Dear friends, Last week I went with a small group to visit some mountains and a waterfall around 1.5 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur. I love outdoors and nature. And I love the company of Kecharians. They are a bright, beautiful and very forgiving group of people. After the waterfalls, we went for a nice...
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Dear everyone, Vincent Cheng posted the following on my chat on the blog… Wow… some people like Vincent really post with great substance, honesty, meaning..and self realizations… I wanted to share this with everyone… I love what Vincent wrote… People are really posting interesting things on my blog chat daily more and more now…...
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Dear all, Japan is a country I have long admired since I was a child. I was able to visit Japan a few years back and stay for three weeks. I really enjoyed Japan so much. Everyone thought I was Japanese when I was there. Everyone spoke to me...
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The first time I saw this I was in my ladrang in Nepal. I laughed so hard I had stomach aches. It is so funny. I love the little doggie saying I wanna see you poop. Hehe. Funny.
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This is a powerful picture… and it is the source of strength because if we just follow it, we will be different… I like quotes that make us think deeper, fight our own mind and gives us strength that comes from within. A strength that comes from knowing we are our own authors of...
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Be a lamp unto Yourself As the Buddha was dying, Ananda asked … who would be their teacher after death? He replied to his disciple – “Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a...
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Today I went to buy gifts. Took Ethan, Bryan, Pastor Loh Seng Piow, Paris, Su Ming, Jean Mei, William and Karen together to help me. They drove, parked, help me to pack, bring it to the counter, load it up into the car and transport it back to my place… and they did it fast… They...
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Though we may have the collective karma to get something, physically if we do nothing much and watch our lives waste by comfortably, then the open window could close on us. Nothing is static. Nothing stays, so we have to always be ‘aggressive’, consistent and pro-active. ~Tsem Rinpoche Have you ever lost the chance...
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Dear blog friends, this is the total favorite song for me at the moment. I love Madonna..she has been my favorite for two decades now..watch the video and enjoy!!! Tsem Rinpoche This is from her concert. I love the two Japanese style dancers…very good. This is the video… Lyrics “Devil Wouldn’t Recognize...
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A few years back, when Kechara started to grow exponentially, I needed proper management from skilled and or dedicated individuals to get the organization to keep running smoothly.
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A wonderful person named Wendy Loh has decided to use her skills, accumulated from her years working within the film industry, to contribute what she can to Kechara Media & Publications... How wonderful.
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Dear everyone, CAN ANYONE GUESS WHO THIS IS???? This person in the picture tells me that he is a great athlete in school and his body is just as fit now as it was 17 years ago when this was taken…..I am like…ok ok ok..you are ‘fit’…You body doesn’t look like this at all...
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I found this article very interesting… take a read. Tsem Rinpoche The Marketplace of Ideas The Statue of Liberty stands as a proclamation of Western, secular freedom and dignity, welcoming all with the words of Emma Lazarus: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched...
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Very nice email from Ms Wendy Loh. I really appreciate this sharing. Thank you Wendy. Tsem Rinpoche Dear Rinpoche, Greetings! How are you? I hope that you are feeling great, happy and relaxed. :-)) I have taken the liberty to share with Rinpoche a picture that I saw on FB and I...
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‘Suffering’ for others becomes easy when we realize the ‘real’ us doesn’t even exist. ~Tsem Rinpoche
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Generally stupas are the physical representations of a Buddha’s mind. They come in 8 main shapes. Each shape is equal to the representation of Buddha’s mind. They can contain: Relics of Buddha Relics of High monks Relics of attained masters Sutras Mantras Multiple images of Buddhas such as statues/tsatsas/pictures/paintings/precious items Wealth vases Blessed items...
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Dear friends around the world, I found this beautiful picture that radiates warmth, love, spirituality and great gentle power. His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche to me was a living Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava. Everything he did was to benefit others. He spent his whole sacred life learning Dharma, practicing Dharma, accomplishing Dharma and disseminating Dharma....
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Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 1/24/2012 Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals. Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and...
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My parents were 100% against me to follow dharma, study dharma or do dharma in any way. They told me I have to get a real job, real career and make myself respectable. They told me if I did dharma or become a monk, they would lose face and disown me. I didn’t want...
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(中文请往下看) Dear friends, Many years ago I was in the car with one of my teachers. He told me I should write a book about my life story. I politely declined. I thought there is nothing much I would like to share about my life nor would it be of interest to anyone. He insisted. He talked for quite a while telling me that I may not be interested or find my life interesting, but others may. It would inspire others. I was flabbergasted thinking I CAN INSPIRE OTHERS???? I really from the depths of my heart never thought I can inspire othe...
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