HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2010!!!
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2010!!!
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Monday, November 22, 2010
The Hardest Part
One night in 2007, I got drunk because of my drinking little more than ‘limit.’ At that night, I created this blog, and now I have more than three hundred posts already.
Though I did not post daily or weekly or regularly, I have been posting whenever I wish, with enjoyment and fun. Some of my posts could be useful information or suggestion for some people, while some enjoy with kids’ videos and pictures. Very good!
Recently, I began to make the list of adverbs (from Burmese to English – alphabetically) in order to support my writing. In writing, adverbs play in a vital role, since they provide or make different in the works of verbs. I know words in my language but mostly, I do not know in English. That’s why I have been making the list. I have been doing it almost everyday. Today, I passed 1000th adverb and I will be continuing without fail as much as I can till end of it.
I remember an award winning writer once said that to do things daily towards one purpose was the most difficult because he said that – “Let me give you an example that you decide to write an A in your book everyday. It is not a difficult duty to write an A in your book but how many people will be writing an A without fail day by day through out one year, do you think? Many people stop it after a few days later, while some others fail to continue after a few months.” That’s what he said.
It is true that to do something everyday without fail is difficult. But if we really try, we can do it. The Buddha said that there are four ways to finish a heavy service / a heavy duty:
1) To do/work/take part everyday (daily) till the job be totally done.
2) To do/work from start to end (A to Z) till nothing is remained, with determination (whether working daily or not).
3) To do/work for a long term (years/decades, etc) till totally finished.
4) To do/work happily in any part of effort of it, till the whole duty is accomplished.
Among the above four ways to finish the heavy duties, the Buddha said that – if you practice and determine to work daily, eventually, you can do it. Some people really work daily. To try till cross the finished line with determination, yes, you can. Some people really do that way. To finish a heavy duty that you suppose to work for decades, centuries, yes you can. Some people truly accomplish huge duties after many decades later. Now, to finish the whole heavy duty, to work happily with enjoyment in any effort of it, is – the most difficult part. Practice for it!
How great wisdom it is! We can be done our jobs by any way by any mean in a short term or in a long term but are we happy / enjoy any part of effort of it? As the Buddha said – it is the hardest part – to serve our duties happily. Basically, to enjoy with what we are doing is the most difficult!
Though I did not post daily or weekly or regularly, I have been posting whenever I wish, with enjoyment and fun. Some of my posts could be useful information or suggestion for some people, while some enjoy with kids’ videos and pictures. Very good!
Recently, I began to make the list of adverbs (from Burmese to English – alphabetically) in order to support my writing. In writing, adverbs play in a vital role, since they provide or make different in the works of verbs. I know words in my language but mostly, I do not know in English. That’s why I have been making the list. I have been doing it almost everyday. Today, I passed 1000th adverb and I will be continuing without fail as much as I can till end of it.
I remember an award winning writer once said that to do things daily towards one purpose was the most difficult because he said that – “Let me give you an example that you decide to write an A in your book everyday. It is not a difficult duty to write an A in your book but how many people will be writing an A without fail day by day through out one year, do you think? Many people stop it after a few days later, while some others fail to continue after a few months.” That’s what he said.
It is true that to do something everyday without fail is difficult. But if we really try, we can do it. The Buddha said that there are four ways to finish a heavy service / a heavy duty:
1) To do/work/take part everyday (daily) till the job be totally done.
2) To do/work from start to end (A to Z) till nothing is remained, with determination (whether working daily or not).
3) To do/work for a long term (years/decades, etc) till totally finished.
4) To do/work happily in any part of effort of it, till the whole duty is accomplished.
Among the above four ways to finish the heavy duties, the Buddha said that – if you practice and determine to work daily, eventually, you can do it. Some people really work daily. To try till cross the finished line with determination, yes, you can. Some people really do that way. To finish a heavy duty that you suppose to work for decades, centuries, yes you can. Some people truly accomplish huge duties after many decades later. Now, to finish the whole heavy duty, to work happily with enjoyment in any effort of it, is – the most difficult part. Practice for it!
How great wisdom it is! We can be done our jobs by any way by any mean in a short term or in a long term but are we happy / enjoy any part of effort of it? As the Buddha said – it is the hardest part – to serve our duties happily. Basically, to enjoy with what we are doing is the most difficult!
I hope I will be posting in my blog with enjoyment for each post of it, as I am trying to pass the hardest part!
Thank you very much and have a great day!
Thank you very much and have a great day!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Karaha and Pasansa (Pathantha)
Today, I would like to share with my friends about one of the Buddha’s teachings for the persons who work for public, for the people who work with many others in a group, in a party; especially – for the leaders.
The Buddha said that someone who works for many others or someone who works with many others, or, leaders need to tolerate or resist two things in order to the service be well done:
- Karaha, and
- Pasansa.
Karaha means ‘dispraising’, ‘censuring’, ‘criticizing’, ‘opposition’, ‘pseudo praising’, ‘negatively approaching’, etc.
Pasansa means ‘praising’, ‘supporting’, ‘positively approaching’, ‘facing too many successes’, ‘facing too much famous’, and so on.
Both Karaha and Pasansa are not easy to resist or to tolerate at all.
There are many people who cannot tolerate on being criticized, while many others fail to realize the pseudo praising. Some leaders change their prime plans or directions because of the others’ dispraising, while some other leaders stop their trips because of hinders on the way, and various others even turn back from forwarding.
At the same time, many top leaders get early resigns and some of them even get fired because of inappropriate sex, receiving bribes, steal the public money, out of discipline, and so on. Some lottery winners get a shock and die on the spot after they hear that they win millions.
Basically, because of Karaha, we get anger, wariness and ignorance. Because of Pasansa, we get pride, greed and again - ignorance. And then, we make wrong decisions, inappropriate manners and activities. Afterwards, you know - the consequences. Since then, how should we defense or resist or tolerate on all those praise or dispraise, positive or negative, success or failure, famous or notorious? The only medicine for all of those diseases, is – “mindfulness.” Every time you get something bad or worse or the worst, tolerate on it with mindfulness. Every time you get something good or better or the best, resist on it with mindfulness. How to? Please try to remember of reminding by yourself that not to extremely feel about it; act or react on it, whether which is positive or negative. Go by the middle path appropriately, again – with ‘mindfulness.’
As soon as you lose your mindfulness in very sensitive cases, you die. ‘You die’ means – not your body. You may still have billions of dollars, or high position/s, but your fairness dies; your moral dies; your (true) value dies; your integrity dies; your great attitude dies. You will be alive with many properties, but actually (by the view of humanity’s true values), you died already.
So, my friends, the more you can tolerate those Karahas and Pasansas, you all will become better persons and greater leaders for yourselves; for your families, for your communities, for your countries and for our world as well. Those kinds of persons, people and leaders are needed in our world. Let us try our best to tolerate!
Thank you and have a great day!
The Buddha said that someone who works for many others or someone who works with many others, or, leaders need to tolerate or resist two things in order to the service be well done:
- Karaha, and
- Pasansa.
Karaha means ‘dispraising’, ‘censuring’, ‘criticizing’, ‘opposition’, ‘pseudo praising’, ‘negatively approaching’, etc.
Pasansa means ‘praising’, ‘supporting’, ‘positively approaching’, ‘facing too many successes’, ‘facing too much famous’, and so on.
Both Karaha and Pasansa are not easy to resist or to tolerate at all.
There are many people who cannot tolerate on being criticized, while many others fail to realize the pseudo praising. Some leaders change their prime plans or directions because of the others’ dispraising, while some other leaders stop their trips because of hinders on the way, and various others even turn back from forwarding.
At the same time, many top leaders get early resigns and some of them even get fired because of inappropriate sex, receiving bribes, steal the public money, out of discipline, and so on. Some lottery winners get a shock and die on the spot after they hear that they win millions.
Basically, because of Karaha, we get anger, wariness and ignorance. Because of Pasansa, we get pride, greed and again - ignorance. And then, we make wrong decisions, inappropriate manners and activities. Afterwards, you know - the consequences. Since then, how should we defense or resist or tolerate on all those praise or dispraise, positive or negative, success or failure, famous or notorious? The only medicine for all of those diseases, is – “mindfulness.” Every time you get something bad or worse or the worst, tolerate on it with mindfulness. Every time you get something good or better or the best, resist on it with mindfulness. How to? Please try to remember of reminding by yourself that not to extremely feel about it; act or react on it, whether which is positive or negative. Go by the middle path appropriately, again – with ‘mindfulness.’
As soon as you lose your mindfulness in very sensitive cases, you die. ‘You die’ means – not your body. You may still have billions of dollars, or high position/s, but your fairness dies; your moral dies; your (true) value dies; your integrity dies; your great attitude dies. You will be alive with many properties, but actually (by the view of humanity’s true values), you died already.
So, my friends, the more you can tolerate those Karahas and Pasansas, you all will become better persons and greater leaders for yourselves; for your families, for your communities, for your countries and for our world as well. Those kinds of persons, people and leaders are needed in our world. Let us try our best to tolerate!
Thank you and have a great day!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Happy Kids
Kids always love to build,We should not block on that wish.
Whether which is difficult or easy,
They are always more than happy.
Even for a little work,
They are very proud of!!
Friday, November 19, 2010
An Effective Way to Solve Problem: Practice like a Lion
Hello!
Have you ever seen in a different way from your friends or the others, while all of you were looking at the same picture or symbol? Almost all of us will say “yes,” because we all have had enough experience about it.
Very similarly, for only one kind of action, different people or different creations give different reactions.
Let us experience an event as the following:
You throw a little stone onto or near a rabbit. What do you think about the reaction of rabbit? There is no doubt that without any kind of examination or checking about, she will run away as fastest as she can.
Then, you throw that little stone onto or near a dog. What will be the dog’s reaction? The dog’s reaction can be one out of two ways: either to run away like the rabbit does, or , to follow that stone and sniff at it.
Now, you throw that little stone onto or near a lion. What will be the lion’s reaction, do you think? Neither the lion will run away like a rabbit nor follow and sniff like a dog. Instead, the lion will examine with his sharp ears and eyes that – where does this stone come from? Who throw it? How and why? Etc.. And yet, if it is the need, he will jump on and fight on the stone thrower with the strength as much as it has.
That’s different reactions of three different kinds of animals on the same action. The whole theme that I would like to say hereby is – when we solve the problems, to try to be result oriented like a lion in order to find the source of the problem, as much as we can. If we are just activity oriented, we will be being just like a rabbit or a dog that either we will be running away or following the stone, and we will never have chance to see the stone thrower, which is the key source of the problem. Since then, we will be solving that problem in the wrong ways, obviously.
Actually, many of us are activity oriented. Some people know about that kind of weak point of human beings, and they strategically use it for their benefits. If you want to see more clearly about this, please watch (if you watched already, you may rewatch or remember about it) the movie – “No Country for Old Man.” The Cone brothers artfully set up about this in one of the scenes of the movie. While many others are running and happening around because of a car explosion, what the guy (protagonist) is doing? How he set it up (whether which is good or bad for the others) strategically for his own benefit? That’s a little show for our weak points of activity orientations.
Any way, so, my friend, please remark that – in order to solve a problem appropriately and effectively, please be a result oriented person, instead of activity oriented. In other words, please practice like a lion does, instead of following ways of a rabbit or a dog!
Thank you very much and have a great day!
Have you ever seen in a different way from your friends or the others, while all of you were looking at the same picture or symbol? Almost all of us will say “yes,” because we all have had enough experience about it.
Very similarly, for only one kind of action, different people or different creations give different reactions.
Let us experience an event as the following:
You throw a little stone onto or near a rabbit. What do you think about the reaction of rabbit? There is no doubt that without any kind of examination or checking about, she will run away as fastest as she can.
Then, you throw that little stone onto or near a dog. What will be the dog’s reaction? The dog’s reaction can be one out of two ways: either to run away like the rabbit does, or , to follow that stone and sniff at it.
Now, you throw that little stone onto or near a lion. What will be the lion’s reaction, do you think? Neither the lion will run away like a rabbit nor follow and sniff like a dog. Instead, the lion will examine with his sharp ears and eyes that – where does this stone come from? Who throw it? How and why? Etc.. And yet, if it is the need, he will jump on and fight on the stone thrower with the strength as much as it has.
That’s different reactions of three different kinds of animals on the same action. The whole theme that I would like to say hereby is – when we solve the problems, to try to be result oriented like a lion in order to find the source of the problem, as much as we can. If we are just activity oriented, we will be being just like a rabbit or a dog that either we will be running away or following the stone, and we will never have chance to see the stone thrower, which is the key source of the problem. Since then, we will be solving that problem in the wrong ways, obviously.
Actually, many of us are activity oriented. Some people know about that kind of weak point of human beings, and they strategically use it for their benefits. If you want to see more clearly about this, please watch (if you watched already, you may rewatch or remember about it) the movie – “No Country for Old Man.” The Cone brothers artfully set up about this in one of the scenes of the movie. While many others are running and happening around because of a car explosion, what the guy (protagonist) is doing? How he set it up (whether which is good or bad for the others) strategically for his own benefit? That’s a little show for our weak points of activity orientations.
Any way, so, my friend, please remark that – in order to solve a problem appropriately and effectively, please be a result oriented person, instead of activity oriented. In other words, please practice like a lion does, instead of following ways of a rabbit or a dog!
Thank you very much and have a great day!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Practice like a Turtle
Yesterday, one of my little daughters was coloring a picture, which was a turtle. Then, I remember a show on TV. One of the TV shows that our family watch often is AFV (America’s Funniest Videos). Recently, we saw a show at AFV, which was included a turtle and a dog. In the show, a turtle was walking around and (kind of) teasing to a dog. Every time the dog tried to bite or catch the turtle, the turtle put head, two front legs, two hind legs and tail into her hard shell. However, whatever the dog tried to bite any part of the turtle’s sensible body, it was unsuccessful because of the turtle’s safe defense.After I saw that show, I remembered one of the Buddha’s teachings that “Every person who would like to go to further, higher place, with dignity appropriately, practice like a turtle.”
The Buddha’s example story was as the following:
One evening, a turtle was coming out to seek for food. At the same time, a fox was also came out to find for food. At the bank of a river, the fox saw the turtle. Yap…the fox was very happy because he saw a middle size turtle who did not have any sharp, long nail, fang or any other dangerous body part to defense his catch or bite. The fox hatched the turtle; tried to catch; approached to bite by any way with any possibility. Nothing was successful because of the turtle’s strategic defense. Every time the fox came near to the turtle, the turtle already put its head, front legs, hind legs and (almost invisible) little, short tail. The fox was hungry; tired; angry; frustrated because he tried the whole night to catch the turtle with any possibility but it did not work by any way. In the morning, when the sun come out, the fox had to leave the turtle with his hungry stomach and extreme frustration as the other bigger and danger animals come out around. The turtle safely went into the water – ‘bye bye my friend, fox!’
The Buddha said that any monk, nun or a leader or a person who would like to go further, higher place, higher rank with dignity, humble, without any kind of hinder, danger, suppose to practice like a turtle. There were / are/ shall be many kinds of threatening, dangers, persuasions, attractions those could lead to failure of us in any society of any era through out mankind’s history. How should we defense those? Practice like a Turtle!
Do you see now what did the Buddha exactly mean and how great his wisdom? Why did he give the turtle as an example; how it makes match between a turtle’s and a man’s?
As a turtle has six parts of body those make his life and at the same time can create danger for him, we also have six senses those make our lives and at the same time can create danger for us; 1. seeing, 2. hearing, 3. smelling, 4. taste, 5. feeling, and 6. our mind, itself.
We all have been experiencing that many persons, people and leaders died, assassinated, destroyed, fall downed, faced the most embarrassed matters in utter disgrace because as human beings, we all have had greed, anger, ignorance, feelings, thoughts, prides, and so on, and so forth. Where do they come from? There is no doubt that all those greed, anger, ignorance, feeling, thought, pride etc come from through out our six windows of seeing, hearing, smelling, taste, feeling and our mind itself.
Do you want to be a nice person in your life?
Do you want to be a great leader?
Do you want to be a humble man for humanity?
My dear friend, the best and the most appropriate suggestion could be, like the Buddha taught – “Please Practice Like a Turtle!” How? Since we do not have hard shells like a turtle has, please guard your those six windows as much as you can with mindfulness and self-discipline. (Next time, if I have a chance, I will discuss the guarding ways in detail.)
Thank you and have a great day!
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Mahla's Magic Show
In this little show, Mahla, our little daughter gets theme of magic, at least!
Enjoy the show!
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