Author Archives: Tatiana Moressoni

Angkor and the Monk

"A Monk and a Window" Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

“A Monk and a Window” Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
…oh, how original! A photo of a Monk in Angkor Wat!  No one that has been to Angkor has got one!… ;D
Well…I wanted one, too!! And I waited a whole 2 days to get a decent one without thousand of tourist in the middle…And even had to wait that my chosen Monk finished his phone call, and took away that piece of strident modernity from my romantic picture!!
 
 
 
 

Turn…turn…turn…the Little Red Umbrella

"Dance with Red Umbrella" Wat Phrathat, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

“Dance with Red Umbrella” Wat Phrathat, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

“The joy of life is to be found not by evading life’s sufferings but by grappling with them to the finish. True happiness is not born of escape; ecstasy based on delusion does not continue. Enlightenment comes from seeing the truth, no matter how unpleasant it may be.“

Daisaku Ikeda

Wisdom

"Boudha abituè" Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal

“Boudha habituè” Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal

“The greatest enemy of mankind is fear, which manifests itself in different forms, such as shame, jealousy, anger, insolence, arrogance. What is the cause of fear? The lack of self-confidence.”

Swami Prajnanapada

“Il maggiore nemico dell’uomo è la paura, che si manifesta sotto forme diverse, come la vergogna, la gelosia, la collera, l’insolenza, l’arroganza. Qual è la causa della paura? La mancanza di fiducia in se stessi”

Swami Prajnanapada

Children of Cambodia

"Faster!" Battambang, Cambodia.

“Faster!” Battambang, Cambodia.

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by every moment that takes your breath away.”

Unknown

…The 33% of  Cambodia population is under 15 years of age. There are children everywhere; running and laughing…playing with bicycles or animals… the older ones looking after the youngest ones…and they are all so amazingly beautiful…

Khmer

"At the Crab Market" Kep, Cambodia.

 

“The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.” 
 
C. JoyBell C.

 

….mostly everywhere in Asia, women do the hardest jobs as considered inferior; they look after the house and every member of the family…have no many rights, and still, they have lots of  responsibilities…..and yet, they are the kindest and warmest women I have ever encountered…