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Written by Tâm Hải
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:31 |
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Read in Vietnamese
Excerpt from Ch. “Love is Understanding” in the book “LOVING and DYING” by Bhikkhu Visuddhacara Love goes hand-in-hand with compassion. When we have a loving heart, compassion arises easily in us. Whenever we see somebody suffering, we feel an urge to reach out to ease that person's suffering. Compassion has this quality of desiring to eliminate suffering. It can be especially felt when we act spontaneously to remove or ease another's suffering. A story here will help to clarify the point: A man saw a scorpion drowning in a puddle of water. A spontaneous desire to save arose in his heart, and without hesitating he stretched out his hand, lifted out the scorpion from the puddle, and put it on dry ground. The scorpion stung him. And wanting to cross the road, the scorpion resumed its walk and headed straight again into the puddle! Seeing it floundering and drowning again, the man picked it up a second time and was again stung. Someone who came along and saw all that had happened, said to the man: "Why are you so stupid? Now you see you have been stung not once but twice! It's a silly thing to do to try to save a scorpion." The man replied: "Sir, I can't help it. You see, it is the nature of the scorpion to sting. But it is my nature to save. I can't help but try to save that scorpion." |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:36 |
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Written by Tenzin Namgyel
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Sunday, 06 June 2010 11:06 |
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Kathmandu, Nepal -- She appears sheepish and timid as she makes her way up to the concrete roof of the giant four-storied assembly hall from the courtyard. << Druk Amitabha Nunnery - A Sound Mind In A Sound Body: Striking a pose on the roof top Once on the roof, 12-year old Jigme Wangchuk Lhamo is anything but gentle and compassionate. Changing into loose maroon cotton pants and a long sleeved shirt, belted around the waist, Jigme throws quick jabs and punches and kicks higher than an average person. She is among 400 other nuns of the Druk Amitabha nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal, who reminds visitors of a scene from a Shaolin kung-fu flick. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 June 2010 11:09 |
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Written by Kimberly French
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 02:25 |
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Spring 2010 2.15.10 In my search for “Buddhist fiction,” I asked a wide sampling of American Buddhists—friends, teachers, UU ministers, writers, bloggers, even publishers—what they’d recommend, what they’d been reading. Each, somewhat apologetically, came up with only a few titles. Nowhere did I find a bibliography, or a bookshelf labeled “Buddhist fiction” at a library or bookstore. That may well be because fiction with Buddhist authors, characters, and themes crosses so many already established genres. Clearly, such a list was needed. Here is my start. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2010 02:53 |
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Written by Pháp Hạnh
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:17 |
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by Shu-Ching Jean Chen, Forbes Asia, April 12, 2010 Read in Vietnamese Taipei, Taiwan -- Dharma Master Cheng Yen may be a 72-year-old Buddhist nun adhering to a harsh daily regimen in a convent with 160 other nuns, but that doesn't mean she's missing out on the latest technology. Wherever she goes in her small temple abode in eastern Taiwan or in the sprawling office complex she oversees nearby, television screens are close by, including two where morning service is held. She presides over a daily videoconference and, from the computer on her desk, holds emergency meetings via Webcam and tv. In the early 1990s she was quick to get an e-mail address and start surfing the Web. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2010 02:50 |
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Written by Viên Minh
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Sunday, 11 April 2010 12:49 |
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For a few days that her husband was out of town on business trip, Mrs. Thao was extremely busy juggling with her own work at the office, as well as taking care of the little ones, and catering to a sick mother-in-law. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2010 03:07 |
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