Forget it .......

Don't Read This.....

Reference: MyanmarIT

Joke of the Week :)

I'm not happy as much as u think...

Everyone can be happy as long as they just look at their life. If we consider/think that somebody else's life is better than us, we can not be happy anymore. That's the starting point that we get unhappiness. In REAL, they are not happy as much as we think or guess; they have their own problems, and we just don't know what their problems are. Who knows? They might also envy our life and think that our life is much happier than theirs. Therefore, you might not be happy as much as I think and I might not be happy as much as you think. Since Life is short, care only for your life and Be Happy!

Khine

Dhamma Darna

Come Back Home! :)

Blue Moon in front of Judson

:D

Whenever I miss u, I check my Msg.
Whenever I want to see u, I take a look at ur photo.
Whenever I want to hear ur voice,I throw a stone to a pig.

Every bird cannot fly high, but Eagle can.
Every flower cannot bloom in water, but Lotus can.
Every monkey cannot read msg, but You can.

Who says English is easy?
I don't believe.
Can u fill in the blank with even \"Yes\" or \"No\"?
\"___\", I'm a fool.
U see? How?
If u can't answer, ask another fool.

We are true friends.
If I were sky, u would be a bird.
If I were sea, u would be a fish.
If I were flower, u would be a bee.
If I were tree, u would be a monkey.

1 blog now showed up.
1 nice person posted it.
1 monkey is reading it.
Monkey is smiling now.
Monkey is still reading.
Monkey will be laughing.


Shared from a forward mail

Warnings and Errors

The boy is smoking and leaving smoke rings into the air.The girl gets irritated with the smoke and says to her lover: "Can't you see the warning written on the cigarettes packet, smoking is injurious to health!"The boy replies back: "Darling, I am a programmer. We don't worry about warnings, we only worry about errors."


[From a post on MM IT]

:)

"There were five friends live in a apartment together. They were Nobody, Mad, Nothing, Brain and Fool. One day Nobody was killed by Nothing. Mad once called to police station.
Mad : Hello, is it police station?
Police officer : Yes, what can I help you?
Mad : Nobody has killed Nothing.
Police officer : What's it? Are you Fool?
Mad : No, I'm Mad.
Police officer : Haven't you brain?
Mad : No, he goes to market."


[From a post on MM IT]

See you tomorrow :)

"A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife.However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent out the e-mail. Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral. The widow decided to check her inbox, expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends.Upon reading the first message, she fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor,and saw the computer screen which read as follow:

To : My Loving Wife
Subject : I've Reached
Date : 16 May 2004
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They gave computers here,and we are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones.I've just reached here and have been checked-in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you TOMORROW! Bye"


[From a post on MM IT]

:)

Words of Wisdom

"A single word of truth, which calms the mind, is better to hear than a thousand irrelevant words."
The Dhammapada, Verse 100.


[Reference: Embracing The Light of Dhamma]

Welcome to Myanmar!

The Golden Land!

Are Buddhists Vegetarians?

Are Buddhists vegetarians???

"Some are, some aren't. From the Theravada perspective, the choice of whether or not to eat meat is purely a matter of personal preference. Many Buddhists (and, of course, non-Buddhists) do eventually lose their appetite for meat out of compassion for the welfare of other living creatures. But vegetarianism is not required in order to follow the Buddha's path.

Although the first of the five precepts, the basic code of ethical conduct for all practicing Buddhists, calls upon followers to refrain from intentional acts of killing, it does not address the consumption of flesh from animals that are already dead. Theravada monks, however, are clearly forbidden to eat meat from a few specific kinds of animals, but for reasons not directly related to the ethics of killing.1 Monks are free to pursue vegetarianism by leaving uneaten any meat that may have been placed in the alms bowl, but because they depend on the open-handed generosity of lay supporters2 (who may or may not themselves be vegetarian) it is considered unseemly for them to make special food requests. In those parts of the world (including wide areas of south Asia) where vegetarianism is uncommon and many dishes are prepared in a meat or fish broth, vegetarian monks would soon face a simple choice: eat meat or starve.3
Taking part in killing for food is definitely incompatible with the first precept, and should be avoided. This includes hunting, fishing, trapping, butchering, steaming live clams, eating live raw oysters, etc.

And what about asking someone else to catch and kill the animal for me? On this point the teachings are also unambiguous: we should never intentionally ask someone to kill on our behalf. We should not, for example, order a fresh steamed lobster from the restaurant menu. The Dhammapada expresses this sentiment succinctly:
All
tremble at the rod,
all
hold their life dear.
Drawing the parallel to
yourself,
neither kill nor get others to kill.
— Dhp 130

And what about purchasing meat of an animal that someone else killed? Is this consistent with the Buddhist principles of compassion and non-harming, a cornerstone of right resolve? This is where things get tricky, and where the suttas offer only spotty guidance. In the Buddha's definition of right livelihood for a lay person, one of the five prohibited occupations is "business in meat" [AN 5.177]. Although he does not explicitly state whether this prohibition also extends to us, the butcher's clients and customers, it does place us uncomfortably close to a field of unskillful action.

To summarize what the suttas tell us: it appears that one may, with a clear conscience, receive, cook, and eat meat that either was freely offered by someone else, or that came from an animal who died of natural causes. But as to purchasing meat, I am just not sure. There are no clear-cut answers here.
We are all guilty of complicity, in one way or another and to varying degrees, in the harming and death of other creatures. Whether we are carnivore, vegan, or something in between, no matter how carefully we choose our food, somewhere back along the long chain of food production and preparation, killing took place. No matter how carefully we trod, with every step countless insects, mites, and other creatures inadvertently perish under our feet. This is just the nature of our world. It is only when we escape altogether from the round of birth and death, when we enter into the final liberation of nibbana — the Deathless — can we wash our hearts clean, once and for all, of killing and death. To steer us towards that lofty goal, the Buddha gave us very realistic advice: he didn't ask us to become vegetarian; he asked us to observe the precepts. For many of us, this is challenge enough. This is where we begin."


[Reference: The New Rays of Dhamma, www.nibbana.com]

Is it important to know the reality?

"Q: What will happen to me by understanding these mind-body processes? (Elizabeth, East Sussex Retreat)

A: As a result, you can get rid of wrong view or false view of a soul, a self, a person or an individuality etc. Because of this wrong view, we are attached to ourselves, our family, our relatives, our properties. As long as we have attachment to ourselves we are sure to experience many kinds of suffering such as sorrow, worry, mental and physical diseases when we come across the loss of something in our life. Those who practise this mindfulness meditation can be free from such sufferings because they have already realised the nature of mind-body process. When our concentration and mindfulness gain momentum the ignorance, wrong view, and attachment can be got rid of through our insight knowledge which can give rise to peace and happiness. For this reason, it is really important to know our mind-body process in its true nature by means of meditation."


[Reference: The New Rays of Dhamma, www.nibbana.com]

The Laws of Cause and Effect?

"Q: How shall we know the law of cause and effect of mind-body processes? (Jonathan, East Sussex Retreat)

A: Now you are holding a blue ball-pen which can be seen by everyone here. We all have eye-base that can contact with the ball-pen which is beautiful and attracts our attention. There is also a light helping us to see the ball pen. When these four things come together there arises eye consciousness. It is clear that eye consciousness arises based on these four causes: 

1)object called ball-pen 
2)eye-base 
3)light and 
4)attention. 

If you put your ball-pen in your pocket nobody could see it. Though it has been placed in front of you, we cannot exactly know what it is, if there were no light or we were blind, or we do not notice it. So it is necessary to have the four causes for the arising of eye consciousness, on the contrary, nobody can stop eye consciousness arising when these four causes come together. In the end, what we come to know is that the arising of consciousness has nothing to do with any creator God, Deities or Almighty Being. it is clear that physical processes arise depending on consciousness. Your body cannot be moved without intention. You know yourself that you had the idea, the intention, to come to this retreat when you were at home. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here without any intention. Similarly, every movement of eating, walking, standing and sitting, consists first of intention. Those who have practised mindfulness meditation can realise the process of meantality and physicality which are arising and passing away in every moment and every second quickly through their insight knowledge during just one step of walking. According to their own experience they accept the realistic teaching of the Buddha that millions and millions of mind-body phenomena are arising and passing away from moment to moment which cannot be controlled by any one. With practice, I believe that you too can understand how mental and physical processes are related to each other as cause and effect."



[Reference: The New Rays of Dhamma, www.nibbana.com]

Pagodas

Behind The Door !!!

Salem's father was very rich. When he died, he left his money and houses to his son. But Salem was young and lost the money very quickly. Then he sold the houses and lost that money, too. In the end he had nothing.
He sat in the streets and waited for works. Sometimes, he carried things for people.

One day, an old man spoke to him.
'You had a better place in life,' said the old man. 'I can see it in your face. I live with ten other old men in one house. Come and be our servant.' Salem walked through the city with the old man and they stopped outside the old man's house. Before they went in, the old man turned to Salem and said, 'This house is a very unhappy place. But never ask any questions about that.'
'I'll remember that,' said Salem, and he followed the old man through the door.
The inside of the house was a lovely garden with many flowers. Salem could hear the sound of water and birdsong.
Then he heard other sounds. They came from the other old men. The men wore black, and they cried in their rooms.

The first old man took Salem into his room. He showed him a box with pieces of gold inside. 'Use this gold when you buy things for us, ' he said. He wanted to ask, 'What's behind that door?' But you didn't ask questions in that house.
Salem worked hard in the house for many years. One old man after another died, and he put them under the ground in the garden. In the end there was only one old man -- Salem's first friend. Then he was ill, too.
'I'm going to die, my son.' he said to Salem. 'Then please tell me something,' said Salem. 'Why are you so unhappy? And what's behind the door in your room?'
'I can't tell you that,' said the old man. 'But don't try to open the door. You'll be unhappy every day of your life.'

The old man died. He left the house and his money to Salem. Now Salem was rich again, but he wasn't happy. He thought about the old men and the door. Why were the old men unhappy? what was behind the door?
Salem had to know the answer to these questions. He took a piece of heavy wood and broke the door. The door was open.

Behind the door, everything was very dark and quiet. Then Salem saw some stairs. He took a lamp and walked down the stairs. The stairs went down for a long way into the ground and came out into a cave. Salem walked through the cave and came to the sea.

He stood there and looked round him. Then he saw something in the sky. It got bigger and bigger. it was a very large bird. It came down and caught him by his clothes. Then it flew with him across the sea.
Salem was afraid, but then he slept. The bird flew all night. Eearly next morning Salem woke up and saw a beautiful beach below him. A lot of people waited on the beach. the bird flew down into the middle of the people.
The people were very friendly to Salem. They brought him a fine horse and helped him onto it. Then they took him through lovely gardens to a beautiful house.

Inside the house there was a lovely woman sitting on a chair.
When she saw Salem, she got up, 'You're here, my love! I'm very happy now,' she said. She took Salem's hand and walked with him through the house and gardens.

'Everything here is mine,' she said. 'Stay with me and be my husband. Then this will be yours, too. 'I would like that, ' answered Salem.
'But there is one thing,' said the woman. They went back to the first room and she showed Salem a door. 'Don't open that door,' she said, 'or you'll be unhappy every day of your life.'

Salem took the woman's hand, 'I don't want to open the door,' he said. 'I only want you.' Salem married the beautiful woman, and they lived happily for many years. He wasn't interested in the door. But then he began to think about it more and more.

'I opened the first door, at the old man's house,' he thought, 'and I found this lovely place. When I open this door, perhaps I'll find a more wonderful place.'
One day he couldn't wait. This time he didn't have to break the door. He pushed it and it opened easily. Everything was dark behind the door. After some minutes Salem saw a large eye. Then he saw a large bird. It was the bird from the cave outside the first door.

The bird jumped into the room. Salem tried to run away but it was too late. The bird caught him by his clothes and pulled him outside. It flew up into the sky, and the house and the gardens got smaller and smaller. The bird started to fly over the sea, and Salem slept.

After a day and a night Salem woke up. He was in the cave by the sea again. The bird wasn't there. Salem walked through the cave and found some stairs. He walked slowly up the stairs and found a door. He went through the door and he was in his old house in the city again.
For many months, he tried to find a way back to the wonderful country. But nobody knew anything about it.

In the end he understood. No ship could take him to that lovely country and his beautiful wife. 'Now I understand about the old men,' he thought. 'They were unhappy because they made the same journey. They found that wonderful place. Then they lost everything, too.'

Salem lived in the house all his life. He dressed in black clothes and he cried every day. He never laughed again.


[Reference: Tales from the Arabian Nights]

Fortune Telling 1 ...

For Monday through Sunday borns...

This month is the best for Monday through Sunday borns. You don't need to worry about your basic needs (for eg, living in jail). There will be a lot of taking caring people around you (for eg, living in hospital). Due to the result of your good minds helping others, there will be plenty of people who will give coins if you were a begger. Because of good luck in Love, you will be followed by a fool. Even though your health is good, you will have to use both of ur legs when you walk; and eyes will be closed when you sleep. Those can't be cure. Because of pressures, half of your head will be headache and another will be dizzy. Even though you are good luck in sharing business with others, no one is dare enough to do business with you. You are very good luck in traveling but choose the good days to travel (Notice: Days between 1st to 31st are not good to travel). It's good to go abroad; if you are in better luck, even have a chance to visit around other planets. It's dangerous to go local places with vehicles. So, when you go out, just walk or ride cows or horses. Even though it's ok at work, not ok with the supervisor. But, please be patient and wait; you will have a chance to be laid off soon.

To have good luck, 
1) In the morning when you wake up, stay under the blanket and pray for the things that you don't want, the things you want will come to you automatically.
2) On Wednesday 12 noon, wear Red clothes, stand exactly one hour at a bus stop, and smile everyone passing you.
3) Turn your body to North, your face to South and say Loudly in West not letting anyone hear you that "I hate East."
4) Sit on a big ice and repeat "I'm cool now" for 9000 times.


[Reference: from Than Lwin Eain Met]

Be Happy and Good Luck!

Leaving..

If the starting point of leaving is meeting, I will never want to meet anyone anymore.

Khine

Life

Life is like dreaming. Whatever you got in your dream, and however you think those things that you got are real, all will be gone when you wake up. We are doing for what we want to achieve, and we are getting. But when you die, all the things that you got in your life(dream) will be totally gone however you think those are real or however you think you actually got them. Don't be upset because you are dreaming. In order to get good dreams, you should think or behave or do good things. Some people are dreaming, and they suddenly wake up, and then sleep and dream again. While you are dreaming, you are living in a life. When you suddenly wake up, you immediately die. Nothing left whatever you achieved in your life. When you dream again, you are already in another life. Try not to dream again, try to wake up forever after you dream... that is Nivarna.


[Reference: A Shin Say Kain Da, "Life is like dreaming" in Daly City *July 9, 08(Wed)]

Person

There are four kinds of persons:
1) One who doesn't know: One who doesn't know that he doesn't know; he is a fool; Stay away from him.
2) One who doesn't know: But he knows that he doesn't know; he is a sincere person; Teach him.
3) One who knows: But he doesn't know that he knows; he is the one who is like sleeping; Wake him up.
4) One who knows: One who knows that he knows; he is wise and intelligent; Approach him.

Jealousy

Jealousy is the main thing that can destroy life's peace. Jealousy comes out because of unrelated comparisons.
* We manipulate our ability less and others' more. We forget our wealth and are jealous their intelligence. We forget their dark complexion and are jealous of their good height. We forget the thing that while we ate and slept well, they were trying so hard even without having a wink of sleep and we are jealous of their success.
* Any jealousy either doesn't make any sense or no good benefit at all for those who are jealous!

Good Friends!

Good Friends are NOT the ones who praise us when they need and who insult us when they don't need. 
Their communicating manner never changes depending on the situation but always constant(same). 
They always treat us abreast of them. 
Even though they can't help us all the time, they have considerations for our benefits and successes!

How do u think of what I'm doing now?

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who was just sitting and smoking at the beach. At that time, there was a cruise approaching to the beach and a very rich man came out of the cruise and visit around the beach. When the rich man saw the fisherman, he was surprised for what the fisherman was doing at the beach and asked: "Hi. What are you doing here without fishing at this time?

Fisherman : I already got money to buy food today.
Rich man : Oh. But you can keep on working for tomorrow food, for the day after tomorrow even though you got enough for today. If you do as i said, you will own your own fishing boat and if you keep on working for future though finished for today work, you will own more and more fishing boat and one day, you will become very rich and can travel around with a cruise like I do now.
Fisherman : Oh is it? But, do u notice what I'm doing now?

(He is just sitting and relaxing, too as richman does.)

Unknown Source

2008 Thingyan Pictures(1)

2008 Thingyan Pictures(2)

2008 Thingyan Pictures(3)

Some good poems

Invite you with respect!

``When a woman went out of her house and tried to hang the clothes under sunshine, she saw that three old men were sitting on a bench in front of her house. So, she invited three old men into her house with respect, "Aww... A Ba Twe(Uncles who are older than parents.. called with respect), are you travellers? You must be tired traveling! Please you are welcome to come in to my house, have some tea and tea leaves salad!
Then, one of the old men said, "Thanks, daughter! Is your husband in your house now?"
Woman : No, he is at his work now.
Old man : Oh. Then, we shouldn't enter into your house. You can invite us only after your husband comes back from his work. Now, you can do your chores and just ignore us.
So, the woman kept doing her house chores. When her husband came back from his work, she told about inviting the old men to her husband. Then, her husband told her to invite the old men again into their house. So, the woman went out and invited the old men again and,...

Old man : Daughter, please understand us that all three of us can't come into your house with our secret reason. So, you can invite only one of us. I'll introduce our names to you. I'm "Ba Da Na"(Uncle Wealth). This uncle is "Ba Aung Lan"(Uncle Success) and another one is "Ba Myittar"(Uncle Love). Tell your husband our names and let him decide who he wants to invite the most among three of us!

The woman retell the event to her husband again and,...
Husband : Let's invite Uncle Wealth so that as soon as he enters into our house, the whole family will be wealthy.
Woman : No. Let's invite Uncle Success so that we will have successes.
A girl who was listening at the corner of the room who is the daughter-in-law of them suggested them,...
Girl : Why don't we invite Uncle Love so that when he comes into our house, our family will be filled with full of Love and happiness.
Husband : This idea is great! Let's decide to invite Uncle Love.
The woman went out and said,...
Woman : Among three of you, who is Uncle Love? Our family invites Uncle Love, so please come into our house.
Then, Uncle Love stood up and also the other two old men prepared to come along with Uncle Love. So, the woman was surprised and asked,...
Woman : Oh, you said that only one of you could enter into my house. So, we decided to invite only Uncle Love. Now, you all will come into my house? Can I know the reason?
Old man : You're right, daughter! If you had chosen and invited one from the two who are Uncle Wealth or Uncle Success, only one of us would have come into your house. But, now you chose Uncle Love. Our secret reason is to test your family's first priority among Wealth, Success and Love. Since you chose Uncle Love, all of us can enter into your house now. Your choice was correct! Daughter! Remember this along your life! As long as you can place your Love upon everyone, Wealth and Success will follow definitely into your life. So, always try to treat everyone with your full of Love whether they are good or not upon you. You will get advantage from it.


[from the book "Peaceful Life, clear and fresh Mind" by Atta Kyaw]

Three Worlds

There are three different worlds In this world...
1) The world that has only things(eg. trees, rivers, sky, etc.....){"Aw Kar Ta Law Ka"}
2) The world that has only humans or animals[all alive creatures]{"Tat Ta Law Ka"}
3) The world that has only CHANGING....{"Tin Khar Ya Law Ka"}
Try to understand the third world (Everything is CHANGING)......

How to watch Movies?

In order to get benefit from watching movies, you should take care upon these three facts...
1) What a character says...
2) What he/she does... 
3) What others(audience) judge about them...

[from Nineth grade English textbook]

Dhamma Life Cycle

`` The circle shows how lives keep connecting each other by the 12 consecutive facts and the entrance to "Nivarna" (Termination of Mind and Body or Life Cycle)

Handouts from the Meditation Retreat

What makes you like me?

`` Once upon a time, there was a pretty woman in a village and also a man who loves her very much. He always told her how much he loves her and the woman never accepted his love. After years, she went to the place like jungle that exists "Bake Ku Ni"(similar as nun) monestery and became a "Bake Ku Ni." She practiced meditation according to Buddha way and finally, she enlighened. One day, she met with the man accidently and the man told her the same thing that he used to tell. Since she was an enlighten person, she didn't want him to get sins anymore. So,

She : Do you love me?
He : I love you more than my life.
She : What do love on me? What make you love me?
He : Your eyes are very beautiful. Those are like deer's eyes. I love your cute eyes and those make me love you very much.
She : Since my eyes are very pretty, do you want to own my eyes?
He : Yes, I do.
She : Ok. I can give them to you right away!
He : I'm the happiest person in the world now!
Then, she took her eyes out with her fingers right away in front of the man and gave those bloody eyes in her palms to the man. When the man saw the entire event that she took out her eyes immediately and gave them to him with blood, he was extremely shocked and scared with those bloody eyes that he used to tell as very cute eyes.
She : Take them! I can generously give them to you since you want to own them. Tell me are they beautiful? Because I have no more vision to be able to see anything.
He : No, No, they are not. Those are scary. Don't give them to me, please!
He was so shocked and ran away from her. Anyway, she lost her vision to make the man understand even though he thought her eyes are so cute, those are not really when being taken out separately from the body.
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I was remembering this story when my classmates were discussing with the teacher about different physical attractions that they tend to be attracted in my Psychology class. For example, double-teeth or sharp teeth make that particular person looks cute when they smile Or a girl with long hair, etc...
I am thinking that if that double-teeth or sharp teeth is broken or being removed because of toothache or something, can that person still be cute or attractive?
If the girl cuts her long hair till bald,............?
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** It will be difficult to follow a concept if you have never heard before or it's beyond your intelligence or knowledge. There are endless things in the universe that you don't know or never can imagine. Try to figure out what are just illusions or what the truth is!!!
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** "Bake Ku Ne" is kinda same as "nun." The big difference is that a nun doesn't have much rules (Wi Ne) to follow except keeping sabbath. But, "Bake Ku Ne" have to follow rules (Wi Ne) almost same as monks do. "Bake Ku Ne" doesn't exist these days anymore except nun.
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[The story by Dr. Min Tin Mon in a 10-day short course of "A Bi Dhamma"(described in "Three Kinds of Dhamma") in 1998]

Who is the coolest?

There are three men staying in a hut.
First man : I feel headache! I don't know why.
After one year,
Second man : It must have been because of low blood pressure. Take care!
After another year,
Third man : If you two are talkative and making noisy like this, I will have to move out to somewhere.
:D

[Shared from my friend]

Three Kinds of Dhamma

There are three kinds of Dhamma that Buddha preached...
1) Wi Ne (Rules that monks should follow determined by Buddha) [Buddhism]
2) Tot Tan (Buddha's Life Stories along sacrifying life cycles) [Buddhism]
3) A Bi Dhamma ("A Bi" means "better." You may ask better than what? This kind of Dhamma is better than the other two kinds of Dhamma, Wi Ne and Tot Tan.) 
[Nothing related to Buddhism or any religion.]

Surprise!

From Alice in Wonderland...
Alice : I am so glad to see you because I had never seen a "Unicorn" in the real world except in Legend stories!
Unicorn : Oh, same here. I'm very happy to see you, too because I had never seen a "Kid" outside except in Legend stories!

When I become old...........

** When I become old, I'm not the one who is not like before. Understand me and treat me in patience!

** When I accidently pour rice and curry on the clothes with weak hands~~When I forget to tie my shoes, don't disgust me. Please remember the things that I taught you when you were young!

** When I retell the Same things that I told several times already, don't cut the conversation and listen with patience. Please remember that I used to tell DIFFERENT thousand stories everynight to make you sleep!

** Don't blame on me when I need your help to give me a bath because I can't move properly! Please imagine the scene that I was giving bath you everyday without blaming on you!

** Don't tease or shout on me when I don't know how to use modern electronic devices! Please remember that I always answered patiently all your "WHY" questions when you were a child!

** Please let me hold your strong hands to support my old and weak body move and walk! Please remember that I practiced you to walk step by step patiently!

** When I even forget the things that I'm telling and change different topics to and fro randomly, give me time to think about my current topic to keep on! Topics are not important for me! I'm just satisfied if you listen to me by my side!

** Day after day, don't feel upset looking at my wrinkles on my skin! Just understand me and courage me! As I pointed out the ways for your life successes when you were young, please accompany me now in my last times before I die! I will accept your love and coolness with smiles. In those smiles, you will clearly see My Endless Love!!!.................

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*** If your parents tell you that they totally hate you and no love left for you seriously, their love is still much more than ~ when someone tells you that they love you the same as their life!!!

*** In other words~ your parents' hate is much better than someone's great love to you!

*** I hope you all can appreciate your parents' Love upon you very well and realize how enormous their Love is!!!

Translated from a Dhamma handout

The Difference! :D

Which courses are you interested in? :P

:P

Disgusting Body!!! And Where is "I" ?

If you throw terribly smelly trash in front of others' houses, they will be very irritated or angry with those but they still can stand with it.
Worse>>If you throw a dead human body in front of others' houses, they will not be able to stand with that at all. They will be shocked and gone crazy.
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How terrible our bodies are! Even more disgusting than Trash!
Bodies are decaying every single sec but luckily, those seem fresh and even beautiful because we can cover their destroy in time by cleaning the whole day.
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Tell me where is "I" , where is "You" , where are "He" and "She."
Since there is no "You" , how come you still can be proud of yourself.
There is Nothing! Except two things: "Mind and Body."

eg: If you own something, you can do whatever you want it to be. If you think you own your body because it's your body, you'll be wrong.
Think a tiny example when you get pain from your finger that you just accidently cut by knife, can you give command "it" not to give you pain or can you beg "it" pardon not to give you pain if you think you own your body? It remains painful on your finger however you are commanding or begging not to. Don't tell me that you can apply medicine on your finger to remain normal. If one of your electronic devices is broken, you can repair it. Body is like a machine, you can repair it but you can not avoid getting pain before you repair. You can not get your device normal by commanding or begging without repairing. You cannot get your finger well by commanding or begging without applying medicine, you will get painful anyway because you have another thing: "Mind." That's the only difference between device and body and also that's the thing that make you confused in thinking that I'm hurt, I'm painful. You add "I" like "it's my body, it's my house" just because of Mind.
*In fact, there is only Mind and Body. Nothing more! Please don't confuse or mess around with "I" or "You" or "He" or "She" related to a particular "Mind and Body" that you think those are yours!
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* You can call me anything you like: "Fool" * "Crazy" * "Friend".......
My name, "Khine" means nothing but just to avoid confusing with others in particular cases.
I don't have any addiction or proudness of my name.
The more you can get rid of addiction to anything related to yourself (eg, name, race, gender, country, etc.), the more peaceful you will absolutely be!


[By U Tin Shwe in a meditation center in 2004]

How fast a person can die?

Q** How fast a person can die? Within years, a month, a day, an hour, a min and a sec?
A** A person can die before his/her breathe-in air goes out OR his/her breathe-out air goes in!
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** Don't forget your death is just right at your back following you and waiting for its right time!
** Try to do or talk or think good things before you die!

*** Only three short statements to follow in brief!
1) Don't do bad things!
2) Do good things!
3) Keep your mind always clean!

The Brook!

For men may come,
And men may go,
But I go on Forever!
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People were born and died since the world started.
But I (the brook) remain flowing forever till the world ends!


[from Tenth grade English textbook]

A Blind Boy!

There is a blind boy who was blind since born. He doesn't know how a human being like, how Mother Nature like because he has never seen anything at all.
People are so pity upon him because of his blindness. They use to tell him how they pity of him. But the blind boy responses, "What does loss mean? If you have something before and you lose it one day, that's called "loss." If there is someone who has seen how a human being like, how Mother Nature like and they get blind, then they can't see those things anymore that they used to, that's called "loss." But for me, I have never seen those things since I was born, how come you can tell me that I lose something. In fact, I lose nothing! I remain the same as I was born!"


[from Nineth grade English textbook]

Let it Flow!!!

If you throw the trash into a dead water body like a swimming pool or a water body that doesn't flow anywhere, the trash will be rotten and smelt badly in one place. However, if you throw the trash into an alive water body like a stream, a river, a sea or even an ocean, it doesn't happen anything bad or smelly in one place, it will flow along the alive water body.

On the same idea, if you have something to be mad at someone and keep it for long time, your friendship with them will be worse and worse because it's not flowing, stuck in one place and become rotten. So, please remember to let your anger (same as the trash) go (same as flowing into the ocean, nothing can be seen anymore and nothing left in the particular place). :)
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** Throw the trash that I gave to you into the River near you and it will flow into the Sea and then into the Ocean~~so that nothing remain to be rotten and smelt terribly.
Please don't throw the trash into the dead water or I'll hate you. Be sure only into flowing water! :P

[Translated from a Japanese movie]

Please let me do an easy job!

I'll find someone who laughs with me when I'm happy and laughing. (I can easily find one.)
But, please find someone who cries with me when I'm so sad and crying. (I'm hopeless to find one.)

Friendship Nails

```Once upon a time, there was a boy who was very short-tempered. One day, his father gave him a bag of nails and said, "If you are angry once, go and hit one nail into the wood pole in front of the house." Even for the first day, he hit 37 nails into the pole. After he hit nails into the pole whenever he was mad for several times, he could gradually control his mind. Hitting nails is getting lesser on the pole day after day. Then, the boy realized that it's even easier to keep his anger than hitting the nails into the pole. At last, a very nice day that he weren't angry at all reaches to him. Then, he ran and gave that good news to his father, "Dad, I could control my mind!"

Again, his father asked him another to do, "As soon as you could control your mind one whole day, go and take the nails that you hit into the pole out before you go to sleep." Over a perid of time, he could tell his father, "Dad, I could retake all the nails that I hit. Nothing left on the pole!"

Then, his father grabbed his son's hand and took him to the pole, and said, "It's great, my son! But look at the pole carefully! Holes remain on the pole. This pole is not like before. It was so smooth before and now it's so rough with holes. See? In the same way, when you told something really bad to others, there would be scars in their hearts. After you scratched someone with knife and however you begged their pardon for several times, wound and scars will definitely remain. So, please remember that when you hit someone with your insult words, scars on their heart will surely remain just like scratching with knife. In fact, friends are precious jewelleries. They can make us laugh with joy, help to reach our goals, even can listen when we need to tell something sad and share our joy and sadness. Friends are the ones who always open their hearts and welcome to us."
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^_^ You are my friend. I'm very proud of being your friend! One of my friends sent this to me and now I give it back to you. @_@ Let me tell you one thing````

** If there are holes remaining on the pole in front of your house because of Me, I beg your pardon not to be mad at me anymore!!!


[Translated from the book "Peaceful Life, clear and fresh Mind" by Atta Kyaw]