
By Ven. S. Dhammika
Source: buddhanet.net
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The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others. ~Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear.
It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.
The important thing is to make it meaningful:
a meaningful friend or a meaningful day.
~Dalai Lama
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His entire family and many friends were murdered by the Khmer Rouge. He seeks Peace and Forgives all the Killers, which stir our nation
His Holiness was sent to study in India, by a renowned Buddhist Master, Ven. Chuon Nath (the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism) to pursue a doctorate in Pali at Nalanda University in Bihar.
(Not too many people know his real date of birth)
Maha Ghosananda (5/23/1913 – 3/12/07) has been called the “Buddha of the Battlefields.” He was born into a poor peasant family in the southern part of Cambodia. Even then there was great suffering in Cambodia. In the wake of the Depression and World War II, Khmer nationalism began to stir, bringing with it social upheaval, riots, and terrorism.
At a young age, Maha Ghosanada became a novice Buddhist monk and studied at monastic universities in Phnom Pen and Battambang.
In 1969, the U.S. began bombing Cambodia and that country became engulfed in civil war and social disintegration. Once the Khmer Rouge took power, Buddhist monks were denounced as part of the feudalistic power structures of the past.
Maha Ghosananda, who was in a Thai forest hermitage during this time, was one of the few monks to survive the brutal torture and murders that followed–nearly 2 million Cambodians, or almost one-quarter of the entire population, were killed between 1975 and 1979.
Maha Ghosananda’s entire family and many friends were murdered by the Khmer Rouge. In 1978, he left his forest hermitage to minister to Cambodian refugees who came across the Thai-Cambodia border.
In spite of — or maybe because of — this unimaginable tragedy, Maha Ghosanda continued his ministry for peace on an even larger scale. He led a 125-mile Dhammayeitra (pilgrimage of truth) across Cambodia in 1992 to begin restoring the hope and spirit of the Cambodian people. The Dhammayeitra continues to this day.
The suffering of Cambodia has been deep.
From this suffering comes Great Compassion.
Great Compassion makes a Peaceful Heart.
A Peaceful Heart makes a Peaceful Person.
A Peaceful Person makes a Peaceful Family.
A Peaceful Family makes a Peaceful Community.
A Peaceful Community makes a Peaceful Nation.
A Peaceful Nation makes a Peaceful World.
May all beings live in Happiness and Peace.
~ Maha Ghosananda
Behind the black curtain, Cambodia is not as beautiful as we think.
The corrupted officials continue to grab the poor people's land every day to feed their cravings.
Hell has three gates: Lust, Anger, and Greed
~Bhagavad Gita
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Please forgive me, if I haven't have a chance to visit any of you, as promise.
I'm very behind these couple days. I'm trying my best to visit you whenever I have a moment. I need to get many projects done. I am not ignoring anyone's questions, will answer you as soon as I have a chance.
Thank you so much for your understanding.
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