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A Poor Farmer Supported His Son To Finish His College. On the Graduation Day, He Said His Father Is His Biggest Pride. Nan Province, Thailand. Source: https://www.facebook.com/worldwillchange ********...
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A Poor Farmer Supported His Son To Finish His College. On the Graduation Day, He Said His Father Is His Biggest Pride. Nan Province, Thailand. Source: https://www.facebook.com/worldwillchange ********...
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Tsem Rinpoche Visits Famous Penang Burmese Temple! I visited the famous Penang Burmese Buddhist temple a few days ago again. I loved this temple and so many new...
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When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value....
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Dear JP, It is amazing. You are a NATURAL interior/exterior designer. Your sense of depths, color, texture, ambience, art and it all matches a person’s personality whom you are...
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The two tutors of H.H. Dalai Lama had very close relations. They spent over thirty years in close proximity to H.H. the Dalai Lama until and after he finished...
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Exciting New Developments at Kechara On 14 August 2013, Kechara had its historic last Liaisons’ Council meeting. In our drive to constantly improve, Kechara’s Liaisons Council is reorganising...
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(By Pastor Loh Seng Piow) Dear friends, Something interesting to share that happens to all spiritual teachers since the inception of Buddhism. My name is Pastor Loh Seng Piow...
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Being Rinpoche’s personal attendant means that I am able to witness real Dharma in action, both on and off the throne. I consider myself extremely fortunate, and at the same time it is also a great challenge to instil Dharma in my life 24/7. Over the years I have witnessed many cases of how Ri...
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Dear Wendy, Thank you for sharing your talents and inspirations. I appreciate it very much. I want to share with the world your poem. Tsem...
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Chinese Horoscopes may not have any religious basis. However, if it's based on 5,000 years worth of human observation, similar trends can be found...
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I never gave Dharma much thought before although our family’s main religion is Buddhism. I just thought as a Buddhist we do not take a life (as in not...
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Her name is Mali, and she has been in Manila zoo in solitary confinement for the past 35 years. Please like and share her FB pages, we need...
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Dear friends, this sold out in one day in the papers because it touched so many people and brought tears to their eyes. You must share this and show...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I came across this wonderful quote and decided to give a short explanation on it. I hope it bring some clarity to our minds...
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from: The Idealist HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT (ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS) (Free from chemicals that poison the body) Ingredients:… – 100 gram of whole cloves –...
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Some people you can talk until the cows come home and hundreds of hours, they just revert back to how they were short while later…. Some people...
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I was riding my bicycle in Hubli, and I was going through the traffic in the busy streets, suddenly a thought came to me,...
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Buddhists and tourists participate in the sacred “sunning of the Buddha” ceremony to mark the start of the annual Shoton festival at the Zhaibung (Drepung) Monastery in Lhasa, capital...
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Sisters pose for the same photo three separate times, years apart. A Russian war veteran kneels beside the tank he spent the war in, now a monument....
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It is important to get a good night's rest. Everyone needs to let their body take a break as our body repairs itself during our sleeping hours. As we...
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Opening Eye Chenrezig (Migchey Chenrezig) (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, Due to the ultimate source of our karma ripening, we can experience many problems arising from environment, people, surroundings,...
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Watch “The Magical Dukkar Apartments” Watch “The Tour of Dukkar Apartments by Moh Mei” Since April 2012, the Kechara Forest Retreat has been a...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Every Monastery has their specially appointed Dharma protector in all Tibetan Monastic institutions For Example: Gaden Shartse Monastery – Protector Setrap Gaden Jangtze Monastery – Pelden...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) When we are afraid to express gratitude, we don’t want to reveal what has been done for us and so we don’t have to ‘pay back’...
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A woman baked chapatti (roti) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill, for whosoever...
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This family shot and killed this elephant as it was eating (you can still see the food in its mouth). How is it fun to shoot a rare species...
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Saturday, 11 May 2013 An 8 Year Old Buddhist in Action If you ask me “Do you like Buddhas?”, a picture of Green Tara pops in my head. ...
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Dear friends, Interesting thoughts I found on Facebook I would like to share here. Do take a pleasant read and contemplate what is being said. Think deeply and let...
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Dear all, this is so important and urgent before it’s too late. I just found this write up on my FB wall and reproduced here. I will...
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15 Health Benefits of Grape Juice! Flavonoids found in grape juice raise the level of HDL (good) cholesterol. This prevents blockage of arteries and the heart remains healthy. Resveratrol...
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Sometimes we have to read things that is beyond our comprehension of why so much sufferings is necessary in order to create awareness. It’s happening whether you want to...
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Please share this incredible story. It touches me to the core and breaks my mind to think why? Short and touching. Very sad and heartbreaking but...
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(By Pastor Loh Seng Piow) For the past few days, H.E. Tsem Rinpoche has been following His long-time student cum Liaison of Kechara House Paul Yap to various clinics...
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There are just some events that happen that you can’t believe. There is so many different types of phenomena and they don’t always fit into our perceived experiences....
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I came across a very touching video about a dog that was rescued from Lancaster Animal Shelter in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, like most animal shelters, Lancaster Shelter has a...
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This is a real interesting illustration. Study it carefully for a while. Take a good look. If you have a task, goal or job...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Royal Song Of Saraha I bow down to noble Manjushri I bow down to Him who has conquered the finite. 1 As calm water lashed...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Rinpoche, My mother’s eyes open today and she is following movements in the room. Hands and feet still cold. Nurse said it’s the medication they...
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Essential Thoughts When we surrender what we fear, Then the light shines through. When we dissolve our past, We can look into the future. The future will become the...
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See the great short video done by Joy who is the first time editing and uploading this video!! Thanks Joy! Dear Friends, ...
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Do you agree with this article and short video? Do you think this study is accurate? Any personal experiences you can share below? I would like...
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A student of mine shared with me the illustrated article below which explains very well where our food come from and what's in it. This article is based on...
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In society today, there are many people who judge those who are homeless. With just $50 in my pocket and 2 bags of belongings, I ran away from home...
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One of my favorite food is Poori, an India style bread that is commonly eaten for breakfast along with other vegetarian side dishes.
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I have always liked inspirational quotes from many of the world's great thinkers. One of them is Einstein, he has an exceptional mind which is reflected by these short...
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We are often so busy nowadays that we find ourselves regularly grabbing a quick bite from our usual haunts. I'm sure that many of you reading this are nodding...
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At 5.30am early this Sunday morning, the Mahabodhi Temple was attacked by 9 bombs. 6 exploded inside the temple complex, 3 outside the temple grounds. There was another one which...
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I have enjoyed reading books since I was young. While studying at Land O’Pines in Howell, New Jersey, I used to borrow 10-12 books every 2 weeks and read...
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I wanted to share with you this touching gift that I received just a week ago. As everyone knows, many people are always expressing concerns about my health due...
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The Mekong River is the 12th longest river in the world, running from the Tibetan plateau across China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The Mekong river is highly...
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For some people, speaking up takes a lot of courage... while for others it just comes naturally. We should never be afraid to speak up and defend those that...
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I came across this featured article about Master Cheng Yen, the founder of Tzu Chi Foundation. The work that Tzu Chi Foundation does worldwide is so incredible and impactful...
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I found this interesting news about an incident in Sabah where a young boy was forced to change the name of his club which he originally named as the...
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When hotshots get the call, they head to the center of blazing wildfire, an inferno that sometimes only they can stop, hotshots go where equipment can’t. These elite firefighting...
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Dear students and friends, I came across this article a few days ago, and was pleasantly surprised to read it. China officially lifted a 17-year-old ban on allowing His...
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I am not a fan of the beach or the beach way of life. I have never really been fascinated with oceans. Once in a while seeing the ocean...
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Dear friends, I came across this site and found all of the pictures extremely warm, and the captions very entertaining! Check out the pictures!! Within all living beings is...
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H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
~ Tsem Rinpoche
Powerful Dorje Shugden's mantras
Tsem Rinpoche on National TV's Wesak Day Documentary
'The Promise' book launch featured on NTV7 Primetime
"If you say you don't have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House
"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!"
~ Lama Yeshe
"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create different results for TOMORROW."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“Meditating on Dorje Shugden while reciting his mantra will open the gateways to higher dimensions, blessings and protection.”
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”
~ Pabongkha Rinpoche
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."
~ Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral
"Things in samsara always go wrong. That's its nature. Don't be surprised."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems. To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."
~ Angeline Francis Khoo
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."
~ William Shakespeare
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
~ Maya Angelou
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Dear Rinpoche,
You are so well-known as a Guru of Great Compassion and for very good reason. Anyone who comes across your path feels so happy and blessed. Just by looking ... Read More Dear Rinpoche, I hope your teachings will be spread worldwide. No words can express how I feel as I read along each and every line humbly put in by you. ... Read More Dear Rinpoche,
This post strongly reflects upon my life and I couldn't agree more of what you've said.
Years ago, when I left home to study abroad, I suffered tremendously because life ... Read More
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