1. If I Knew You & You Knew Me    

    61 June 18, 2013
    If I knew you and you knew me,
    If both of us could clearly see,
    And with an inner sight divine,
    The meaning of your heart and mine,
    I’m sure that we would differ less,
    And clasp our hands in friendliness;
    Our thoughts would pleasantly agree,
    If I knew you and you knew me.

    ~Nixon Waterman


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  5. Dream World

    42 June 17, 2013
    There is a beautiful world where I can see your face,
    It exists only between time and space
    Time shreds space like worn out fashion,
    And leaves us desperate for our precious compassion
    Space consumes time without our consent,
    And hides the reality that our dreams were once spent
    Our love is regained when we meet in between
    And there we can dance again in our dream.

    Poem title: Between
    Author: © Stanley


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  6. Feel Someone’s Pain

    29 June 16, 2013
    The deepest corners of our hearts,
    are where our strongest emotions find their starts.

    The drop of a tear.
    The shudder of fear.
    With the touch of a smile,
    we can shorten someone’s darkest mile.

    Reach out, feel someone’s pain.
    Flood their soul with kindness again.
    Absorb the full sense of their plight.
    Guide them, help them find the Light.

    The world is full of ignorance and hatred,
    and of those things it must be shed.
    From the love of life grows respect.
    With this in our hearts, serenity we surely can expect.

    To truly give of ourselves is our greatest gift.
    The heaviest of burdens we can help lift.
    Let us give freely of our collective heart.
    Help give this world a fresh start.

    Poem title: Kindness
    Dawn Ellen
    ©Copyrighted 1997


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  7. Secret vaults of Heaven 

    68 June 15, 2013
    Tender words we spoke
    to one another
    are sealed
    in the secret vaults of heaven.
    One day like rain,
    they will fall to earth
    and grow green
    all over the world.

    Poem title: Tender Words
    ~Author: Rumi


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  9. The Way of Love

    20 June 14, 2013
    The way of love is not a subtle argument.
    The door there is devastation.
    Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom.
    How do they learn it?
    They fall, and falling, they’re given wings.

    ~Rumi


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Live & Die for Buddhism

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Me & Grandma

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...