Author: Mandarin Sunrise Press

Time is the most precious commodity we have, therefore, with all your heart try not to waste it instead nourishing your aspirations will lead you to an awakening. Try not to disappoint those you are grateful to, if you do go off track, find a way to say sorry, acknowledging we are all human and READ MORE

We often go through life trying t please others, forgetting to live our own path. Most people can’t set healthy boundaries out of fear of losing somebody or something they believe belongs to them. Turning every experience into an opportunity allows you to find the right solution, all experiences are an opportunity to learn. Being READ MORE

When you have a deep aspiration to love, and the want to help the World, or in Buddhism we call it ‘Bodhicitta’, you are already on the right track to happiness. Even if it is cold outside, or there is a great deal of suffering, or there may be difficult circumstances, if the energy of READ MORE

Plants are valuable and a fundamental part of life, having many different arrangements in your Temple Garden can save our lives. Plants play a key component in our diet, we need a healthy gut and body which connects us together as one of our “Sanga” bodies or spiritually the mind, body, and spirit. Expressing your READ MORE

“Creating a Community Sangha” In Buddhism aside from your physical body, you have a dharma body, a Sangha body, and a Buddha body. It is with gratitude to our practice, these three bodies become more and more obvious and evident. We say that the community you take refuge in is our Sangha body in order READ MORE

“The Power of Our Spoken Word In the Temple Garden” Learning how to change my thinking, I took a lot of classes, I read lots of books, and without realizing at times my spoken word was negative. Saying to yourself your doing the best you can, requires loving support and kindness, also compassion by surrounding READ MORE

“The Garden Temple of Composting” The Temple of Compost is an area in your Temple Garden that can be utilized time and time again. After cutting our vegetables after your meal, cut all the peel, stalks, and leaves as small as you can, then they can be placed in the compost area. If you are READ MORE

“Protecting Mother Earth” Protecting Mother Earth is truly needed right now, as the current climate is seeing rising sea levels, which is causing flooding in low-lying areas and sadly millions of people, animals, and sea life are being destroyed and in many places the death of the human race. Through natural disasters, we are seeing READ MORE

“Let it Shine” Just like the Peacock who dances with spirit and opens its feathers to shine to the world. Dancing your own song will allow you to let go and shine showing the World just how beautiful you really are. We are all beautiful in our own unique way, beauty resides within your heart. READ MORE

The heart and mind of awakening love is a very powerful energy, in Buddhism that motivation is called bodhicitta, this is a deep aspiration to be at one with Mother Earth and all that inhabits it. It is the energy around us that gives us the will and understanding to overcome anything, it also allows READ MORE