1. We are alive in the present moment

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    We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. ~Thich Nhat Hanhο»Ώ
  2. Until compassion is born in our heart

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    Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in our heart. Even if you want to forgive, you cannot forgive. In order to be compassionate, you have to understand why the other person has done that to you and your people. You have to see that they are victims of their own confusion, their own worldview, their own grieving, their own discrimination, their own lack of understanding and compassion. ~Thich Nhat Hanhο»Ώ
  3. We experience suffering more often than pleasure

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    In daily life we experience suffering more often than pleasure. If we are patient, in the sense of taking suffering voluntarily upon ourselves, even if we are not capable of doing this physically, then we will not lose our capacity for judgement. We should remember that if a situation cannot be changed, there is no point in worrying about it. If it can be changed, then there is no need to worry about it either, we should simply go about changing it. ~Dalai Lamaο»Ώ
  4. The real object of our love

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    The real object of our love is not outside of us, the real object of our love is ourselves. We have to know how to love ourselves, know how to return to our true nature, to see the wholesome, the good, the true and the beautiful within us. Then we will be able to see that in others. ~Thich Nhat Hanhο»Ώ
  5. You And I

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    You and I are connected
    in a way that goes beyond romance,
    beyond friendship,
    beyond what we've ever had before.
    It has defied time, distance,
    and changes in ourselves
    and in our lives.
    It has defied every explanation.
    Except one:
    Pure and simply, we're soul mates.

    I can't explain, I just feel it.
    It's there in the way my spirits lift
    whenever we talk.
    The sound of your voice brings me home,
    in a way I can't explain.
    It's in the delight I feel, when we laugh
    at exactly the same things.
    When I'm with you,
    it's like a tiny piece of the universe
    shifts into place.
    A place it's supposed to be,
    and all is right with the world.

    These things and so many more,
    have made me understand
    that this is a once in a lifetime,
    forever connection.
    A connection that could only exist
    between you and me.
    And deep in my soul,
    I know that our relationship
    is a rare gift.
    One that brings us
    extraordinary happiness
    all through our lives.

    ~Anita Higginsο»Ώ

Hermit of Tbeng Mountain

Sachjang Phnom Tbeng αžŸαž…αŸ’αž…αŸ†β€‹β€‹ αž—αŸ’αž“αŸ†αžαŸ’αž”αŸ‚αž„ 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

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