1. We tend to forget…

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    We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciation what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig

  2. May a rainbow run beside you

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    May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through. ~Irish Blessings

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  3. A delusive quest for happiness

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    By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives. ~Sharon Salzberg

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  4. Happiness blooms naturally

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    Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living. ~Paramhansa Yogananda

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  5. Happiness and suffering

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    Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend
    on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind. ~Ajahn Chah

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  6. That special someone

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    Happiness is meeting that special someone that you can share your world with by making her laugh, acting silly showing her compassion at her most vulnerable times and just being there anytime she needs support. On the other hand you must also let her into your world as well by showing her your vulnerability of being a man who lives and breathes and makes mistake and not a superman she dreams. Only then can you co-exist together and find true happiness. ~Unknown

  7. Happiness — the key to life

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    When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~John Lennon

  8. Happiness Found Me Alone

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    Happiness found me alone one day and took me by the hand.
    He showed me how the sun gave out its warmth across the land.
    Sadness found me content and smiling upward at the sun.
    He talked of droughts and blindness and what burning rays had done.

    Happiness found me alone again and pointed to the sky.
    He showed me how the storms created rainbows way up high.
    Sadness found me intrigued and took me to the rainbow’s end.
    He showed me how it disappeared to ne’er return again.

    Happiness found me alone and taught me how to sing a song.
    He sang a dozen melodies as I chirped right along.
    Sadness found me singing out and covered up his ears.
    He said the noise was deafening, and wished he couldn’t hear.

    Happiness found me alone and gave me seven coins of gold.
    He showed me many fancy things that merchants often sold.
    Sadness found me admiring the pretty things I’d bought.
    He pointed out my empty purse and money I had not.

    Happiness found me alone and helped me talk to someone new.
    He called the boy my friend and said that I was his friend too.
    Sadness found me together with my kind, attentive friend.
    He whispered of betrayal and how broken hearts don’t mend.

    Happiness found me alone and held me tight in his embrace.
    He whispered kindness in my ear and kissed me on the face.
    Sadness found me with Happiness but before he spoke at all,
    I told him he’d have better luck at talking to the wall.

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  9. Blooms naturally in the hearts…

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    Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously,
    like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.

    ~Paramhansa Yogananda

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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

Major Differences in Buddhism

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

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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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