Paul Leroy Robeson (1898–1976) was a famous Hollywood actor, bass-baritone singer and stage performer who not only contributed to the entertainment industry, but also, as a political activist to the Civil Rights Movement and sociocultural movements around the world. Robeson was a well-educated man. He earned an athletic scholarship at Rutgers University and continued...
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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 Jakarta, Indonesia to work in one of the Big Four accounting firms. In 13 years, she earned her way to the position of Director in...
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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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(Powerful Qualities of Dorje Shugden in Memes) འཛམ་གླིང་གང་སར་བཞུགས་པའི་གྲོགས་པོ་རྣམས་པ་ཚོ། ཆོས་སྐྱོང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན་ནི་རྗེ་བཙུན་འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་སྤྲུལ་ཞིག་ཡིན།
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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 for his privileged background, but for using his immense talent and charisma to propagate Buddhism and benefit his fellow countrymen. Widely regarded as the “Michelangelo...
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche) Para siswa dan sahabat yang terkasih, Saya sebelumnya telah menulis blog tentang penjelasan dan doa lengkap mengenai dua emanasi Dorje Shugden, yaitu Trakze, wujud murka dan Gyenze, wujud peningkatan. Sejak saat itu, saya menerima banyak permohonan untuk berbagi ajaran mengenai wujud lain dari Dorje Shugden. Jadi, dengan penuh sukacita saya ingin...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) “The essence of Buddhism is timeless and universal, but the forms it takes always adapt according to context. The Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha is dedicated to communicating Buddhist truths in ways appropriate to the modern world.” ~Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha India is a beautiful country, and it is also the birthplace...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Since the pre-Buddhist Shamanistic era, Tsagan Evgen, also known as the White Old Man, is one of the most popular deities among the Mongolians. He is regarded as the master of heaven, land, rivers, and animals. The White Old Man is also believed to be the god who bestows fertility, and...
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche dan Valencia) Para pembaca yang budiman, Saya merasa terhormat mendapat kesempatan untuk menulis tentang Lama Tsongkhapa, salah satu guru dan filsuf Buddha terbesar sepanjang masa. Saya mengagumi dedikasinya yang tanpa pamrih untuk melestarikan dan menegakkan kemurnian ajaran Buddha. Melalui dedikasi ini, beliau mampu melenyapkan kebingungan dan pandangan salah yang menyebar luas...
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His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (1905-1984) was a highly attained master of the Gelug tradition and a disciple of His Holiness the 3rd Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981), junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. He was a renowned teacher, famous for his analytical mind and mastery in philosophical debate. He was also a well-known...
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Arya Nagarjuna was a famous Mahasiddha, Buddhist philosopher, and alchemist who was born 400 years after Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana. He is known for establishing the Middle Path (Madhyamaka) Buddhist tradition, making gold to fulfil the needs of the Sangha, and retrieving the Prajnaparamita Sutra from the Naga realm. Nagarjuna is considered the first of...
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Introduction The pursuit of spiritual perfection has fascinated mankind since the beginning of religious practice in the world. Over time, there have arisen many religions, philosophies and ways of life dedicated to finding the meaning of life and the nature of reality. Buddhism is one such religion that emphasises this pursuit. Within the...
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This photograph won the first prize in the China category of National Geographic’s 2017 photography contest. Though, it may just look like a photo of people sleeping on a fast moving train in China, it has deep significance...
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Jinul Puril Bojo Daesa was a Korean Buddhist monk best known for combining the teachings of various Korean Buddhist sects into a single school known as the Jogye Order...
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Thich Nhat Hanh is a courageous Vietnamese Buddhist monk, writer, poet, peace activist, scholar and teacher. Considered one of the most prominent Buddhist masters of our time...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David Lai) Ven. Dr. Walpola Rahula Maha Thera is widely acclaimed to have been one of the greatest luminaries amongst Sri Lankan scholars of the 20th century. He was a fully ordained monk of the Theravada tradition, an erudite scholar and author of a number of important books on...
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(Ten Counterproductive Behaviors of Well-Intentioned People) दोर्जे शुग्देन अझै पनि ठूलो विवादमा छन् र यदि कसैले मलाई एक क्षणको लागि पनि चिनेको छ भने
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(A Kind Woman) भोकको पीडालाई धेरैले साँचो अर्थमा वुबुझ्दैनन् अथवा महसुस गर्दैनन् ।। संसारभर रहेका भुस्याहा कुकुरहरुरूको (Street Dog) भोकको पीडालाई त झन् थोरैले मात्र महसुस गर्दछन् ।। केही विशेष व्यक्तिले मात्र यस्तो पीडाको पहिचान गर्न सक्दछन् र ज्ञानी देउला तिनै विशेष व्यक्तिहरुरू मध्ये एक हुनुहुन्थ्यो ।।
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A tale of Vairochana (aka Berotsana བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན་, bai ro tsa na) and Pang Mipham Gönpo (spang mi pham mgon po) After returning to Tibet, the learned pandit Vairochana was eventually sent into exile to East Tibet; there he taught Yudra Nyingpo, Sangtön Yeshe Lama and the old man Mipham Gönpo before the Buddhist Tibetan King Trisong Detsen summoned him back to Lhasa. Vairochana was a great translator and contemporary of Guru Padmasambhava. Pang Mipham Gönpo became a student of Vairochana when he was already eighty (80) years old. Although 80 years ...
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Dear friends around the world, I recently came across reports of this wonderful, compassionate and altruistic lady from Malaysia who has been carrying out great deeds for decades. I am always inspired by such exceptional people who live their lives for the benefit of others and so my students have put together a compendium...
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