Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak. ~Steven Wright

I once met the richest man on Earth. He was a beggar who slept under a bridge, but he’s rich because he had God. ~Unknown

Note: This poem has nothing to do with Jendhamuni’s life

Our love was a romantic book
from the sacred day we met,
your gentle charm enthralled me
from then-on the scene was set:
A sunny day, a rainy day,
it mattered not to me,
if I could see your happy face
and walk and talk with thee.

When snow was falling from the sky
and chilly breezes blew,
were it not for your embrace
I’d pine the whole day through.
So now we are alone my love
I offer you my hand,
to join with yours in wedlock
as all “dreamers” understand.

Author: Joyce Hemsley
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We gently caress you, the Earth, our planet and our home.
Our vision has brought us closer to you,
making us aware of the harm we have done
to the life-network upon which we ourselves depend.
We are reminded that we have poisoned your waters, your lands, your air.
We have filled you with the bones of our dead from war and greed.
Your pain is our pain.
Touching you gently, we pray that we may become
peace-bringers and life-bringers so that our home
in its journey around the Sun not become a sterile and lonely place.
May this prayer and its power last forever.

~Sensei Ulrich, Manitoba Buddhist Temple

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. ~John Chrysostom

Sometimes something wrong is going on in the world and we think it is the other people who are doing it and we are not doing it.

But you are part of the wrongdoing by the way you live your life. If you are able to understand that, not only you suffer but the other person suffers, that is also an insight.

When you see the other person suffer you will not want to punish or blame but help that person to suffer less. If you are burdened with anger, fear, ignorance and you suffer too much, you cannot help another person. If you suffer less you are lighter more smiling, pleasant to be with, and in a position to help the person.

Activists have to have a spiritual practice in order to help them to suffer less, to nourish the happiness and to handle the suffering so they will be effective in helping the world. With anger and frustration you cannot do much. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

They have nothing but a smile… The more you have, the more you don’t have… ~Jendhamuni

My relatives in Cambodia

If your house looks better than this, I’d say, “No need to walk around with a depressing face.” You must learn how to conquer your own desire. And never ever allow your desire to conquer you. ~Jendhamuni