1. US may blacklist Thailand after prawn trade slavery revelations

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    The US is considering downgrading Thailand on a human traffickingblacklist, following revelations in the Guardian that slaves are being used in the production of prawns sold in leading American, British and European supermarkets.

    Threat of sanctions unless Bangkok can sort its human trafficking trade, as Guardian investigation shows migrants enslaved on boats working in shrimp supply chain. Video and full story
    http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/06/us-may-blacklist-thailand-after-prawn.html

  2. Distinctive new wolf snake species discovered in my country, Cambodia

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    A distinctively patterned wolf snake is the latest species discovered in Cambodia's diverse Cardamom Mountains. Scientists believe living in high altitude montane rain forest and a unique coloration has helped the snake remain overlooked, despite concerted survey efforts in the area.

    http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/06/distinctive-new-wolf-snake-species.html

  3. Aloneness and Loneliness

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    When you are alone you are not alone, you are simply lonely – and
    there is a tremendous difference between loneliness and aloneness. When
    you are lonely you are thinking of the other, you are missing the other.

    Loneliness
    is a negative state. You are feeling that it would have been better if
    the other were there – your friend, your wife, your mother, your
    beloved, your husband. It would have been good if the other were there,
    but the other is not. Loneliness is absence of the other.

    Aloneness
    is the presence of oneself. Aloneness is very positive. It is a
    presence, overflowing presence. You are so full of presence that you can
    fill the whole universe with your presence and there is no need for
    anybody. ~Osho

  4. Happiness…

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    Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

    ― Mahatma Gandhi

  5. Fighting: Just for this small moment…

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    One moment it was there, another moment it is gone. One moment we are
    here, and another moment we have gone. And for this simple moment, how
    much fuss we make! How much violence, ambition, struggle, conflict,
    anger, hatred, just for this small moment! Just waiting for the train
    in a waiting room on a station, and creating so much fuss: fighting,
    hurting each other, trying to possess, trying to boss, trying to
    dominate – all that politics. And then the train comes and you are
    gone forever. ~Osho

  6. The silence of nature

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    The silence of nature is very real.  
    It surrounds you.. you can feel it.

    ~Ted Trueblood                                                  


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