I recited the Pure Land Mantra 108 times, and dedicated all the merit to world peace and to all soldiers and civilians who have sacrificed their lives in conflicts throughout the world.

I vow to implement a library software for the books available at Gold Sage Monastery. The literature made available there is truly a treaure trove. In this day and age, when every library has a web interface to search, reserve and track books, the library at GSM should have such a software too. This is a action that has not taken place yet, but it will be done.

There has been some times when i have been waiting for the bus somewhere in Helsinki or Espoo (city next to Helsinki in Finland) and all the passengers from that particular stop have already boarded the bus and the bus has been ready to take of. Then i have seen somebody appearing somewhere around the corner or up the hill etc. and very spontaneously without thinking too much i have raised my hand to stop the bus from leaving or gotten into the bus to inform the driver about some persons still coming onboard. This has happened perhaps three of four times in the last years. The people running have…

At the end of July I and my brother went sailing with 12 bahai youth from Nagu close to Turku in Finland to Esbo close to the capital. Our contribution was to provide the boats (two sailing boats) and to serve as captains on the boats. For most of the young people coming from lapland and the inner parts of Finland the sail was a completely new experience. Some pictures from the jurney are found at: http://patej.1g.fi/bahai/purjehdusvaellus2007

I work as a teacher and pastoral care adviser. I met up with a student who was really stressed because her parent has cancer. My student is from a single-parent family. We spoke in my office for a long time. In that time she told me many things about her life, and I listened to her. She taught me a lot about human resilience, and I am very honoured to have such trust from another person. My students have taught me to look beyond myself. I think I will enrol in a professional counselling course next year.

I am so grateful to Reverent Master Sure for making these songs available online. Thank you very much for your kind and compassion.

I am so grateful to Reverent Master Sure for making these songs available online.

One day, when I was with one of my friends in Warsaw, I have become very, very hungry. We ate outside, when near of us, in great basket on garbage, some oldest person begin searching. He was homeless who searched for thrown out leavings of feeds. Then, I wanted to return part of my feed, but I looked only. Never I have faced each other with homeless almost earlier, who searchs for not alcohol but feeds. I was in easy shock. Homeless has been removed with food from basket, sat on nearby, and begin eating. I have taken one of my warm saigons and I have take away it for…

Working as a pharmacist, has so much opportunities to give back to the community. Every day, get to meet so many people who need help in different ways. One day, an elderly lady who was not in good mood came into the pharmacy. She was just discharged from the hospital and was very confused with all her medications. She has poor eyesight and couldn’t recognize all her tablets. She was not happy with herself because she thought that she is useless. But, she was trying her best to cope with her situation. After chatting with her, sorting out the tablets with her, she felt much better. Hope that her condition…