1. A Candle Flame

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    A candle flame lights the night
    Like the sun lights the day
    The peacefulness of a flame
    Can chase the loneliness away

    A candle flame can be a light of hope
    As the flickering from the flame
    Can calm an excited soul
    In church you can light a candle in God’s name

    It can burn eternal on a grave
    It can help someone find their way
    It can light a darkened world
    It can bring hope to a new day

    ~Ray Hansell

  2. Respect

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    Every good relationship,
    especially marriage,
    is based on respect.
    If it’s not based on respect,
    nothing that appears
    to be good will last very long.

    ~Amy Grant

  3. Your body is free but your heart is in prison

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    Night Time

    The night is cold
    The night is sad for some
    The night is so dark
    The night come and go like my love for you
    The night is time for me to sleep and dream of you
    The night is everywhere I go
    The night is time for some people to have fun
    The night is so alone for me
    I hate the night because is reminds me of you
    The night was when we had fun
    The night is so alone now
    The night is what you love
    But now the night is what I hate because of you.

    ~Bradley Stewart

  4. Strange Dream

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    I keep having this nightmare:

    Someone is trying to kill me.
    For some reasons, I never fight back.
    I just closed my eyes,
    awaiting that person to kill me…
    “Must be time for me to die,”
    I said silently.

    Same exact dream, last night.
    The third time I had this dream.

  5. The Moon Is Shining Bright

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    The moon is shining bright,
    The sun is now nowhere in sight.
    The stars are twinkling with all their might,
    While there’s darkness outside, left & right.
    So let us now turn off the light,
    and wish each other a very good night.

    ~Source: wishafriend.com

  6. Quality of Life 

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    Purple Life Force. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

    Our success as a nation is not measured by how many years we have governed or how many wars we have won. It is measured by the quality of life which we have created for the society that our ideals were founded upon. ~Mathew Morgan

  7. Learn how to criticise yourself

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    The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others. Rather, we must criticise ourselves.
    • How much am I doing about my anger?
    • About my attachment,
    • about my hatred,
    • about my pride,
    • my jealousy?
    These are the things which we must check in daily life.

    ~Dalai Lama

  8. A true friend

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    A true friend is the one who picks you up when you fall
    A true friend is one that won’t lie
    A true friend is there when you call
    A true friend is there when you want to die
    A true friend knows just what to say
    A true friend won’t care what other people think
    A true friend will help you find your way
    A true friend will make sure you don’t sink
    A true friend will help you choose your path
    A true friend will know when something is wrong
    A true friend has to sometimes face your wrath
    A true friend makes you feel like you belong
    A true friend

    ~Ashley Reese

  9. I messed up my g+ circles

    43

    I tried to organize my g+ circles,
    but instead messed them up big time.
    I accidently removed some friends from
    the circles. I am going to add them back.
    Please forgive me…

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...