Tag: Bhante Sujatha

I want to call my Dad

Dad

Too bad that I can’t. Unfortunately, my Dad died about nine years ago. Yet today I have the strong desire to hear his voice. His warm tone of voice, silly sense of humor like mine, and to listen to him…

The suffering of physical pain

Physical suffering does not have to be mental suffering Two days ago I began having severe pains in my right arm. The pain seemed to originate for my shoulder and shoot downward to my wrist and fingers. As the day…

Snow snow, let it go

snow

Let it snow, let it snow I sit here watching the beautiful snow fall and observe it covering everything with a thick white blanket. Everything which is dirty or grey, even dead, is covered up in a way to make…

Managing your expectations

expectations

Expectations, are they ever a good thing? I have come to see that expectations are a dominant force in our daily lives, and something that can cause each of us a great deal of disappointment. Yet the idea of living…

A “Like” button for life

Facebook

Or has Facebook become reality? It seems as thought the whole World is on Facebook. From kids to elderly, Nuns and Monks, Politicians and more. And most of us, myself included, spend way too much time getting input and stimulus…