One (photo) each, from my wat, and two nearby...on the Mae Klong River near the Bridge on the River Kwai (Mae Klong)...lots more pics on the link below...
Still the shutterbug...
Shrines...
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Very wonderful cave shrine. Thank you.
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This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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My pleasure...tiltbillings wrote:Thank you.
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Beautiful and very inspiring
Thank you Bhante!
Ben
Thank you Bhante!
Ben
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Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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You're most welcome Ben...it truly is my pleasure...Ben wrote:Thank you Bhante!
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Truly, they made my heart leap! What a glorious sensation!!
Thank you for the constant gifts you bring us Bhante!
Thank you for the constant gifts you bring us Bhante!
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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You've made my day Alexandra...
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so cool
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the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
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Bhante
Thank you for sharing that, the first pic looks really beautiful and peaceful (i like the others aswell)
Metta
Thank you for sharing that, the first pic looks really beautiful and peaceful (i like the others aswell)
Metta
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cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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That cave picture made me utter, "Wowwww."
Thanks, Bhante
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I agree with the posts above! Beautiful temple!
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Can someone please remind me of the name of the Wat with the large Buddha outside (the second picture)?
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Wat Tham Sua...Amphur Tha Muang, Kanchanaburi Province...AlaskanDhamma wrote:Can someone please remind me of the name of the Wat with the large Buddha outside (the second picture)?
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Today being Vesak, I am constrained by work, and am not able to attend the celebrations at my local temple.
Viewing these Photographs again, I can almost transport myself there, and sit in quiet contemplation on the cool floor, and reside in meditative bliss.... Just for a moment or two....
If I close my eyes, I'd swear I can listen to the Bikkhus chanting.....
Viewing these Photographs again, I can almost transport myself there, and sit in quiet contemplation on the cool floor, and reside in meditative bliss.... Just for a moment or two....
If I close my eyes, I'd swear I can listen to the Bikkhus chanting.....
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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