Jendhamuni - Buddhism and inspiring quotes

Please save the turkeys

Comment November 24, 2015

All beings-human or beast –
Love life and hate to die.
They fear most the butcher’s knife
Which slices and chops them piece-by-piece.
Instead of being cruel and mean,
Why not stop killing and cherish life? (Cherishing Life, I, 83)

Hope some of you will take a little extra time to practice giving thanks [the right way] during this Thanksgiving day. Please extend your love to all sentient beings, not just towards your loved ones or your human friends, but all beings, especially the turkeys. Like PETA said, Thanksgiving can be the scariest time of year if you’re a turkey. More than 45 million of these fascinating birds are killed to disgrace Thanksgiving tables each year. There are many peaceful ways to practice giving thanks. Why can we choose one of those peaceful ways. Why seek happiness by hurting those who seek happiness just like us. One should never practice giving thanks by hurting or harming anyone, be it a human or a turkey… ~Jendhamuni

“All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.

See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?

He who seeks happiness
By hurting those who seek happiness
Will never find happiness.”

~Buddha –Dhammapada
Auntie’s house in Cambodia

Comment November 24, 2015

If your house looks better than this, I’d say, “No need to walk around with a depressing face.” You must learn how to conquer your own desire. And never ever allow your desire to conquer you. ~Jendhamuni
The happiest people are the poor

Comment November 24, 2015

Poor people wear the biggest smiles in the world. They don’t have much to lose… ~Jendhamuni
Each season has its own wonder…

Comment November 23, 2015

Appreciate the beauty of this earth and celebrate each moment that we’re out in nature. Nature constantly offers us simple pleasures to love. Opening ourselves up to the beauty around us is a way to bring more happiness and peace in our lives. Source: Inspirational Quotes
As the wide-open sea…

Comment November 23, 2015

When our heart is filled with loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, its capacity becomes boundless, immeasurable. With such a vast heart, immense as the wide-open sea, suffering cannot overpower us, just as a small handful of salt cannot make a great river salty. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Remembering Venerable Dong Hem

Comment November 23, 2015

Never forget the day I asked my grand uncle Venerable Dong to show me the lotus pond so I could see the most beautiful pink lotus flower I’ve been looking for, nearby my grandma’s house in Cambodia .

Venerable Dong, my 95-year-old grand uncle just passed a way today, November 23rd, 2015 at 1 P.M [1 A.M. US Eastern time]. Venerable is my late grandma’s little brother, the youngest child in their family. He was a very healthy Buddhist monk. But he had to leave us due to old age… ~Jendhamuni

Venerable Dong at the Pagoda in Cambodia

Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well. ~Cassandra Clare

Venerable Dong with master Ven. Dhammathero Khon Sao, in Cambodia.
We all are so deeply interconnected

Comment November 23, 2015

We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all. Be kind and do good for any one and that will be reflected. The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe. ~Amit Ray
Graveyard… with my dad and little sister

Comment November 22, 2015

“We won’t say goodbye because true love never dies.” ~Unknown

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil… ~Robert Duvall

My father’s graveyard

My father’s and little sister’s graveyard
Be kind to other…

Comment November 22, 2015

Be kind to other even if they are not to you.
Keep spreading love even if you don’t get it back.
Be helpful even if you have no one to help you.
Do not change yourself according to others.
Just remember one thing it is not between you and others,
It is always between you and the God.

~ CoolNsmart
When the sun is freed from clouds

Comment November 22, 2015

When the sun is freed from clouds, the sun becomes clear and bright. Similarly, when obstructions to omniscience are abandoned, wisdom becomes clear light. — Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

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Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

Should anyone wish to ridicule me and make me an object of jest and scorn why should I possibly care if I have dedicated myself to others?

Let them do as they wish with me so long as it does not harm them. May no one who encounters me ever have an insignificant contact.

Regardless whether those whom I meet respond towards me with anger or faith, may the mere fact of our meeting contribute to the fulfilment of their wishes.

May the slander, harm and all forms of abuse that anyone should direct towards me act as a cause of their enlightenment.