1. Be aware of your wound. Don't help it to grow

    50 July 16, 2014

    You carry your wound. With the ego, your whole being is a wound. And you carry it around. Nobody is interested in hurting you, nobody is positively waiting to hurt you; everybody is engaged in safeguarding his own wound. Who has got the energy? But still it happens, because you are so ready to be wounded, so ready, just waiting on the brink for anything.

    You cannot touch a man of Tao. Why? – because there is no one to be touched. There is no wound. He is healthy, healed, whole. This word whole is beautiful. The word heal comes from the whole, and the word holy also comes from the whole. He is whole, healed, holy.

    Be aware of your wound. Don't help it to grow, let it be healed; and it will be healed only when you move to the roots. The less the head, the more the wound will heal; with no head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

    Just for twenty-four hours, try it – total acceptance, whatsoever happens. Someone insults you, accept it; don't react, and see what happens. Suddenly you will feel an energy flowing in you that you have not felt before. ~Osho

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  2. Life is letting go…

    Comment July 16, 2014

    It’s letting go of expectation.
    Letting go of fear.
    Letting go of doubt.
    Letting go of the hurts.
    Letting go of the disappointments.
    Letting go of the needs.
    Letting go of the stories.
    Letting go of the untruths.
    Letting go of that time you did that thing you shouldn’t have done.
    Letting go of feeling foolish, knowing you were just young. Unformed. Learning. Trying.
    Letting go of the need to be perfect. Correct. Proper.
    Letting go of what’s expected of you, even if they’re your own expectations. Especially then.
    Letting go of the voice in your head that tells you you are nothing.
    Letting go of the hatred of your skin. It’s just flesh. Just bones. Just your transportation on earth.
    Letting go of the need to control what happens.
    Letting go of feeling bad because you’re not letting go enough.

    I’m starting to get it now. I really am.

    By Susannah Conway

  3. Life is letting go

    67 July 16, 2014

    It’s letting go of expectation.
    Letting go of fear.
    Letting go of doubt.
    Letting go of the hurts.
    Letting go of the disappointments.
    Letting go of the needs.
    Letting go of the stories.
    Letting go of the untruths.
    Letting go of that time you did that thing you shouldn’t have done.
    Letting go of feeling foolish, knowing you were just young. Unformed. Learning. Trying.
    Letting go of the need to be perfect. Correct. Proper. 
    Letting go of what’s expected of you, even if they’re your own expectations. Especially then.
    Letting go of the voice in your head that tells you you are nothing.
    Letting go of the hatred of your skin. It’s just flesh. Just bones. Just your transportation on earth.
    Letting go of the need to control what happens.
    Letting go of feeling bad because you’re not letting go enough.

    I’m starting to get it now. I really am.

    By Susannah Conway

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  4. Faith and Confidence

    Comment July 16, 2014

    By Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera

    Confidence, however, is not the same as faith. For confidence is not a mental acceptance of that which cannot be known. Confidence is an assured expectation, not of an unknown beyond, but of what can be tested as experienced and understood personally. Confidence is like the understanding that a student has in his teacher who explains in the class-room the inverse square law of gravitation as stated by Newton. He should not adopt an unquestioning belief of his teacher and his textbook. He studies the fact, examines the scientific arguments, and makes an assessment of the reliability of the information. If he has doubts, he should reserve his judgment until such time as when he is able to investigate the accuracy of the information for himself. To a Buddhist, confidence is a product of reason, knowledge and experience. When it is developed, confidence can never be blind faith. Confidence becomes a power of the mind.

  6. When you forgive…

    Comment July 15, 2014

    It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive,
    but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

     ― Elizabeth George

  7. With Love and Care

    Comment July 15, 2014

    Relationships don’t last because of the good times,
    they last because the hard times were handled
    with love and care.~Anmol Andore

  8. Be happy with who you are now

    Comment July 15, 2014

    Focus on the positive. – Be happy with who you are now, and let
    your positivity inspire your journey into tomorrow. Everything that
    happens in life is neither good nor bad. It just depends on your
    perspective. And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just
    the way it should. Either you succeed or you learn something.
    So stay positive, appreciate the pleasant outcomes, and learn
    from the rest. Your positivity will help encourage those around you.

    Source: Marc and Angel

     

     

     

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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