1. Appreciation can make a day, even change a life

    Comment November 10, 2023

    Jendhamuni with family in Boston on November 7, 2023.

    “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” —Margaret Cousins

    “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” — John F. Kennedy

    Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. ~ Proverb

  2. Be mindful, grateful, positive, true and kind

    Comment October 15, 2022

    Ananda with Maha Thera Siripanno Sophon Thon at H.H. Maha Ghosananda’s International Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks Center (ICKBM) on October 15, 2022.

    “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy T. Bennett

    “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.” – Kahlil Gibran Continue reading →

  3. A reminder to myself

    1 January 9, 2021

    With your supreme intelligence, you realized the intention
    Of the unsurpassable vehicle, the tradition of Padmakara.
    Guru of unequalled kindness, I remember you from my heart.
    I supplicate you—bless me with your compassion.
    I, Pema Trinley Palzang, a performer of three activities,
    From now on, will take control of my own discipline in thought and deed.
    I make a firm commitment, as follows,
    To avoid thoughtlessness and senselessness.

    In physical conduct, I will not allow myself to be rootless and hurried,
    Incapable of being still, carelessly following my every whim.
    I will always hold my own space
    And be adorned by the training in pure discipline.

    In speech, whether spiritual or secular,
    I will choose meaningful words
    And shun unconnected talk of past events or boring discussions
    concerning any of the three times.
    I will always exert myself in dharmic recitations, proclamations, and readings. Continue reading →

  4. Kindness is like snow

    1 December 23, 2020

    Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers. ~ Kahlil Gibran

    • Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.  ~ George R.R. Martin
    • Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity. ~ Novala Takemoto

     

  5. Do all the good you can

    3 December 17, 2020

    Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. —John Wesley

  6. Whatever choice you make makes you

    2 December 17, 2020

    Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

     

  7. Little acts of kindness are huge

    Comment October 14, 2020

    Little acts of kindness are huge. They make both you and others very happy. These are what we call: instant karmic rewards. ~Ajahn Brahm

    Ananda at Plymouth, Massachusetts on October 3, 2020.

  8. The greatest work that kindness does to others

    11 September 15, 2020

    No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. ~ Amelia Earhart

  9. Kindness is extended to all

    Comment July 13, 2020

    One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others’ feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others’ weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all — to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. ~Ezra Taft Benson

  10. When kindness has left people

    111 May 26, 2019

    When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless. ~Willa Cather

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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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