The Largest Buddha Shakyamuni in Russia | 俄罗斯最大的释迦牟尼佛画像
This is the largest image of Buddha Shakyamuni that can be found in Russia. It is located in Buryatia, one of the Buddhist republics of the Russian Federation. The...
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This is the largest image of Buddha Shakyamuni that can be found in Russia. It is located in Buryatia, one of the Buddhist republics of the Russian Federation. The...
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Buddhist nuns, otherwise known as bhikkhuni (Pali) or bhiksuni (Sanskrit) are fully ordained female Buddhist monastics. In Thailand, these nuns endure a lot of hardships. From arson and threats...
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(译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche) Some people think if they trust Trijang Rinpoche they are against H.H. Dalai Lama. Some people think if they have faith in H.H. Dalai Lama which they should, they cannot accept Trijang Rinpoche. That is wrong view. Certainly H.H. Dalai Lama is a high incarnation, highly ...
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Today, May 26, we had the honour of being informed by a Kecharian member, James Won, that he’s inviting over some Sangha from Sri Lanka. Kecharians of course,...
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Dear friends around the world, I wish to share with you on the amazing Drupon Khen Rinpoche and his effort in spreading Lord Buddha’s teachings in Africa. Africa is...
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Dear friends around the world, I am extremely honoured to be given the opportunity to write about the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden on H.E. Tsem Rinpoche’s blog. Even in...
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根据伟大的蒙古学者洛桑谭丁所著的《Origins of Dharma in the Hor Regions》(中译名:霍尔地区的佛法起源),佛教分别以三波的方式进入霍尔地区(西藏康区北部)。
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(詹杜固仁波切撰写)致世界各地的朋友:我想跟大家分享一个关于一位强大护法神——梅塔(མེ་ཐར་)的故事,以及他如何崛起成为一位佛教护法神、如何成为多杰雄登护法坛城的其中一员。
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Todai-ji Temple, also known as the Great Eastern Temple, is an ancient Japanese Buddhist temple located in the city of Nara, Japan. This historic temple was unveiled in 752...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The lost city of Kota Gelanggi is an ancient archaeological site located in the deep, dense tropical jungle of Johor state, Malaysia. It is speculated to...
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Recently, several mushrooms were found sprouting in the private garden of H.E. Tsem Rinpoche in Kechara Forest Retreat. Phenomena like these are considered to be highly auspicious and they...
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The Rinjung Lhantab is a voluminous collection of tantric deity sadhanas (spiritual practices) that was compiled and edited by Palden Tenpai Nyima, the 7th Panchen Lama...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, I wanted to share with all of you the story of the very potent Methar and how he arose as a...
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(译文请往下阅读) Brief Introduction About Manjushri Manjushri, whose name means ‘Gentle Glory’ or ‘Sweet Splendor’ in Sanskrit; ‘Wen Shu Shi Li’ (文殊师利)in Chinese; ‘Monju Bosatsu’ in Japanese; ‘Moosoo Posal’ in Korean; ‘Jampel-yang’ in Tibetan) is one of the most important Bodhisattvas in the Mahayana and V...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) We respect and admire His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso for his constant effort to spread the Dharma and benefit millions of people. However,...
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Suvarnạdvīpa Guru, according to his biography, used to clean out his own room. The source of this practice is a sūtra that says: “The Bodhisattvas sit cross-legged in clean...
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Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung is a renowned monastery located in the Monywa Town, Sagaing Region of Myanmar (Burma). The iconic feature of the monastery is the second tallest standing...
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It says in the 50 Verses of Guru Devotion that Vajradhara has stated very clearly for any of our practices to bear fruit or to fruition, we must...
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About four years ago, Joel Brown, the founder of Addicted2Success.com, an Australian entrepreneur, speaker and author visited Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, Malaysia. He was very much inspired by...
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Finally, a courageous Tibetan lama takes on an extremely difficult subject matter that has damaged the integrity of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide and injects wisdom and logic into this thorny...
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Angry spirits, triggering karma, and what takes you to a rebirth in the lower realms are just some of the topics covered in yet another intelligent, intriguing, and highly...
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Dear friends around the world, I came across this wonderful quote and decided to give a short explanation on it. I hope it brings some clarity to our minds...
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Are you suffering from nightmares and disturbed sleep? According to H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, psychic attacks are more frequent at night from negative supernatural entities and people are more...
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When technology advances, more people will lose interest in spirituality. This is because people look for instant gratification and superficial compliments; they don’t want to put in the effort to transform and become a better person, a process that will bring them longer-lasting happiness. In this ...
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What were we taught and conditioned by our culture and society? How is it totally different in the monastic world? As we gain a deeper understanding of the preconceived ideas and conditions of our culture and society, we are able to see clearly the source of most of our problems. With this new-found...
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Tantra is an advanced practice and a quick path to reach enlightenment. What many of us fail to realise is that before we can become a suitable vessel to...
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For many who are not familiar with Tibetan Buddhism, a common question they have relates to the practice of Dharmapalas or Dharma protectors. Dharma protectors are beings who support...
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During the Buddha’s time, Lord Buddha and the sangha members went for alms to collect food and offerings from the lay people. This practice is still very much alive...
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In this video, H.E. Tsem Rinpoche explains why rain dance no longer works with the advancement of modern technology. Instead of respecting nature as practised by many groups of...
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In Buddhism, Buddha Shakyamuni taught on the existence of karma and life after death. We know that after death we will be reborn again – into a different state,...
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Dear friends from around the world, I was lying down with a migraine and a realisation came to me about myself, my childhood, my view of events in my...
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It’s important to understand what our religious directions are and what we should expect if we accept a religion. Without being judgmental, His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche expresses how he...
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Dear friends around the world, Special guest speakers Dr. Phang Cheng Kar, International Healer Anne Jones, and Brahmacharini Nishita Chaitanya of Chinmaya Seva Ashram-Hong Kong have taken time from their busy schedule to speak so beautifully and lucidly in this video where they share their wisdom, ...
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Valentina graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administrations and a minor in Speech Communication from the University of Washington in 2002. After her graduation, Valentina returned to...
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I would like to share with you the practice of a very rare and powerful Buddha that you can incorporate into your daily purification practices. While I was looking...
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尊木采寺位于尊木采村,那是一个跟好一些西藏最重要的历史人物有着密切关系的地方。该地区位于西藏拉萨的达孜(སྟག་རྩེ་ཆུས་)县。藏语中“尊木”意为“公主”,而“采”则意为“寻找”。所以在藏语中,“尊木采”意味着公主找到的地方。
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Lamrim literally means ‘Stages of the Path’ and refers to a systematic presentation of the entire corpus of the Buddha’s teachings, ranging from renunciation all the way up to...
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Dafo Temple (大佛寺) in Zhangye city (张掖) is an ancient Buddhist temple located about 600 kilometres (around 372 miles) west of Gansu’s (甘肃) provincial capital of Lanzhou (兰州), China. The name of the temple came from its main Buddha statue which is the biggest indoor reclining Buddha in all of China. T...
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is considered the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and therefore he is an enlightened being. The mindstream of an enlightened being remains the same...
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为了度化众生,觉者将顺应处在不同时代和地点的众生的需要而化现相应之相。觉者能这么做,是出于他们的大悲心,同时也显示出他们的无边法力。
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Hello everyone, Tsem Rinpoche was on Facebook live-stream twice again today (19th March 2019). This time Tsem Rinpoche shared with everyone a simple yet extremely powerful method to protect...
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In Buddhism, one of the things we learn is that things are not what they seem, and all too often we impose our ordinary and mundane perspectives onto certain...
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The following account of Atisha and Dromtoenpa was taken from Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche’s Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand. Atiśha furthered the doctrine in the Upper Ngari area,...
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After graduating as a journalist major from New Era University College in November 2010, Abby Foo had plans to leave for Taiwan in September 2011 to pursue a Bachelor’s...
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Recently His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche had a series of conversations with a ‘supposed’ follower of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Twitter. When we look at...
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Dear friends around the world, I stumbled upon this website that features a Wat (Buddhist temple) called Wat Koh Wanararm located in Langkawi, Malaysia. It’s very beautiful and traditional....
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I have been a student of His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche for over 15 years. Through the years, I have witnessed Rinpoche’s compassion and the unconventional methods he...
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Disclaimer: The information and views provided in the article below are for educational purposes only. Please note that H.E. Tsem Rinpoche does not advocate the harming or killing of any being. Who Are the Icchantikas? There is a class of beings who are said to be beyond all redemption, losing forev...
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Here is a short yet extremely profound meditation on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen, the previous life of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. As many of you will already know, Dorje...
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The divine and enlightened beings can manifest in whatever form suits the needs of the people of that time and place in order to help them. They are truly...
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Over 20 years ago, I had this 5-foot Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara made. It was made in Delhi and escorted to Tsem Ladrang in Gaden Shartse Monastery, South India. Then my students and...
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The journey to the heavens might be a spiritual one but it often materialises a physical aspect, too. It is perhaps this aspiration to reach the world above that...
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Hoichi the Earless One is a well known Japanese folktale character who lived during the feudal era. This story comes from Kwaidan, a collection of classic Japanese ghost stories...
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The great statue of Amitabha Buddha gazes affectionately down at the world from the top of Mount Fansipan, the infamous “Roof of Indochina”, at an astonishing height of 3,143...
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Tibetan Buddhism is known for producing masters of the highest calibre and one of the most famous of our recent past is my root Guru, His Holiness Kyabje Zong...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Zanabazar (1635-1723) was the first high saint (Ondor Gegeen) of Mongolia. Although he was born to an aristocratic Khalkha Mongol family, Zanabazar is remembered today not...
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(How to Purify Your Karma in Kechara Forest Retreat) मेरा विद्यार्थीहरुमध्ये एक, केन्ट कोक, मुटुको रोगका कारण अस्वस्थ छन् ।
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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
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~ 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
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"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
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~ William Shakespeare
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~ Maya Angelou
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Hi Rinpoche since reading your blog and watching your teachings mushrooms have been sprouting all over the garden. I even sowed some carrot seeds and a littile mushroom popped up ... Read More Thank You for all you have done Rinpoche, without having the karma to come across your videos on YouTube, I wouldn't have able to know more about Buddhism and such ... Read More Dear Rinpoche, Ever since you posted the article about Dharma in Africa, I’ve wondered if there were people who knew of it there. I happened to stumble across this clip ... Read More
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