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A great brightness seems like darkness; a great square has no corners; a great ability takes a long time to perfect; a great sound is hard to hear; a...
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A great brightness seems like darkness; a great square has no corners; a great ability takes a long time to perfect; a great sound is hard to hear; a...
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Both Amanda Kloski and Marcia Machtiger have been emailed by my blog team for comments. So far, however, the team unable to reach them… I’m sure many people would...
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“NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Humane law enforcement agents of the ASPCA arrested a Queens woman accused of animal neglect. Acting on an anonymous complaint, ASPCA agents went to...
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For the last 5 days, Facebook has been extremely slow. It’s near impossible to upload items and if you can, it takes around 2 or 3 mins and perhaps...
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Kechara Discovery (KD) seems to have no boundaries when it comes to expanding. They have just recently moved into their new office. This place has been blessed many times...
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Everyone, please watch this, please share this. This is the ultimate loyalty… When I saw this video, it just broke my heart. It is very touching how other beings...
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Jason Roth is none other then KMP’s CEO Liaison Phng Li Kim’s youngest boy. He is very playful and very cute. He actively participates in MKC (Manjushri Kids Class)...
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A frightened panda in Japan seeking solace after the horrible quake from a man…all beings suffer the same…brings tears to my eyes..so many beings suffering….May all of them recover...
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Beng Kooi and Kb took Mumu for his acupuncture treatment today. The treatment is helping definitely. Mumu’s tongue coloring is better-more pink. He is very active. He slimmed down...
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Over a decade back I think, I was living in Singapore. I often visited the many temples they have to worship, make small donations or just rejoice at the work...
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Dear blog readers, Again, thank you for visiting my space here where I share many varied interests with you. I also share my life, thoughts both positive/negative, dreams, disappointments,...
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What caring and informative comments by Mr Martin Bosnev. He commented on my post: MAKE IT SIMPLE. I wanted to include it here(below) because it’s very helpful information. If...
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Since i met you here on facebook Rinpoché, I stopped eating meat; you had a very good impact on me and practise, this has changed me a lot your...
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It’s simple, if killing is not allowed in any form, how is eating meat ok? ~Tsem Rinpoche Everyday you eat meat, you are not really practicing compassion which is...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) As a Vajrayana practitioner, do you not partake of meat at vajra feasts? I am a great admirer of the late Kalu Rinpoche. Now in Sukumvati....
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Thoughts now: Why teach the dharma when no one wishes to transform or sincerely tries. You only offend them, make them angry, and because they can’t face themselves, become...
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Kechara Media & Publications (KMP) is the publishing arm of Kechara. With 10 talented people in the team (including admin staff etc), they have published 25 books, 4 box sets...
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I woke up this morning and guess what? Sengpiow made me vegetarian hot dogs American style! What a nice surprise! Yes the ‘meat’ is made from Vegetables!! It tastes...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (译文请往下阅读) My dear blog friends I am so glad you can join me here to read information I share with everyone. Blogging is not something I look forward to…but I blog as part of my practice, and to achieve a bigger goal I have in mind….whether I can achieve the goal or not...
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Under PETA's "Action Center", they have a video where Sir Paul McCartney (lead singer of The Beatles) speaks about why people should go vegetarian...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Thailand is an amazing place, where spirituality is still practiced by a large percentage of the population. This has resulted in an abundance of spiritual places...
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His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was a real living Buddha in so many ways. His death was a great loss to Gaden Shartse Monastery, Gaden, Sera Drepung, Gelug Lineage,...
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Gaden Monastery is split into two colleges, Shartse and Jangtse. This is done for administrative purposes and it takes places with all of the larger monasteries. For example, Drepung...
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In Chinese traditional medicine, there are some incredible sources of natural remedies for all kinds of ailments. One of these many interesting remedies believed to be able to cure...
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A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan on Friday, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns....
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About 6 months ago, Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) opened a soup kitchen-cum-office off Jalan Imbi. Having a soup kitchen in the heart of KL gave them a permanent place...
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Oprah and some members of her staff recently took on a challenge... to go vegan for one week...
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Many people live in link houses here in Malaysia, with a little yard in the front. When they open their autogate, their dogs can run out...
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Here is some research sponsored by Siemens, to measure the environmental performance of the 22 major cities in Asia. This study has graded the cities accordingly and placed them...
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Below is a video of a discussion between two religious teachers from two different religions… Jean Danielou (left) gave his opinion about vegetarianism from the Catholic Christian perspective. He...
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Below is a photograph of a 55ft (16.2 meter) snake found in China! So far, this is the only article about this incident that is available online. There aren’t...
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One of my heroes since the 80’s from when I was in Los Angeles is Mother Teresa. I saw a documentary film in LA on her in the cinema...
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KP staff releasing fish..beforehand doing Shantideva’s prayers… Fishes released!!! After releasing the fish, Kechara Paradise (KP) Dept staff, friends and family with KC Nicholas do dedication prayers…. It’s Tibetan...
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She has very quickly been branded "kitten killer" by the press. But this 21 year old said she didn't realize that she had killed the kitten, until she watched...
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Wow… I don’t really enjoy life by the sea, but a big lake is ok. In this case, I would make an exception. Look at this scene. Wow. I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I do not remember nor recall what I did or who I was in my previous lives. I was told I am a reincarnation of the...
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Fact: About 4 pigs are slaughtered every second in the USA. Fact: In Malaysia, the pig population numbers up to 1.8 million. What do these numbers indicate? It means...
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There is a special relationship that can be forged between man and dog, seen so many times in cases such as “Spot” in America, and “Hachiko” in Japan. I...
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Descriptions: Greenish color and semi-transparent 2-3mm in size Swims in water very fast Multiple legs (looks similar to the land tic except color/transparent bodies) Attaches themselves to tropical fish...
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Here is another one of those stories that opens your heart. Previously, it was Tara and Bella, the elephant and labrador who were fast friends. This is about a...
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The awareness of the importance of protecting life and the living environment has been increasing in recent times. However, people still continue to misuse their power, and have selfishly...
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A lot of people nowadays complain about not being able to sleep, blaming it on their stressful work place and having too much on their minds. But what people...
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Misconceptions are so easy to form but so difficult to get rid of. They can happen anywhere, any time, and to anyone, especially when people speak from lack of...
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The Republic of Seychelles is a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean. It is a paradise of spectacular nature, white beaches with crystal clear waters, and unusual flora and...
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Karl Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had money. But when he got rich, Karl discovered that he was unhappy, so he...
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I wrote on my blog if anyone has any information about how to make my outdoor fish pond clear as it is cloudy..and look, Shirley sends this to me....
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Whenever we think about the octopus, we don’t feel very threatened. We are fascinated by how exotic they are… by their flexibility and their intelligence. If we see them...
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Far in the interior of the Chinese mainland, the rugged mountainous countryside, thousands of kilometres south of Beijing is home to a Buddhist temple that has stood for almost...
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In June 2010, Wayne Giroux, a lawn mower shop owner, was in a car accident and was killed by a drunk driver. He had lived in Texas with his...
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Below are the photos and description of the two Vajra Yogini statues. Do take a look at the care and fine details KSA made on these statues… ( A)Vajra Yogini...
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In this episode of “The Haunted”, a family is terrorized by a malicious presence that wreaks havoc on the well-being of their animals. An unidentified creature is frightening them...
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Most people who are interested in paranormal activity know that young children are more prone to being able to see things that the adult eye cannot. As we grow...
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It’s great to want love, demand love, get love, expect love and just have it..but what do you do when you get it? Just relax, not do your part...
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We often speak about animal cruelty, but how universal is your love for animals in general? Would you go the extra mile to save these animals? Try looking beyond...
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In this 4-part documentary, a family moves into a new home. Little do they know, various horrors have taken place there. With no one to turn to, they call...
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Save Alice A.K.A. The Dog In The Box Targeting: Doug Eaves (County Manager) | Started by: Nina Ancharski On Saturday January 29, 2011, an animal advocate was in an...
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This is very disturbing on many many many levels, in so many ways it’s so wrong and so unnecessary… but please create awareness of this… please say something… Tsem...
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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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Mc on Feb 25, 2012 at 5:33 am
Now I cannot imagine life without this Rinpoche’s blog. Seng Piow, Justin and many others today provide this lifeline that keep so many ... Read More This is the most happening blog ever.. Read More "May the suffering of all sentient beings ripen upon me, and through my virtues may all beings attain happiness"- From 'Mind Training the Great Collection' translated by Thupten Jinpa. Thank ... Read More
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