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[Khmer] Leaders see threat to Buddhism
U.S.-based Khmer Buddhism in better or worse situation than our Kampuchea?
Friday October 30, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy The Phnom Penh Post
Leading Buddhist intellectuals and civil society groups have called on the government to address a recent outbreak of offences ranging from drunkenness to rape and a deadly beating all allegedly committed by monks.
They warned that if the behaviour of monks continues to deteriorate, it could seriously diminish the position of Buddhism within Cambodian society. Read more...
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Kathin procession into the home still makes Buddhists curious
Friday October 16, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy Deum Ampil New
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A view from Phnom Udong mountain
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Wat Angkor Borei of United States Thanks Buddhist Monks and Devotees for attending the funeral service for Abbot Jandasovanno Ma Sarin Visodha
Monday October 12, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
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The giant-sized Jayavarman VII
The greatest Khmer Emperor and Buddhist that ever walked on this earth.
Thursday October 1, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy Reuters, KI Media
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Floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ketsana cover the front of the Allson Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, 320 km (199 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, October 1, 2009. Cambodia is continuing to battle rising floodwaters from the typhoon that has cut a destructive path through Southeast Asia and killed about 300 people. Reuters/Chor Sokunthea
When the Khmer Emperor Jayavarman VII walks on this planet, Siam or Thailand today did not exist. Siam is part of the Khmer Empire.
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Appeal to construct Wat Prum Seima Raingsey Chup Koki along Khmer-Thai border
Monday September 28, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy: KI Media
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Ven. Visodha Ma Sarin Obituary
Monday September 21, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy: KI Media
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Ven. Visodha Ma Sarin, age 57, passed away
Friday September 18, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
San Joaquin, California United States of America due to fire accident
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Ven. Visodha Ma Sarin was born in Khnor village, Svay Ang commune, Svay Rieng district, Svay Rieng province, the Kingdom of Kampuchea (Cambodia) on Wednesday May/June 1952 Year of the Snake during the French colonial eras.
He is the third child among 8 siblings. His father's name is Ma Ju, mother Pov Uth.
1958 - 1974 school and farmer
1974 - 1975 president of Disaster Relief Association of O'Jrov, Battambang province
1975 - 1979 farmer (During the regime of Democratic Kampuchea aka Khmer Rouge or Red Cambodia).
1979 - 1983 work at the Khmer refugee camp along the Khmer-Thai border
1983 - 1993 enter monkhood, take on education to become educator, deputy chief monk, and senior ranking monk of Prachinburi province, Thailand while working and schooling.
1993 - 1996 teach at the Buddhist Primary School of Wat Ratana Nimith, Banteay Meanchey province, Kampuchea, and professor at the Suramarit Buddhist High School in Phnom Penh
1996 August 4 arrive in the United States of America.
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Fire at Buddhist temple in Ceres kills monk
By Rosalio Ahumada, AP, September 18, BE2553, AD 2009 Year of the Ox
Courtesy Modesto Bee
 Ceres -- A Buddhist monk died today after he inhaled smoke as he and others tried to put out an accidental electrical fire at their temple, fire officials said.
The monk was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said Fire Battalion Chief Bryan Hunt. The victim's name was not available early this evening.
No one else was harmed in the fire, which was reported about 3:40 p.m. at the Cambodian Buddhist temple in the 3800 block of Roeding Road, just east of Mitchell Road and the Ceres Christian Church.
The fire was apparently smoldering in the room for hours before temple members noticed the smoke.
Hunt said the fire was caused by an electrical overload in a back room. The room was used for temple members to worship and was filled with religious items.
Temple members, including several Buddhist monks, grabbed garden hoses and sprayed water on the burning room. Full story
Senator Edward Kennedy dies at age 77
Courtesy Reuters
In this file picture taken on July 27, 2004 Senator Edward Kennedy arrives to speak to the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, the last of the storied band of brothers who appeared born to rule, has died after losing a battle with brain cancer, his family said on August 26, 2009. He was 77.
AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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The origin of Khmer architecture and people
Courtesy Koh Santepheap News
"Ghostlike faces surround two saffron-robed Buddhist monks in a window of the extravagantly carved Bayon, central temple of Angkor Thom. Here, in northwestern Cambodia, rise the splendid temples of the Khmer kings, ancient rulers of Southeast Asia. Not only does the architectural grandeur speak of a brilliant civilization; complex canals, reservoirs, and ponds—some still in use—reveal a remarkable system of irrigation, forerunner of the Mekong Project."
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Editorial:
Thean Vuthy impersonates H.H. Jotannano Chuon Nath, the Lord Buddha, future Buddha Matreya, degrades Buddhist monks, lies his way to make more than U.S. $60 millions, pocket mostly for himself, his family and powerful official
Is his action at Wat Tuol Raja the way Khmer Buddhism should be?
Courtesy Angkor Borei News
The Venerable Dr. Hok Savann of Canada
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The Mekong River, Kampuchea
Eye in the sky
Courtesy Khmer2u.com
The source of the Mekong River starts at the Tibetan Plateau, Tibet. It flows all year round from its original source through Laos, Thailand, and mostly Kampuchea. Then it empties out to the South China Sea through Kampuchea Krom or the Mekong Delta (Southern Vietnam). All of these countries once formed part of the Khmer Empire, the predecessor of Kampuchea (Cambodia) today. The country is called Kampuchea, in English Cambodia, in French Cambodge, has the oldest civilization on the Southeast Asian peninsula.
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Phnom Penh's Chuon Nath Rotary
The greyish Naga Hotel and Casino building towers over the legendary Cambodian heroic Buddhist monk, Supreme Buddhist Patriarch. Theravada Buddhism is the country's official religion. Is this how the nation values Buddhism?
The motto of Cambodia is Nation, Religion, King.
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The Cambodian Buddhist Institue (pictured on right) and National Assembly (Parliament), not in picture, are near by. The Independence Monument, from France, not in picture, is located about three blocks.
These national institutions are not as tall as the foreign-owned gambling building.
Quote: The former King of Cambodia granted advice to the new King, Norodom Sihamoni: Live a clean, uncorrupted life as a patriot and leader
Courtesy The Phnom Penh Post News May 16, 2009
<< Words of wisdom from the King-Father [Norodom Sihanouk] to the new King [his son Norodom Sihamoni]
During his cornonation address, King Norodom Sihamoni shared the advice he received from his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, when he was elected King.
The following is an extract:
"But, my son, what you should bear in mind above everything else is this: to be a pure patriot you must always be "clean," that is to say uncorrupted. In all that you do, you must only think of the higher and vital interests of the Homeland, the Nation and the people. You must banish favoritism and injustice, and prevent members of the family, courtiers and flatterers from using you for their own interests. You must always give priority to the poorer classes, those who suffer and truly deserve assistance. And last but not least, you must realize that to be a great King, you must be very humble before the People. As a King, one is never be the master of the country, the Nation and the People. One is - and always will be - their SERVANT in all circumstances."
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Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
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Wat Ounalom is located in the heart of Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. It is a former headquarters of the Buddhist institution that governed by the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch HH Samdech Jotannano Chuon Nath. The current religious leader renews the legacy of HH Jotannano Chuon Nath by continuing to hold this important temple (wat) as the seat of the Cambodian Buddhist institution.
Quotation
"Some beings use religion as a shield to deceive other,
Some beings use religion as a shield to conduct business, and
Some beings use religion as a shield to hide their mistakes as well."
Unofficial translation from Khmer language by Templenews
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His Holiness Samdech Jotannano Chuon Nath, c. Mar. 11, 1883 -- Sept. 25, 1969
The Supreme Buddhist Patriarch of Cambodia
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The Philosophy of Sangharaja Samdech Jotannano Chuon Nath, B.E.2546-C.E.200
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Did you know...
Crime, sin in Buddhism for causing disunity in temples, monkhood
Buddhism teaches it's a worse crime to give a Buddha a bloody nose than it is to torture a child to death?
The 5 worst crimes in Buddhism: (1) killing your mother or father, (3) killing an arahat, (4) inflicting injury on a Buddha that results in bleeding, (5) causing disunity.
Cambodia's Preah Vihear
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The Buddhist Art
The Buddha quotes
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
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