Dog Funerals Held By Kechara
In Tibetan, a puja house is called Shabten Khang. "Shabten" means "puja" and "khang" means "house". So a "Shabten Khang" or Puja House is a house or place where...
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In Tibetan, a puja house is called Shabten Khang. "Shabten" means "puja" and "khang" means "house". So a "Shabten Khang" or Puja House is a house or place where...
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Yesterday, I received a message from one of Kechara's full-time staff, Frederick Law. In his message, he shared that the blog corner at Kechara House (our gompa in the...
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(译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche, Pastor David and Pastor Adeline) On 6 December 2015, Pastor David Lai gave a Dharma talk and workshop on the topic “Mandala Offerings & Dharma Attitude” in Kechara House. A total of 71 people attended the talk and listened very attentively as Pastor David...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Abby) 克切拉禅修林首个中文佛法讲座——《不知死,焉知生?》终于在2015年11月14日的下午五时圆满结束!
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Admin) 7 November 2015 was an important day in the history of Kechara. This day marked the first of a series of Dharma talks by...
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Dear students and friends, In June 2015, I blogged about the Wealth Box project that we were planning to do in Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR). Now fast forward a...
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Four years ago, we had our first pastorship ordination ceremony in Kechara House which is our gompa (main prayer hall) in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. At that...
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When Kechara Blooms officially launched in 19 March 2011, they never expected to end up on the Top 12 Florists In Malaysia list! Over the past 4 years, the...
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I’d like to share the above image with my students and friends… not to make fun of the floral design created in 2011, but to show to everyone how...
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(译文请往下阅读) Dear friends, I have some interesting things to share with you for some of the special spiritual features of Kechara Forest Retreat. The vegetables grown on Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR) land will be very blessed now and in the future. Dorje Shugden took full trance and blessed the whole of...
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About one hour away from our capital city which is Kuala Lumpur, we have our beautiful Kechara Forest Retreat which is located in the town of Bentong, Pahang. You...
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Having to work in urban societies – in the city, among buildings, traffic, people, parking, congestion, smoke and smog really takes a toll on one’s body and mind. Sometimes...
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An expression of your Compassion: A teaching by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche Tsem Rinpoche gave a really lovely teaching to a few of us yesterday about the significance of doing...
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On June 14, 2015 Kechara marked another milestone with the opening of Kechara House Penang. Located in the northern island state of Penang, the opening of Kechara House Penang...
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This post was submitted by Kechara House, which is our temple (gompa) department. From the state of an exalted, white virtuous mind,I and all mother sentient beings,...
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This is what was happening in one day in Kechara. I thought it would be interesting to share the updates and pictures. Our members are indeed very busy with...
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I recently received wonderful news that one of our departments, Kechara Blooms, was nominated as one of the top twelve florists in Malaysia! Kechara Blooms was established in 2011...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear students and friends, Many years ago, I spoke briefly about Wealth Vases and Wealth Boxes (Wealth Cabinets or Yangkham), and at that time I mentioned...
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I enjoy receiving updates on the various Dharma activities that takes place in the different Kechara departments and study groups. Recently, I received news on our study group in...
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When H.E. Tsem Rinpoche first arrived in Malaysia, it was very difficult to find beautiful spiritual objects of high quality. At the time, there were very few places online...
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Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR) is inspired from the vision to create an authentic holistic lifestyle center where modern day spiritual aspirants can go for a get away from the...
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(译文请往下阅读) Antoinette with Tsem Rinpoche in front of the Vajrayogini stupa in Kechara Forest Retreat (Posted by Pastor Seng Piow) Pastor Antoinette Kass first came to Malaysia all the way from half a globe away – Luxembourg to meet His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche in 2011, after getting know and le...
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(by admin) Kechara Forest Retreat open for visit Once a month for all to come and relax Beautiful Bentong now has better development opportunities as many religious and...
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Apr 1, 2010 Our Kechara House’s signboard… (By Tsem Rinpoche) Last night Kechara House was having a wonderful Dzambala Puja where 100,000 mantras were recited. Many people have learned...
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Ever since Kechara Indonesia (Yayasan Kechara Indonesia) was established in Jakarta by Valentina, I have been getting constant updates regarding their activities… and with each passing activity, their outreach...
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Starting your first retreat at home can be a little daunting. Yes, you’ve read the instructions. Yes, you’ve seen the altar set-up done at the temple. But what...
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Ever felt like you needed a break? All that you hear is the nagging from your mother (in-law), nagging from your boss, nagging from your spouse. All....
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The pastorship role was conceptualized by His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche to preserve the Dharma and to give laypeople an opportunity to commit to benefiting others. The first Buddhist Pastors...
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Dear friends, Recently, I received yet another wonderful update from Valentina. I was informed that Yayasan Kechara Indonesia (YKI) received an award by the West Jakarta Mayor! YKI was...
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The Kechara KPMG Park carved in stone. Throughout this year, I have continuously received wonderful news from Valentina about Kechara Indonesia. One of them was that Kechara Indonesia,...
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Yesterday, Kechara won 2 awards at the Iskandar Malaysia Social Hero Awards (IMSHA) 2014! According to the award board, IMSHA is a "premier community award to publicly thank unsung...
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Dharma Work & TDL (译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche) Please take a look at this above video I did today for you. I hope it will bring you more light….. Dear friends, Today I was at the beach in East Coast of Malaysia and decided to share how I arrived at Thubten Dhargye Ling Dharma Centr...
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Aug 5, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Kechara House is engaging in another Setrap retreat, this time to clear obstacles for the smooth manifestation of Kechara World Peace Centre or...
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After many house-hunting retreats, and part of the team making a trip to Los Angeles just to meet with realtors and view prospective homes, and countless moves from house...
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Wesak Day 2014-Today 40 children are having a Buddhist Baptism in Kechara. Their parents and relatives also join in this auspicious event so over 130 persons have gathered for...
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The picture above was Kechara Forest Retreat in the early days when we first found the retreat land. It was tough then, the land was inconsistent and muddy, there...
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Community Vows I vow to view my fellow sangha as the disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni and Je Tsongkhapa and their retinue worthy of enlightened potential and respect. I vow to...
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Henry initiated a monthly quiz to enhance their knowledge so it will be easier for them to speak and share about Kechara and the Dharma with others.
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People are affected by the way they were raised, the examples their guardians gave them, the environment, schools they attended, friends they were close to, peer pressures...
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I received a wonderful e-mail update from one of my students in Indonesia, Valentina, whom is currently running the Indonesian branch of Kechara single-handedly.
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Dukkar or Sitatapatra is regarded as a female counterpart to Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
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The Kechara Forest Retreat was conceptualised by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche as the heart of the Kechara organisation. It will be a place away from the hustle and bustle...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I was on the blog chat a last Friday and read about the Lamrim class taught by Pastor Susan happening in the Gompa. I was very...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Taking trance is nothing new and not just in the east. In the West (Greece) the Delphi Oracle was famous for it's accurate prophecies of the...
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Last Saturday, 19/10/2013, marked as a very auspicious day for Kechara. It was Kechara's 3rd Pastor Ordination Ceremony, and 6 Kecharians were officiated as Pastors! The 6 Kecharians who...
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On 1st October 2013, Kechara opened its doors for clients in Dataran Pahlawan Megamall's food court known as 'Food Paradise'!...
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24th of October marks the day when our beloved Guru, H.E. Tsem Rinpoche, was born 48 years ago in Taiwan. After much hardships and the many challenges that...
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This is a touching story. This is something private and intimate, but I wanted to share this because it will benefit the readers. This is my purpose. To benefit...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Pujas (prayer sessions / offerings) have a lot of significance… It is not just a prayer that we make when we need help with something or...
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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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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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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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In October 2008, I led a group of 61 pilgrims to Nepal to visit the holy power places in Kathmandu valley. During the pilgrimage, I gave many Dharma talks...
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In Buddhist tradition, it is extremely meritorious to make offerings to the Sangha, as it is the Sangha that compassionately give us the Dharma that help us in our...
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Anywhere during traffic hour within the capital city of Kuala Lumpur or the surrounding suburbs (PJ, Sri Hartamas, TTDI, SS2, Kelana Jaya, Subang, Bangsar, Damansara, Bandar Utama, etc) can...
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In celebration of the blog’s 3rd Anniversary we would like to introduce an exciting competition for YOU to win an 8” Manjushri statue from Tsem Rinpoche’s private collection.
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The Medicine Buddha (or known as Menlha in Tibetan) is extremely powerful for healing and blessing all beings throughout the area.
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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 Kind and Compassionate Tsem Tulku Rinpoche,
From the depth of my heart, & for the first time in many years i have not in such a long time felt ... Read More We took some time to discuss the book, The Promise by Rinpoche (you can get the book from here http://vajrasecrets.com/the-promise-a-tsem-tulku-biography.html) a few weeks ago. Initially most of us were not ... Read More
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The Tsem Tulku Rinpoche dharma Dvd's he sent me a few years back that did not work on any of my devices now DO work on my ... Read More
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