I share words dear to me, which I quietly return to and recite.

Blog Posts

• Looking for Faults in Words
• Affinity
• Magic of Not Speaking
• Website Changes
• What’s Next?
• Reflections into the New Year

Discourses and SutrAS

• To Be Grateful
• The Flower Sermon
• The Five Ways of Putting an End to Anger
• The Better Way to Live Alone

POEMS AND VERSES

• As I Began To Love Myself

MOVIES/SHOWS/ANIME

• Avatar the Last Airbender – The Four Elements
• Kung Fu Panda – The Illusion of Control
• Kung Fu Panda – The Dragon Scroll

• To Be Grateful

  How do you start your day? The first thing in your mind is gratitude.
  
  Waking up this morning, I smile
  Twenty four brand new hours are before me
  I vow to live mindfully in each moment
  And to look at beings with eyes of compassion and love.

  This is from Master Tran’s Dharma Talk “The Mind is a Field”. Frankly speaking, I write this down because prior to this, my grateful thoughts were quite scattered. Some days I was grateful for many different experiences, goals, family, friends, food, thoughts, wishes. Some days I was just happy to be. Some days I just gave grateful thoughts in silence. Sometimes I was just forcing myself to be grateful for something. When I practice this recitation consistently, I have a clear intent that captures the essence of what I intend to practice. And ever since, I became happier.

  By all means, this recitation is nothing unique to Buddhist. It’s just a mindful practice. That’s what makes it Buddhist.