13 Delicious Reads from Kechara Media & Publications
As most of you all know by now, Kechara Media & Publications is the publishing arm of the Kechara Organization. Kechara Media & Publications is also affectionately known as...
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As most of you all know by now, Kechara Media & Publications is the publishing arm of the Kechara Organization. Kechara Media & Publications is also affectionately known as...
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My World According to David.....YOU CAN READ DAVID'S CONCLUSIONS ON MY LIKES....I SAW THIS IN HIS BLOGSITE. I MUST SAY HE IS PRETTY ACCURATE, Tsem Rinpoche
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I really like Krishnamurti. I use to read his books back in Gaden Monastery on my free time. I read him voraciously. It makes sense, it speaks to your...
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“On our last morning in Howell, we had a surprise interview with Dawn Giordano Garofalo, who was Rinpoche’s classmate. She was very sweet and warm, even though it was...
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Monks doing Puja & cremate earthquake victims in Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China The 2010 Yushu earthquake struck on April 14, 2010, and registered a magnitude of 6.9, killing...
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My Dearest Lama, On this auspicious day (your birthday 24 October 2010), Betsy and I would like to offer you the first ever Indonesian – English Lama Tsongkhapa site. Please...
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A birthday gift from the President of Kechara House Datuk May Phng to me on my birthday today. How thoughtful and sweet. Thanks. Tsem Rinpoche
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My thoughts: Andrew went the extra mile and overcame his fear of heights to get these picturs as close angle. He went up on the crane to get...
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A mini celebration was help for our respected Kechara President Datuk May Phng. Her family & some friends celebrated her birthday at the Ladrang and Kechara Care. Very nice. It was...
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Dear Helen, Thank you for your gift. The little figurine you sent holding a dog looks like me. I like it. It reminds me of myself holding my mumu....
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Sometimes I wonder if people would understand the Dharma as many choose to be stuck in their projections. But then I think again, if I don’t try, what kind of person am...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Heart Sutra Body is nothing more than emptiness, emptiness is nothing more than body. The body is exactly empty, and emptiness is exactly body. The...
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“If one’s thoughts towards spirituality were of the same intensity as those towards love, one would become a Buddha in this very body, in this very life.” -From the...
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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. ~ Mother Teresa
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something...
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Six Thoughts Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try...
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“The world around you is a reflection of your reaction to the world around you.” – Dalai Lama.”
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) May I be a guard for those who are protectorless A guide for those who journey on the road; For those who wish to go across...
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Fantastic! Such a successful intelligent athlete and champion he turned out to be. Do take his advice…his body performed the best on what diet?? Take a looksie…. 9-Gold Medal...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A card and hard disc from Sean Wang…read below to know why..great ideas. Last week whilst giving a dharma talk, I mentioned about how mantras and...
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Leong Li li has kindly offered 108 copies KMP’s latest published book! 108 ways to grab my Apples! It’s of 108 tweets of my teachings that my students compiled...
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Dear everyone, Do take your time and watch this video. It has a very strong and clear message. Pass this video around. Make sure as many people as possible...
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Introduction Namgyalma (Tibetan: rnam rgyal ma; རྣམ་རྒྱལ་མ།), also known as ‘Ushnisha Vijaya‘ in Sanskrit, is one of the three Long Life deities commonly practiced within the Gaden Nyengyu tradition. She is a special emanation of the Supreme Healer Vairocana. Engaging in Namgyalma’...
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Introduction Tara (Tib: rje btsun sgrol ma; རྗེ་བཙུན་སྒྲོལ་མ།) is known by many names, amongst them the “Savioress” and the “Mother of Liberation”. She is a universal mother who nurtures and protects all sentient beings, making her the most beloved and popular goddess within ...
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Introduction Manjushri (Tib: ‘jam dpal dbyangs; འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས།) is the Buddha of Wisdom and revered as the patron of the sciences and arts. Centuries after people first heard of his holy name, Manjushri remains a deity beloved by Buddhists of all traditions. Today, his practice has spread thro...
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Introduction Vajrasattva (Tib: rdo rje sems dpa’; རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ) is a male meditational deity within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who symbolizes the inherent purity of all the Buddhas. Vajrasattva is widely practiced to purify one’s negative actions. Combined with application of the Four ...
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Introduction Shakyamuni (Tib: rgyal ba shAkya thub pa; རྒྱལ་བ་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།), the founder of Buddhism, is popularly known as the historical Buddha of this aeon and the compassionate one who turned the Wheel of Dharma in this fortunate time. Benefits Removes obstacles and hindrances Purifies neg...
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Introduction Shakyamuni (Tib: rgyal ba shAkya thub pa; རྒྱལ་བ་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།), the founder of Buddhism, is popularly known as the historical Buddha of this aeon and the compassionate one who turned the Wheel of Dharma in this fortunate time. Benefits Removes obstacles and hindrances Purifies neg...
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Introduction Vajrapani (Tib: phyag-na rDo-rje; ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།) is the physical representation of the power of all the Buddhas and is practiced in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He represents the energy of the enlightened mind, which is the energy to break through the deluded mind, and his mantra i...
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Introduction Vajrapani (Tib: phyag-na rDo-rje; ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།) is the physical representation of the power of all the Buddhas and is practiced in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He represents the energy of the enlightened mind, which is the energy to break through the deluded mind, and his mantra i...
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Born with The Mirror of the War God as your birth Mewa, you have a very strong instinct for self-preservation and as such may be seen as selfish by...
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Born with The Mirror of the King as your birth Mewa, you have the innate qualities of a leader. You have a very strong drive in life, have high...
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Born with The Mirror of Nagas as your birth Mewa, you are a conventional character and are very obedient to your parents and elders. You have good common sense...
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Born with The Mirror of Ocean Medicine as your birth Mewa, you are sociable, talkative, optimistic and independent. You have a very positive and ambitious mind, but can be...
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Born with The Mirror of the Mountain Spirit as your birth Mewa, you are quick minded and attentive to detail. You are optimistic in your outlook but have manipulative...
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Born with The Mirror of the Country God as your birth Mewa, you usually have a mild appearance but your true strength lies inside. You have a strong mind,...
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Born with The Mirror of Prosperity as your birth Mewa, you are typically sensitive and emotional but also an extrovert. You often have a very good life but place...
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Born with The Mirror of Medicine as your birth Mewa, you are generally pessimistic in your outlook on life. You may appear to be very open and friendly, but...
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Born with The Mirror of Dreams as your birth Mewa, you have a pleasant character and are generally not an angry person. You have a lot of love and...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This is my sweet friend Anila Thupten Chonyid in Howell, New Jersey, USA. She has been a nun for over two decades. She use to attend...
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Such and Immaculate incarnation of Lokeshvara, Physical, tangible, humble and yet exalted, How fortunate that we live in the same world as He. In this life, and all lives,...
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Introduction Chenrezig (Tib: spyan ras gzigs; སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས།) or Avalokiteshvara (Skt), is the Buddha of Compassion. Possibly the most famous and well-loved deity across all schools of Buddhism, Chenrezig manifested in various forms to benefit sentient beings. For example, within the Mahayana school...
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I’ve never really taken the 8 glasses a day seriously. I only drink when I am thirsty. This new information is very interesting. Take a read. Tsem Rinpoche ...
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Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth’s natural resources have become so critical that, on current trends, we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, the...
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This picture was taken last night (Oct 11, 2010) by Monlam. It’s my two dogs Mumu (left) and Oser. My doors all are made with special entrances for them to...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Friends, Our New Kechara Gompa (Hall) will have three images. Centre and main piece will be Lord Tsongkapa (12ft). The left side Vajra Yogini(8ft) and...
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Dear Nicholas, Thank you for sharing this. I decided to share it with everyone. Very interesting. Thank you. Tsem Rinpoche Dear Rinpoche, I hope you are well....
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Kechara is doing a book and creating a movie on my life story. Actually I’m not anyone special, but my teacher in the past around 8 years back (2002)...
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Here are a series of pictures/text messages I received. I decided to post it here and it tells a nice story of how Holy Lama Tsongkapa has arrived at...
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From Thierry , update from Melaka. Now centre has two floors. Rgds ngeow) (We have a Kechara Melaka Study Group now and the premises is expanding….they are like the...
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I have established Dharma houses where a group of students will rent a house together and have their own rooms. The reason is to boost support and care for...
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I am as big as a house already and my lovely students still get me more cakes/pastries….they are like Rinpoche “You have to watch your health” and then they...
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Ms. Jean Mei and Mr. Wee Liang are two young ppl who work for the various depts to the best of their abilities… and the other day they surprised...
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These are offerings from Beatrice Lau, whose Aunt passed away and I did prayers for the Aunt. I have kept the picture of the Aunt on my shrine for...
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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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Excelent teachings! We have misconceptions - transform over night, such afflictive bhava.... we hide, come out, then not happy and hide again... you got do the home work if you ... Read More Dear Rinpoche I was immediately drawn to this photo of H.H.Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. It seems to me to capture all the Wisdom of the Ancients.I had the great good fortune ... Read More I think Your Eminence is too humble, for me you are a very powerful Lama indeed. Read More
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