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Oh my Buddha

(Taken with my iPhone) The Wat Muang Buddha as seen from the wat’s entrance.

Drive-by prayers

(Taken with my iPhone) We were at a traffic light when we were approached by an old lady selling flower garlands. Our taxi driver wound down his window, bought one and hung it on his rear view mirror before doing a quick prostration…and then off we went!

Integrity

I’ve been lacking it in recent times. Mind changing. Game changing. Integrity

What’s money good for?

If you say you don’t have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat? – Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

Banananananana

(Taken with my iPhone) Banana crepe heaven in Bangkok.

Atisha

(Taken with my iPhone) Once a week, I get the immense honour of making like Atisha. Who is Atisha? Atisha was a scholar from Nalanda Monastery, who is credited with reviving the Buddhadharma in Tibet and writing A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment. His teachings were passed from one great master on to another, […]

Getting angry…

…is actually to punish yourself with other people’s mistakes. – Master Cheng Yen

Women

(Scanned from my family archives) I was just going through old family photos for a feature and it occurred to me, my family is and has always been full of amazing, strong, intelligent, beautiful women. What a great family to come from.

Milk

Drinking milk from another species of animal: The more I think about it, the stranger the concept becomes. (Taken from Google)

What does it mean to benefit all sentient beings?

It is easy to say ‘benefit all sentient beings’ – it doesn’t mean anything! The hard work is to benefit the person in front of you. – Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche