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April

An Asian Buddhist Artist.

About Me

Hello Friends... Thanks for visiting my profile.......I am originally from Bangkok, Thailand a.k.a. the Land of smiles.....I am an artist and an amateur Thai classical musician. I play hammered cymbalo, old-fashioned drums and also interested in picking up Shakuhashi flute and modern drums. Save The World - One Click At A Time!
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Click here to post this on your page or 'blogI am just an ordinary individual who is trying to make things matter through the course of life which in times, hopefully to minimize those faculties such as sufferings, anger, greed, hatred, jealousy, ignorant, craziness, and much much more.. But once I took Buddhism as my religius seriously everything seems to make more sense hence I'm still trying to understand, to learn, to live, to be mindful, gain some wisdom, contentment, compassion, and do not take anything for granted - because tomorrow is promising to no one.I am already making plans for my next lives... I am quite positive that I'll be reborn again and again and again but hopefully achieving the Nirvana in one of those life times. I dare not wish to change the world but I dare to dream to help make this world a better place for possibly every living thing, one day at a time..........The Buddhist monastery that I attend regularly is Vajiradhampadip Temple, residing at 110 Rustic Road, Centereach, NY here in Long Island. The temple is constructing a "Bott" which will house the Buddha image as well as religios ceremonies; with its ajourning buildings for the monks and lay people. I am volunteering in raising the fund for this wishful cause; my designed products could be found at www.cafepres.com/goatgirl. 100% of the profit from the sales of the products goes to the temple.You can view more details about the temple at : www.vajira.org. Thank you and peace.Get Your Own! | View Slideshowwww.cafepress.com/goatgirl Get Your Own! | View SlideshowMore of my works could be seen at Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

My Interests

Buddhism, art, crafts, classical music, all kinds of music that is pleasant to the ear, decent movies, worth reading books, home improvement, nature, colors, dining, people, and so on...

I'd like to meet:

People with compassion, optimism, positive, creative, sincere, honest and kind. People with passion strongly enough to want to be passionless at all.

Music:

Mozart, Bee Gees, Axis Unknown, Thai Classical Music, Enya, Air Supply, Bon Jovi, The Carpenters, Tragic Remedy, Instruments, sound of the waves, the wind and the mother earth, the sound of weeping willow's blowing lazily, etc.

Movies:

Driving Miss Daisy, Terms of Endearment, Shawshank Redemption, Amadeus, Fairwell My Concubine, Babe, Music of the Heart, Shine, Under the Tuscun Sun, Seven Years in Tibet, The Little Buddha, etc.

Television:

WLIW21, HGTV, CSI, Lifetime, PBS Thirteen, Oprah, Dr. Phil, New 12 Long Island, Discovery, etc. I'd rather paint !!

Books:

The Buddhist Tripitaka, Buddhist Meditation Books, The Buddha's Biography, Ethics for the New Millennium by the Dalai Lama, Sorrow Mountain by a Tibetian Nun, Buddhadasa Bhikku's Books, Christianity & Buddhism, An Inconveninece Truth, Da Vinci's Code, The Buddha's Unique Path, Ajahn Chah's Buddhist Meditation Methods, Art books, Children's books, etc.

Heroes:

The Buddha, The Holy Monks, my dad, my mom, Cinderella, my best friend - Elin, Charlie, any one who inspired others, -anybody who follows their rightful dreams and passions, anybody who loves life and cares for others, every decent teachers, every decent parent, Claude Monet, Renoir, Manet, Van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, The Impressionists, everybody who belives that every day of their lives is a journey to better themselves, and many, many more.Early painting in oil...

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My Blog

New Digital Art.

Hello,Here are my recent works, please feel free to educate me.  I've designed some products with these images in www.cafepress.com/dhamma and www.cafepress.com/goatgirl and www.cafepress.com/dru...
Posted by April on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:58:00 PST

The True Nature of Things.

Handbook for Mankind  by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu Part II The True Nature of Things   The word "religion" has a broader meaning than the word "morality".  Morality has to do with behaviors and ha...
Posted by April on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST

Buddhism (II) From Handbook of Mankind by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.

As we have said, Buddhism has a number of different aspects or sides.  Just as the same mountain when viewed from a different direction presents a different appearance, so different benefits are ...
Posted by April on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:58:00 PST

Buddhism.

"Buddhism" means "the Teaching of the Enlightened One."  A Buddha is an enlightened individual, one who knows the truth about all things, one who knows just "what is what", (know things just as t...
Posted by April on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:56:00 PST

"The Handbook for Mankind" - Looking at Buddhism

If we open any recent books onthe origins of religion, we find that there is one point on which all authors are in agreement. They agree that religion arose in the world out of fear.  Primitive m...
Posted by April on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:30:00 PST

Handbook for Mankind by the Venerable Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Thailand.

The Best Thing In Thailand  "A Handbook for Mankind". Handbook for mankind is forbidden reading for those who never asked themselves these questions? "Why were we born?" "What are we living for?"...
Posted by April on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:18:00 PST