(By Tsem Rinpoche) I have mentioned several times before that learning about the lives of Great Masters in Buddhism is an incredibly important part of our spiritual progress. Take for example if you would like to be or have great interest in a particular politician, singer or a writer… would it not be natural...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I was on the blog chat and several other persons also joined me to my delight. I started asking various persons about the different enlightened aspects of Tsongkapa, His practice, benefits and trivia related to Him. I thought I would reproduce the chat here and you can learn a lot...
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I have extracted all the write ups, information, pictures, paintings from Mr.Ori Carino's website. I did this is because I would like more people to know of this wonderful 29 year old visionary artist in New York City...
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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 the Kechara Kuantan Study Group’s place. This small group is steadily growing and is a close affiliate of Kechara in KL. They have a wonderful dharma...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear sincere dharma students around the world and friends, After the great master, meditator, teacher, logician, yogi, siddha and erudite scholar Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was ‘eliminated’ by the government of the 5th Dalai Lama over three hundred years ago in Tibet, his reincarnation line was banned. That does not mean he...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This is Tsongkapa manifesting as semi-wrathful Mahasiddha on a tiger to his disciple Kedrup Rinpoche in the bottom right corner. This thangka belongs to a series of 5 special visions of Tsongkapa where he appeared to Kedrup Rinpoche in five mystical forms. One should find and read that account as it’s...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A few weeks ago…a beautiful event…another sacred Tsongkapa statue was invited to a home for blessings and worship. Dear Rinpoche, We are now at Kwok Wai’s dad hse to invite his Tsongkhapa. There are many of us here: Henry, Chia, Albert, me n Mitra from outlet. Paul, Pat, Becky, Louise n...
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Wonderful Rime (non-sectarian) images of the Enlightened Beings for you to download and print in high-resolution for absolutely free! I realise that it can sometimes be difficult to find good quality, iconographically correct images of the various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, especially in places where Dharma is not strong, or in remote areas. Therefore, I...
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Recently I was going through the Himalayan Art Resources website when I stumbled across their Dorje Shugden section featuring art from all traditions and schools of Buddhism...
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The building of this huge statue of Lord Tsongkapa has been completed as of January 2016, with Lord Tsongkhapa adorned in gold. Please see the pictures below. A Short Biography of Tsongkhapa Alexander Berzin, August 2003, partly based on a discourse by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey Dharamsala, India The biography of a great lama...
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Dear most meritorious friends around the world, This is totally wonderful. A priceless treasure. Nothing can be more precious than listening to the supreme path to enlightenment from a enlightened master. In this incredible video with very clear translations by Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche you will be blessed with incredible dharma nectar. One of the...
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Afternoon sky at Kechara Forest Retreat after the rain For those who seek true spirituality, The reason we find a teacher or spiritual mentor, join a dharma centre or study dharma is solely to incorporate the methods of Lord Buddha’s teachings into our mind streams. We do so by applying the dharma and the results gained will definitely benefit...
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Lama Tsongkhapa is the founder of the Gelug lineage in Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1357 in the Tsongkha valley of Amdo province in northeast Tibet.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I wanted to share this quick picture with everyone. The 12ft Tsongkapa (Je Tse-Zinma) has arrived to our new Kechara Gompa (Prayer Hall)! This form of Tsongkapa creates long life, harmony, stability, wisdom and great merits. The image is being assembled in our new Gompa RIGHT NOW. The Gompa which is...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I will be glad to mail out a poster of Tsongkapa to anyone who wishes. I will send by normal mail. If you are interested to receive it...this is what you have to do...
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Dear special friends around the world, I am most happy to bring you this blog post about His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama. Although I have never had the great merits and honor to meet Panchen Lama, from a young age, I’ve had tremendous spontaneous faith in him. Since young I would keep a...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Rinpoche with all the different mantras and yidams it is sometimes difficult for me to choose a steady practice, being that I do not have access to a lama directly. So my question is; what mantra should be my main mantra for someone who wishes to learn and eventually teach...
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Tsongkhapa Books (by Kechara Media & Publications) Life Story of Lama Tsongkhapa Never before has the epic tale of Lama Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism been told through the medium of comic. This 195-page comic book brings to life with unparalleled vibrancy the miracle birth, adventures undertaken by...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava is practiced within the Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug schools. More prominently in Sakya and held as a supreme golden tantra within the Gelugs. Je Tsongkapa himself as well as the 7th Dalai Lama and many other scholars have written numerous commentaries on the rites, rituals, meditations,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) People have asked me thousands of times what practice should they do daily. They are busy, pressured for time and have heavy commitments. I understand. I sympathize that with so little time, they are sincere enough to connect with something higher daily. Perhaps for sanity’s sake or perhaps from realizations that...
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