Dharma Wheel

Zen Master Doc: While buttoning my jacket I hope that all beings Will keep their heart warm And not lose themselves. :namaste: ---------------- Dear Muni/Reddust I see this cute picture ...and I think it fits your poem: https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/s403x403/1526775_1431959233...

Matanga Jataka : The Pride And Prejudice Sawaddee Ka :hi: I really love this story...I think it's funny and very entertaining. It reminds me of Billy Joel's song : Uptown Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E ************* Matanga Jataka : The Pride And Prejudice [by Ken and Visakha Kawa...

[quote="reddust"][ I found some really good statues and paintings of women grieving over their child. I need images to paint from . I already started the research. I found the Matthakundali: The Tavatimsa Deva story and it's fitting. I really love to paint requests :heart: ------------------ Dear Re...

http://buddhistcelebrities.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/cartoon-buddha-images.html Its so cute ! I had to share this :) Especially the Hayagriva ! V ------------------ Dear vinodh, Very cute indeed..I love this one the most: http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4718284788401378&pid=15.1 tidathep :thumbsup:

Love your kind words tidathep :anjali: Thanks for teaching me kindness, dear Tidathep. It is great medicine. :anjali: ------------- Dear Muni, Me..teach you kindness??? ....I think you're the one who teach me :namaste: Yes...KINDNESS is great medicine...(But... I love Bon Jovi's Bad Medicine too......

You've got to learn rain dances there down under . I would enjoy to send to you some of our water here. :roll: But anyhow, you're in my prayers. ------------ Dear Ayu/Shaunc, Oh...Ayu I'm with you.....Shaunc needs to do rain-dances . In Texas, I try not to dance...rain here is so very cold ..may be...

Dear Tidathep, Which Kisa-Gotami should I paint? Which scene in the story? I will do this for you but let's narrow down the choices, when she is crazed with grief , the girl prior to marriage, or the one who found her sanity? I will post the painting when I finish. ----------- Dear Reddust......Tha...

David, I know this is going to sound weird but the rational brings great comfort to me even through I might get sad reading these kinds of stories. The stories Gotama Buddha told settle my heart down, one of my first Dhamma stories. When ever I feel really, really sad, I read this story :namaste: -...

Saddanta Jataka : The Revenge Sawaddee ka :hi: This story refered to a bhikkhuni who could recall her past lives, sometimes she laughed, sometimes she cried. Many bhikkhunis who saw the incident wondered why..and then the Buddha told her story. I tried to find the Thai video-clip..but no can find! ...

We can also put attention on something others as soon as these words appear in mind, as words has no any power when our mind is not giving them attention by other thoughts. :smile: --------------- Dear Muni, I'm ok now...2-3 days...and the songs/movies will erase all the bad things in my mind....st...

Yes whatever words are thrown upon us, sweet or awfull, we can imagine to write them in nice calligraphy on water and the water is directly explaining their value. While remaining mindful ourselves, as Buddha said that “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it ...

Sawaddee Ka...Shaunc/Reddust, "To top it off the big Austrolorp hen died today, most probably from heat stress" Oh, I feel sad that your Austrolorp hen died ...That's why I only have Robodog/Robocat....real pets always die! I wish your hen be reborn as a human-being next life....reborn as a hen in T...

I think one of the best antidotes for anger is kindness :heart: From the Dhammapada on Anger.... -------------- Dear Reddust, I agree with you 100%. We can't let anger/hatred eat our hearts. Once I hated somebody so much I had to find a new job, everytime I had to fly with him, I wanted to throw up...

Matuposaka Jataka : The Loving Son Sawaddee Ka :hi: In Thailand, this jataka and Saddan Jataka are the most popular jatakas that the Bodhisatta was born as white elephant. I did read this jataka first time when I was in junior high school. มาตุโปสกชาดก Thai Version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

So a large part of my practice the last 10 years has been working in a sangha, setting up teachings and retreats. Working with other people in a sangha setting really helped me calm down . For some reason, for me anyway Sangha for layfolk is like a pressure cooker :D ------------- Dear Reddust, htt...

Sawaddee Ka...Plwk/Shaunc/Reddust, Oh I love the picture of 'hairless cat' so much...I saw it in the TV sitcom 'FRIENDS'...it had bad temper that nobody wanted to buy when the owner tried to sell the cat.....and I have another story about ANGER for you too: The Story of Princess Rohini While residin...

This was one of my first Dharma stories years ago, I still remember it as if it was yesterday :tongue: ------------- Sawaddee Ka..Reddust, I really like your story...and I have a story about anger to share with you..(a monk at Wat Buddhavas, Houston told this story years ago...I still remember it c...

BEFORE THE RAIN Sawaddee Ka :twothumbsup: Now that I have NETFLIX on my 70" big screen ...I'm pretty much like a kid in the candy store...I've so many good movies to watch everyday!! I watched BEFORE THE RAIN starring: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose...very very good/sad movie..nope, I didn't cry..but the...

[quote="smcj"]This is probably how he came to be a dog in the first place… quote] ---------------- Dear 'smcj', Thanks for the funny picture/story....in Thailand..so many Thai temples allow dogs/cats/chickens to live around ...even feed them with the left-over-almsfood. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=...

This person begs in my home city (Sofia, Bulgaria). I have seen him many times over many years. The report is completely true. He was featured on one of Pope Francis facebook pages recently. He is a very simple person, just doing the right thing. --------------- Dear Ivo, Yes..yes he is doing the g...