1. Hungry kitty

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    Teeth of cats are sharper when they’re kittens. After six months, they lose their needle-sharp milk teeth. Source: Animalplanet

  2. Joy that money can’t buy

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    A rainbow in the sky or a bird that can fly often create Joy that money can’t buy.
    No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your
    struggles changed your life for the better.~Unknown

  3. Wagon Wheels, Wagon Tracks

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    The cycle of rebirth is like a wagon wheel. An ox is pulling the wagon. If it keeps on pulling the wagon without stop, the wagon tracks will keep on erasing the ox tracks without stop. The wagon wheels aren’t long, but they’re round. You could say that they’re long, but their length is round. We see their roundness but we don’t see their length. As long as the ox pulls without stopping, the wagon wheels turn without stopping.

    On a later day the ox stops. It’s tired. It drops the yoke. The ox then goes its way, the wagon goes its way. The wagon wheels stop of their own accord. If you leave them there a long time, they disintegrate into earth, water, wind, and fire, turning back into grass and dirt.

    It’s the same with people who are still making kamma: They don’t come to closure. People speaking the truth don’t come to closure. People with wrong views don’t come to closure. ~Ajahn Chah

    “In Simple Terms: 108 Dhamma Similes”, by Ajahn Chah
    translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
    Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 2 November 2013
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  4. It takes just one star

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    You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up. ~Richelle E. Goodrich

  5. Lovebird drinking water alone

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    Lovebirds normally don’t talk. Although they are a type of parrot, and they do have the ability to mimic human speech, Lovebirds are not among those species that most would consider to be talking birds. This is because they very rarely decide to speak, and if they do choose to mimic a sound, more often than not they repeat simple noises such as whistles or household sounds such as doorbells and microwaves. It is not known why some Lovebirds are more prone to mimicking speech than others, but it is widely believed that those who do learn to talk are taught from a very young age. Source: Alyson Kalhagen, Pet Birds Expert

     

  6. Sunrise paints the sky

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    Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. ~Vera Nazarian

  7. Kittie hiding

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    Landing on all fours is something typical to cats thanks to the help of their eyes and special balance organs in their inner ear. These tools help them straighten themselves in the air and land upright on the ground. Source: AnimalPlanet

  8. Life goes on

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    People change, feelings fade, things go wrong, memories remain but life goes on.   
    ~Unknown

  9. Where life is simple yet peaceful

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    I prefer to live in that world where life is simple yet peaceful; a world that is not just for and about money. A world where every living thing around me is True. ~Ces Peta

  10. 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.

    ~Richelle E. Goodrich

     

     


Live & Die for Buddhism

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Khmer Tipitaka 1 – 110

 ព្រះត្រៃបិដក

ព្រះត្រៃបិដក ប្រែថា កញ្រ្ចែង ឬ ល្អី​ ៣ សម្រាប់ដាក់ផ្ទុកពាក្យពេចន៍នៃព្រះសម្មាសម្ពុទ្ធ

The Tipitaka or Pali canon, is the collection of primary Pali language texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism. The three divisions of the Tipitaka are: Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Maha Ghosananda

Maha Ghosananda

Supreme Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism (5/23/1913 - 3/12/07). Forever in my heart...

Samdech Chuon Nath

My reflection

វចនានុក្រមសម្តេចសង្ឃ ជួន ណាត
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Listen to Khmer literature and Dhamma talk by His Holiness Jotannano Chuon Nath, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia Buddhism.

Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

My reflection

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.

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not shaken by blame and praise. As a deep lake is clear and calm, so the wise become tranquil after they listened to the truth…

Good people walk on regardless of what happens to them. Good people do not babble on about their desires. Whether touched by happiness or by sorrow, the wise never appear elated or depressed. ~The Dhammapada

Hermit of Tbeng Mountain

Sachjang Phnom Tbeng សច្ចំ​​ ភ្នំត្បែង 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

Beauty in nature

A beautiful object has no intrinsic quality that is good for the mind, nor an ugly object any intrinsic power to harm it. Beautiful and ugly are just projections of the mind. The ability to cause happiness or suffering is not a property of the outer object itself. For example, the sight of a particular individual can cause happiness to one person and suffering to another. It is the mind that attributes such qualities to the perceived object. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Nature is loved by what is best in us. The sky, the mountain, the tree, the animal, give us a delight in and for themselves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Our journey for peace
begins today and every day.
Each step is a prayer,
Each step is a meditation,
Each step will build a bridge.

—​​​ Maha Ghosananda