1. My Childhood

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    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

  2. Damage

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    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

  3. What Buddhists Believe

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    By Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera

    The Moon and Religious Observances

    The outstanding events in the life of the Buddha took place on full moon days.

    Many people would like to know the religious significance of the full moon and new moon days. To Buddhists, there is a special religious significance especially on full day because certain important and outstanding events connected with the life of Lord Buddha took place on full moon days. The Buddha was born on a full moon day. His renunciation took place on a full moon day. His Enlightenment, the delivery of His first sermon, His passing away into Nibbana and many other important events associated with His life-span of eighty years, occurred on full moon days.

    Buddhists all over the world have a high regard for full moon days. They celebrate this day with religious fervor by observing precepts, practising meditation and by keeping away from the sensual worldly life. On this day they direct their attention to spiritual development. Apart from Buddhists, it is understood that other co-religionists also believe that there is some religious significance related to the various phases of the moon. They also observe certain religious disciplines such as fasting and praying on full moon days.

    Ancient belief in India says that the moon is the controller of the water, and circulating through the universe, sustaining all living creatures, is the counterpart on earth of the liquor heaven, ‘amrta’the drink of the gods. Dew and rain become vegetable sap, sap becomes the milk of cow, and the milk is then converted into blood. Amrta water, sap, milk and blood, represent but different states of the one elixir. The vessel or cup of this immortal fluid is the moon. Continue reading

  4. Virtue appears from good deeds

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    Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. ~Buddha

  5. An outline of the Metta Bhavana

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    In the Metta Bhavana practice we’re cultivating love, or friendliness, or lovingkindness.

    Eventually we want to become like an emotional bonfire: a steady blaze of emotional warmth that will embrace any sentient being that we become aware of. This is an attainable goal for every human being. All it takes is time and some persistent effort.

    The practice is in five stages. We cultivate Metta for:
    • Ourselves
    • A good friend
    • A “neutral” person — someone we don’t have any strong feelings for
    • A “difficult” person — someone we have conflicts with or feelings of ill will towards
    • All sentient beings (ambitious, huh!)

    You may notice that there’s a progression in the stages. It’s easiest for us to cultivate lovingkindness for ourselves and for our friends. It’s a bit more difficult to do this for people we don’t know well. And it really goes against the grain to cultivate lovingkindness for someone we’re in conflict with. Lastly, we cultivate lovingkindness for everyone in the world: i.e. all friends, people we don’t know, and people we’re in conflict with — plus ourselves of course.

    We’ll learn these stages one at a time. We suggest that you practice one stage for a while before moving on to the others.

    Source: http://www.wildmind.org

     

  6. Kindness and Compassion

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    Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion. ~Dalai Lama

  7. Friends

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    A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift.
    A friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.
    A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace.
    And makes the whole world we live in a better and happier place.

    ~Jean Kyler McManus

     

     

     

Hermit of Tbeng Mountain

Sachjang Phnom Tbeng សច្ចំ​​ ភ្នំត្បែង is a very long and interesting story written by Mr. Chhea Sokoan, read by Jendhamuni Sos. You can click on the links below to listen. Part 1 | Part 2

List of Khmer songs