The Path of Wisdom

“There is a misconception that Buddhism is a religion and that you worship Buddha. Buddhism is a practice, like Yoga, you can be a Christian and practice Buddhism. I met a Catholic priest who lives in a Buddhist Monastery in France. He told me that Buddhism makes him a better Christian. I love that.” Thich Nhat Hanh

The Tripitaka is the earliest collection of Buddhist writing and contains a total of 2184 sacred writings and tales to guide the Buddhist communities.

Purified in Sacred Ponds

He purified his body with the water from the sacred ponds, and he purified his soul with the holy water of virtue.

Aimee January 22, 2022

Siddhartha’s First Meditation

The time came to take Siddhartha to the temple of the Gods. By the king’s command, the streets of the city and the public squares

Aimee January 22, 2022

Queen Maya

She was very beautiful. It was as if the Goddess Lakshmi herself had strayed into the world. When she spoke, it was like the song

Aimee January 22, 2022

A Son is Born

…For he is born, he who gives happiness: he will bring happiness into the world. In the darkness a great light has dawned, the sun and the moon are like dying embers, for he is born, he who gives light: he will bring light into the world. The blind see, the deaf hear, the foolish have recovered their reason, for he is born, he who restores sight, and restores hearing, and restores the mind: he will bring sight, he will bring hearing, he will bring reason into the world.

Aimee January 22, 2022

Precious Gifts for Prince Siddhartha

Everyone now delighted in bringing him precious gifts. They gave him toys that would amuse a child of his age: tiny animals, deer and elephants,

Aimee January 22, 2022

Asita meets Siddhartha prior to his death

THE great hermit Asita, whose austerities were pleasing to the Gods, heard of the birth of him who was to save mankind from the torment

Aimee January 22, 2022

Angkor

Cambodia

Temple

Many of the temples at Angkor, all of which gave expression to Indian cosmological and mythical themes, were built in order to provide a locus through which kings and other members of the royal family could be assured of immortality by becoming identified with Shiva or one of the other preeminent gods of the realm.

Universal

Truths of Buddhism

Nothing

Is Lost in the Universe

Everything

Changes

The Law

Of Cause and Effect

Mindfulness

“If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.” Buddha

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If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”

Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is right, even if no one is doing it."

Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love."

Buddha

Audio Book

The best-known book in the Pali Buddihist cannon. It is an anthology of basic Buddhist teaching (primarily ethical teachings) in a simple aphoristic style.