{"id":2528,"date":"2016-01-04T11:49:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T09:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2016-01-04T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T09:55:18","slug":"buddhist-maxims-can-inspire-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2528-buddhist-maxims-can-inspire-2016","title":{"rendered":"Some Buddhist maxims that can inspire you for 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a\u00a0new year begins, we\u00a0are\u00a0looking for good resolutions to try to be better or live happier. To inspire you in your quest for <strong>good resolutions 2016<\/strong>, I made you a small collection of Buddhist maxims that i found in different temples in Thailand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7689\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7689 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sukhothai-9108.jpg\" alt=\"sukhothai\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhist wisdom may be a good guide for 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those who have already been in Thailand have probably noticed in some temples these small tablets with a\u00a0green background in general, with Buddhist maxims\u00a0written in white. In Thai but also sometimes in English. You can find some of them at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/en\/visit-thailand\/wat-phra-singh-chiang-mai-19\" target=\"_blank\">Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai<\/a> or at Wat U-Mong, in Chiang Mai again (but Wat u-mon outisde the city center).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some buddhists maxims I have chosen and i thiing will perhaps inspire you\u00a0for\u00a0a good start in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Today is better than two tomorrows&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Another way to express the importance of living in the present and enjoying the present time. That we usually know with\u00a0the Latin maxim <em>&#8220;carpe diem&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7678 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-19-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist maxim\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Anxiety shortens life&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>So does\u00a0stress ! This maxim is connected to the previous one.\u00a0We are a lot less stressed when we live in the present time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7679 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-02-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist maxim\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;If there is nothing that you like, you must like\u00a0what you have&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>We often tend to always want more and more and forget to enjoy what we already have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7680 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-04-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist maxim\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;When money speaks, truth is silent&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Money and greed corrupt\u00a0everything.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7681\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7681 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-05-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"maxime bouddhiste\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhist maxim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Failure teaches a man how to succeed&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>We learn from our failures and mistakes than from our successes and achievements.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7682 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-08-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist maxim\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Without a beginning , there is nothing to worry\u00a0about the end&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>A maxim which I love and which I still think I&#8217;m afraid to get into a project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7683\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7683 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxime-bouddhiste-11-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"maxime-bouddhiste-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddhist maxim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I wish you a great year full of happiness and serenity !<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Enjoy what you have and enjoy the people around you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a\u00a0new year begins, we\u00a0are\u00a0looking for good resolutions to try to be better or live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generalities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2530,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/2530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}