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rsa101 @rsa101 (40946) • Philippines 11 Jul

Today I found myself reflecting on the Buddhist way of thinking—how deeply it has touched me. There's a quiet wisdom in the idea that we are not here to control everything that passes through our lives. Instead, we are invited to...

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meditation

being in the present

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Short Story: The man who valued privacy more than love

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 29 Apr 20

Dave Johns valued his privacy. He was almost obsessional about this. Dave did not believe in God, or in Heaven, as he did not want to go there, where he would have to meet up with people again from his life, just lived....

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Zen Story: A real Zen master meets up with a false one, and sparks start to fly

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 13 Apr 20

The Buddhist Zen master, Guroi Zeryoshko, was not a true master. In truth, he had been a wealthy merchant, and he had built a Zen temple for himself, and he had appointed himself as the resident Zen master there. [b]One...

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In some cultures, the swastika is a positive symbol

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Mar 20

The swastika is a geometrical figure, which has different connotations to different cultures. I would think mostly it is seen as associated with Nazism and anti-semitism so has very negative connotations. However, in Hinduism,...

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Lumbini Girls' School helping to keep girls at school longer

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Feb 20

While in Lumbini we went to a girls’ school where Vince did some service work in 2014. The school was founded by a Buddhist monk, together with assistance from a Canadian Buddhist nun and Canadians friends. Many girls are...

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Celibacy

Junbals @Junbals (1421) • Philippines 4 Apr 19

A story is told of Buddha who possessed so much power that he could fly, until he saw a beautiful woman with whom he was tempted to have sexual relation, a one night stand perhaps. The legend goes that Buddha was barred from...

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Turn the wheel softly

ARM @responsiveme (22923) • India 4 Jul 18

This is in continuation to my previous post of a Buddhist Monastery. Here I am showing the prayer wheels outside the temple. These are cylinders of metal mounted on an axis that can be rotated. Mantras or sacred texts are...

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prayer wheel

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Countries within a country

ARM @responsiveme (22923) • India 3 Jul 18

Was on a recent visit to Bodh Gaya.This is where Buddha attained enlightenment. It was an awesome experience to stand under the peepul tree which was the fifth generation of the original tree according to the plaque put up at...

architecture

temple

buddhism

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A delicate and slow task

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Dec 17

Well, I sent a cabinet and a pair of speakers home and realized I had no speaker projects to work on for my "customers." So I ambled into my kitchen and found a pair of early '70s KLH Model 17 loudspeakers that I own. I think I...

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Does it bother you when people talk to you on speaker phone?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 12 Oct 17

I just realized that the Zen Horse has another pet peeve. It's when others, especially friends, talk to me on speaker phone. For one thing, it can be hard to tell what the heck they're saying, given that most modern technology...

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A golden dome on the horizon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Aug 17

We spotted a golden dome in the distance while we were driving through France. Shortly after we saw a sign to a Tibetan Buddhist centre so we drove in to have a look. The stupa was quite impressive. Vince saw a lot of these when...

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Breaking dawn

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 3 Aug 17

Breaking dawn. Have you at any point seen the dawn and sunset? Observing precisely how it's occurring and witnessed with your love ones? In the event if you have seen it live, you will truly appreciate it progressively. Dawn...

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I can’t mess up with those keywords

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 27 Jul 17

I can’t mess up with those keywords : 1. Health 2. Poverty 3. Education 4. Filial-piety 5. Friendships 6. Youthfulness Health cannot wait around, when the body collapsed, everything in life is gone. Poverty cannot hold on,...

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Live for it – The Epic Journey

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 24 Jul 17

In order to live for it , we must go for it. Life is a journey that one should paying a notable heed to how extreme and outrageous the path could be. Sometimes uneventful will reliably be a serendipitous and astounding us...

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Do Not Be Dismayed

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 13 Jul 17

Of the considerable number of things that matter us, sickness and death can seem like the most terrifying. At times, such reality and dread that it’s felt overwhelming. As we all knew extremely well that individuals’ inclination...

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Did you know where is the highest monastery in the world?

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 9 Jun 17

Did you know where is the highest Monastery in the world? This is a very thrilling and yet seem to be not many people know exactly where is the world most highest monastery ever built on earth! The world most highest temple is...

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The Living Encyclopedia of Tibetan Buddhism - The Tangka Painting ( Part 1 )

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 8 Jun 17

The invasion of the People’s Liberation Army of China In seventh October ,1959 when the People’s Liberation Army of China Communist colonized in Tibet and had annihilated thousands of hundreds of monks, nuns and other innocent...

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A teacher forced her students to do 3 good deeds a day

scheng1 @scheng1 (24649) • Singapore 7 Jun 17

A Buddhist monk was sharing about his student days in a Buddhism seminar. He said that when he was in Primary 3, a teacher forced the students to do 3 good deeds a day, and wrote them in a journal. The teacher would read the...

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The earliest known temple ever built in Tibet

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 1 Jun 17

Tibet the earliest known temple ever built in a history of Tibetan empire. The temple is entirely well-known in Tibet. That is simply because it was the very first successful holy, sacred warship place ever constructed in the...

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Fears in our journey

Thubten Choayang @TibetanCulture (460) 27 May 17

Being kind to the people , we must be the grateful person ourselves to choose the privilege, appropriate time for you to give and connect to the people. In the event that you are kind and thoughtful , you must meet the...

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