1. To be a soulful person

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    To be a soulful person means to go against all the pervasive, prove-yourself values of our culture and instead treasure what is unique and internal and valuable in yourself and your own personal evolution. ~ Jean Shinoda Bolen

    អាជីវករ​លក់​ក្ដាម អូស​ទ្រុង​ក្ដាម​ចេញ​ពី​សមុទ្រ នា​ក្រុង​កែប ខេត្ត​កែប កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៥ ខែ​កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។ Photo: RFA

  2. Merit is to accumulated, evil is to be abandoned

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    It is flooded water that makes mud; it is clean water that wipes away mud. ~Unknown

    ពលរដ្ឋ​ហាល​ថ្នាំ​ជក់​នៅ​ឃុំ​ស្វាយឃ្លាំង ស្រុក​ក្រូចឆ្មារ ខេត្ត​ត្បូងឃ្មុំ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៣ ខែ​មេសា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Cheu Sideth

  3. Houses in Siem Reap were damaged by strong winds

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    ផ្ទះ​ឈើ​​របស់​ពលរដ្ឋ នៅ​ភូមិ​គំរូ ឃុំ​ល្វា ស្រុក​ពួក ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប ត្រូវ​ខ្យល់​បក់​រលំ​សង្កត់​គោយន្ត ២​គ្រឿង ម៉ាស៊ីន​កិន​ស្រូវ ១​គ្រឿង និង​សម្ភារៈ​ជា​ច្រើន​ទៀត។ រូបថត​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៤ ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ RFA/Hang Savyouth

    សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប នាំ​គ្នា​ជួយ​រុះរើ​ផ្ទះ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​ដួល​​រលំ​នៅ​ឃុំ​ល្វា ស្រុក​ពួក ខេត្ត​សៀមរាប។ រូបថត​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៤ ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Hang Savyouth​​

  4. If you hold yourself dear

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    ចម្ការ​ថ្នាំ​ជក់​នៅ​ឃុំ​ស្វាយឃ្លាំង ស្រុក​ក្រូចឆ្មារ ខេត្ត​ត្បូងឃ្មុំ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៣ ខែ​មេសា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Cheu Sideth

    That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:

    If you hold yourself dear
    then don’t fetter yourself
    with evil,
    for happiness isn’t easily gained
    by one who commits
    a wrong-doing.

    When seized by the End-maker
    as you abandon the human state,
    what’s truly your own?
    What do you take along when you go?
    What follows behind you
    like a shadow
    that never leaves?

    Both the merit & evil
    that you as a mortal
    perform here:
    that’s what’s truly your own,
    what you take along when you go;
    that’s what follows behind you
    like a shadow
    that never leaves.

    So do what is admirable,
    as an accumulation
    for the future life.
    Deeds of merit are the support for beings
    when they arise
    in the other world.

    “Piya Sutta: Dear” (SN 3.4), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
    Source: Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 30 November 2013

     

  5. If you reflect in this way

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    Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking. Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down.

    When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures.

    If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly. You will have a steady awareness within yourself.

    The heart of the path is quite easy. There’s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of like and dislike and let things be. That’s all that I do in my own practice. ~Ajahn Chah

     

  6. There is none in the world…

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    Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth. ~Buddha, The Dhammapada

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    They blame those who remain silent, they blame those speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed. ~Buddha, The Dhammapada

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  7. Like the shining ones

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    Live in joy, in love,
    even among those who hate.
    Live in joy, in health,
    Even among the afflicted.
    Live in joy, in peace,
    Even among the troubled.
    Live in joy, without possessions,
    Like the shining ones.

    ~Dhammapada

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  8. Realize how blessed you are

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    A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot, and realize how blessed you are. — Unknown

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