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30 September, 2013
28 September, 2013
Protecting our remaining natural habitat!
One of the many aspects of life that I have become more aware of during my stay here, is that regarding the role of the Forestry Department in preserving and protecting what is left of our pristine flora and fauna. These remarkably brave men, with only the most basic of support structures available to them, look after and protect the precious remaining forests, caves and waterfalls - spending weeks in the jungle looking out for poachers, illegal loggers and individuals that cut down the forest for their own purposes. They are often outgunned and outnumbered. The poachers or illegal loggers are well equipped and perhaps supported. On Thursday 12th 2013 at around 10.00 pm 2 officers were killed after a shootout with 5 poachers trying to take out the endangered remaining tigers at the Umphang East Thungyainarasuen Wildlife Sanctuary. The poachers were arrested but this is little consolation for the loss of life that ensued as a result of greed, gross ignorance and cruelty.
These protected habitats provide us with oxygen, clean water sources, bio-diversity, are a source of natural food and medicinal herbs and are also the home to spiritual energies as all those pursuing their own spiritual path know. Once the natural energy of the earth is destroyed and degraded decline always follows as does trouble.
Deer can safely wander about at Kao Yai National Park
Senior officers undergo regular training
Deer calf resting in the park
Officers undergoing refresher training usually cover vast surface
areas and spend weeks in the jungles acting as protectors
areas and spend weeks in the jungles acting as protectors
This specialized force training!.
Deer are protected and mingle with park visitors and staff
For more information and statistics please visit: http://tscwa.org/forests/index.html
It is purely my opinion but I can't help wondering why the folks that teach our children and protect our vital resources are often underpaid, work long hours to make ends meet and generally receive little recognition.
For more information and statistics please visit: http://tscwa.org/forests/index.html
Beauty in floral variety!
Serene and peaceful abodes!
Rivers originate in the mountains
Clean streams!
Watershed! Source of life and livelihood!
Forests home to many species
Waterfalls and caves
This brief reflection is dedicated to all those officers who risk their lives daily, work under strenuous physical conditions and help to safeguard the most beautiful aspects of our planet.
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR EARTH!27 September, 2013
On pure giving...
“Giving simply because it is right to give, without thought of return, at a proper time,
in proper circumstances, and to a worthy person, is sattvic giving.
Giving with regrets or in the expectation of receiving some favor
or of getting something in return is rajasic.
Giving at an inappropriate time, in inappropriate circumstances, and to an
unworthy person, without affection or respect, is tamasic.”
Bhagavad Gita
26 September, 2013
Inner self...
“The inner self perceives the outside world, made up of earth, water, fire, air, and space.
It is the victim of likes and dislikes, pleasure and pain and delusion and doubt.
It knows all the subtleties of language, enjoys dance, music, and all the fine arts;
delights in the senses, recalls the past, reads the scriptures, and is able to act.
This is the mind, the inner person.”
Atma Upanishad
25 September, 2013
24 September, 2013
On Samsara...
via Google images
How foolish to spend your lifetime without meaning,
When a precious human body is so rare a gift.
How ridiculous to cling to prison-like cities and remain there.
How laughable to fight and quarrel with your wives and relatives,
who do but visit you.
How senseless to cherish sweet and tender words
Which are but empty echoes in a dream.
How silly to disregard one’s life by fighting foes
Who are but frail flowers.
Jetsun Milarepa
23 September, 2013
22 September, 2013
On peace of mind...
"Our peace of mind increases in spite of suffering; we become braver and more enterprising; we understand more clearly the difference between what is everlasting and what is not; we learn how to distinguish between what is our duty and what is not. Our pride melts away and we become humble. Our worldly attachments diminish and, likewise, the evil within us diminishes from day to day.”
Mahatma Gandhi
20 September, 2013
19 September, 2013
Robes...
He who, depraved, devoid of truthfulness &
self-control, puts on the ochre robe, doesn't deserve the ochre robe. But he
who is free of depravity endowed with truthfulness & self-control,
well-established in the precepts, truly deserves the ochre robe.”
Dhammapada, 1, translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
18 September, 2013
17 September, 2013
16 September, 2013
15 September, 2013
14 September, 2013
On suffering
“Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because by realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop greater resolve to put an end to the causes of suffering and the unwholesome deeds which lead to suffering. And it will increase your enthusiasm for engaging in the wholesome actions and deeds which lead to happiness and joy.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
12 September, 2013
11 September, 2013
09 September, 2013
Compassion, faith and devotion...
"There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. He is the guide that will help you to cross the ocean of samsara.
The sun and the moon are reflected in clear, still water instantly. Similarly, the blessings of all the Buddhas are always present for those who have complete confidence in them. The sun’s rays fall everywhere uniformly, but only where they are focused through a magnifying glass can they set dry grass on fire. When the all-pervading rays of the Buddha’s compassion are focused through the magnifying glass of your faith and devotion, the flame of blessings blazes up in your being".
DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE
The sun and the moon are reflected in clear, still water instantly. Similarly, the blessings of all the Buddhas are always present for those who have complete confidence in them. The sun’s rays fall everywhere uniformly, but only where they are focused through a magnifying glass can they set dry grass on fire. When the all-pervading rays of the Buddha’s compassion are focused through the magnifying glass of your faith and devotion, the flame of blessings blazes up in your being".
DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE
08 September, 2013
07 September, 2013
Sutra wisdom...
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“From the time there appears in this world one who has seen the truth, a fully awakened one, blessed by the truth, abounding in happiness, a teacher of wisdom and goodness, a Buddha. He, by himself, thoroughly knows and sees this universe, and knowing it, makes his knowledge known to others. The truth, lovely in its origin, lovely in its progress, lovely in its consummation, he proclaims. A new life he makes known, in all its fullness.”
Tevigga Sutta
06 September, 2013
05 September, 2013
04 September, 2013
03 September, 2013
Blessed Rumi wisdom
If ten lamps are in one place,
each differs in form from another;
yet you can't distinguish whose radiance is whose
... when you focus on the light.
In the field of spirit there is no division;
no individuals exist.
Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with His friends.
Catch hold of spirit.
Help this headstrong self disintegrate;
that beneath it you may discover unity,
like a buried treasure.
Rumi
each differs in form from another;
yet you can't distinguish whose radiance is whose
... when you focus on the light.
In the field of spirit there is no division;
no individuals exist.
Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with His friends.
Catch hold of spirit.
Help this headstrong self disintegrate;
that beneath it you may discover unity,
like a buried treasure.
Rumi
02 September, 2013
Nagasena and the King
Milindapanha 32
01 September, 2013
Taoist reflection
The moon does not fight. It attacks no one.
It does not worry. It does not try to crush others.
It keeps to its course, but by its very nature,
it gently influences.What other body could pull an entire
ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its
nature and its power is never diminished.
Deng Ming-Dao
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