1. The benefits of vegetable soup

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    Eating healthy vegetable soup provides you with an additional benefit from a weight coupled with fluid retention perspective; soups which have a foundation of leeks, onions together with celery are generally significantly rich in the mineral potassium. Since potassium helps to bind excess sodium, it will help to rid the body of surplus fluid. As many of us carry fluid and so frequently feel bloated due to a high-salt diet as well as insufficient activity, lowering as little as 500g of body weight after a few vegetable soups, although it really is only just fluid often makes us feel lighter and leaner instantly. Vegetable soups are effective due to their stimulating and health qualities, nevertheless soups generally speaking are excellent simply because they help restore the essential water balance, which often will help keep our blood pressure and salt content under control.

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  2. Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist

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    By Robert Bogoda

    BUDDHIST CULTURE

    For over twenty-five centuries, Buddhist ideas and ideals have guided and influenced the lives and thoughts of countless human beings in many parts of the world. As lay Buddhists, our own experiences and discoveries in life are not enough to give a true perspective on life. To bring ourselves closer to the ideal of a well-balanced man or woman, we need to acquire, at least in outline, what is called a cultural grounding in the Buddha-Dhamma.

    Culture reveals to ourselves and others what we are. It gives expression to our nature in our manner of living and of thinking, in art, religion, ethical aspirations, and knowledge. Broadly speaking, it represents our ends in contrast to means.

    A cultured man has grown, for culture comes from a word meaning “to grow.” In Buddhism the arahant is the perfect embodiment of culture. He has grown to the apex, to the highest possible limit, of human evolution. He has emptied himself of all selfishness — all greed, hatred, and delusion — and embodies flawless purity and selfless compassionate service. Things of the world do not tempt him, for he is free from the bondage of selfishness and passions. He makes no compromises for the sake of power, individual or collective.

    In this world some are born great while others have greatness thrust on them. But in the Buddha-Dhamma one becomes great only to the extent that one has progressed in ethical discipline and mental culture, and thereby freed the mind of self and all that it implies. True greatness, then, is proportional to one’s success in unfolding the perfection dormant in human nature. Continue reading

  3. Yard-long beans

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    Yard-long beans. Scientific name: Vigna unguiculata

    Yard-long beans. Scientific name: Vigna unguiculata

    Beans contain beta-carotene, chlorophyll, vitamins B1 and B2, protein, thiamine, riboflavin, phosphorus, iron, fiber, and pectin. Vegetables are useful for controlling blood sugar levels, treat hypertension, minimizes the risk of stroke, heart attack, treating constipation, and improve the functioning of the digestive organs. In addition, he also has diuretic properties (laxative urine) levels are. By taking it regularly can help smooth diyakinin urination.

    In some countries, beans are used to treat rheumatism, arthritis, and urinary tract disorders. Also to keep the skin from acne problems, helping fuel the recovery Lukar, diarrhea, eczema, kidney disorders, and itching. For those at risk of developing breast cancer and leukemia can take advantage of this vegetable because it contains anti-cancer substances. There are also the content of antioxidants, antiviral, and antibacterial. He also can improve the function of red blood cells, curing the disease of sheep, overcoming back pain, and anemia.

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  4. Health benefits of snake gourd

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    Nutritional Value of Snake Gourd

    Snake Gourd contains a rich variety of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are essential for human health, including significant levels of dietary fiber, a small number of calories, and high levels of protein. In terms of vitamins, snake gourd possess vitamin A, B, C, as well as manganese, magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium, and iodine.

    Health Benefits of Snake Gourd

    Detoxify the Body: Snake gourd has been used as a diuretic in traditional medicine for many years, as it stimulates the liver and increases urination, thereby speeding up the elimination of toxins from the body. It also increases the creation of bodily fluids, which can eliminate dryness and dehydration, which also helps in the normal functioning of the kidneys and bladder. Juice from the leaves can also stimulate vomiting in case something toxic has been consumed.

    Digestive Issues: Children with bowel problems have been given snake gourd to ease their discomfort, as it acts as a mild laxative. Furthermore, the high fiber content of snake gourd can help anyone with bowel disorders and can eliminate constipation, reduce cramping and bloating, and optimize the nutrient absorption process in the body.

    Fever Reduction: In many tropical countries, fever can be a major danger to public health, regardless of its cause. Snake gourd can be turned into a decoction and given to people suffering from fever. Overnight, fevers tend to break and the natural healing process can begin. Continue reading

  5. In a true love relationship

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    by Ven. Dr. Sri Dhammananda

    There are different kinds of love, and these are variously expressed as motherly love, brotherly love, sensual love, emotional love, sexual love, selfish love, selfless love, and universal love.

    If people develop only their carnal or selfish love towards each other, that type of love cannot last long. In a true love relationship, one should not ask how much one can get, but how much one can give.

    When beauty, complexion and youth start to fade away, a husband who considers only the physical aspects of love may think of acquiring another young one. That type of love is lust. If a man really develops love as an expression of human concern for another being, he will not lay emphasis only on the external beauty and physical attractiveness of his partner. The beauty and attractiveness of his partner should be in his heart and mind, not in what he sees. Likewise, the wife who follows Buddhist teachings will never neglect her husband even though he has become old, poor or sick.

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  6. The poor have nothing to give but Love

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    The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of faith is love; the fruit of love is service; the fruit of service is peace.

    Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don’t really want to smile at; do it for peace. Let us radiate the peace of God and so light His light and extinguish in the world and in the hearts of all men all hatred and love for power.

    Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?

    Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.

    Today, nations put too much effort and money into defending their borders. They know very little about the poverty and the suffering that exist in the countries where those bordering on destitution live. If they would only defend these defenseless people with food, shelter, and clothing, I think the world would be a happier place.

    The poor must know that we love them, that they are wanted. They themselves have nothing to give but love. We are concerned with how to get this message of love and compassion across. We are trying to bring peace to the world through our work. But the work is the gift of God. ~Mother Teresa

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  7. Seven Reasons Why Grapes Are Good for You

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    You don’t need a Ph.D. or an M.D. to intuitively sense that fresh grapes are good for you.  After all, people have been cultivating and eating them for thousands of years.  From ancient times onward, grapes have also delighted our senses with their beauty, sweetness and luscious, thirst-quenching qualities.

    Today, research scientists have been discovering exciting new facts about grapes and why they may benefit health in so many ways.  Here are seven great reasons to add grapes to your day:

    1. Grapes Deliver Antioxidants and Other Polyphenols.  Grapes of all colors contain a variety of antioxidants and other polyphenols.  These beneficial antioxidants neutralize harmful free radicals to help prevent the process of oxidation that damages cells.  Sounds pretty technical, but in fact, neutralizing free radicals happens naturally when we eat foods like grapes that contain lots of antioxidants.  When free radicals are left to their own devices, a condition called “oxidative stress” occurs.  Oxidative stress is now associated with numerous health conditions and chronic illnesses.

    2. Love Your Heart:  Eat Grapes.  Human studies have shown that eating a variety of grapes may help support a healthy heart by improving blood flow, arterial flexibility and blood vessel function. Grape consumption may also help prevent platelet aggregation, which can lead to clot formation.  Grapes also promote healthy arteries by helping prevent the oxidation of bad “LDL” cholesterol, which is a key contributor to the build-up of plaque in the arteries. Continue reading

  8. The Meanings of Red Roses

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    A single red rose simply expresses, “I love you very deeply”

    Words or pictures have never fully encompassed the sheer beauty and grandeur of the red rose. The red rose is undeniably the most beautiful among all the roses, full blooded and rich.

    The most obvious and well known meaning of the red rose is deep love and affection.

    Desire is another facet of the red rose. The red rose expresses the throbbing heat of new love, a passionate expression of attraction. Red is the color of consummation, of raging desires and craving passion. The meaning of the red rose then is quite apparent from its color itself. Red rose speaks of love that awaits a passionate expression.

    Red roses are the most popular valentine roses, which is why their prices shoot up during February. The red rose, especially, a single red rose simply expresses, “I love you very deeply”. Bright red roses are interpreted as the ultimate expression of romantic and abiding love. Their bright red shade expresses these emotions perfectly…

     

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Live & Die for Buddhism

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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

Problems we face today

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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...