By Yönten, on July 25th, 2014 Reverend Christina Yanko from the Toronto Buddhist Church was one of the officiants at the mass wedding which took place at World Pride in Toronto recently. I asked her for a bit of info about it and here’s what she told me… “I have attached 3 pictures. They...
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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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Black Manjushri is the wrathful healing form of Manjushri that helps us to heal our deep inner negative emotions and mental suffering that arise due to sickness or problems; it is also a powerful antidote against the harm and disturbances caused by negative astrological influences. Get started on the practice by clicking any of...
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Last Saturday night was exceptionally busy at Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK), with three different youth groups volunteering on the same night! We had the NRC11 (Team Najib Razak Club) led by Ashman Najib (son of the current Prime Minister of Malaysia), BN Youth Volunteer led by Akmal Saufi (son of the current Chief Minister of Southern...
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Posted in Celebrities & People, Current Affairs & News, Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK), 中文 | 133 Comments »
This is profound and the secrets to our success or failure. ~Tsem Rinpoche When the chips are down and some condemn so easily, it shows who they are. ~Tsem Rinpoche When projections are seen as sound coming from nowhere and dissipating to nowhere, we will progress. ~Tsem Rinpoche My projections is...
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March 14, 2014 By Heather L. Weaver, ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief Imagine if your child was ridiculed in front of his classmates for his religious beliefs until he was physically ill. Can’t believe it? Neither could we, and that’s why the ACLU and the ACLU of Louisiana sued the Sabine...
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Dear friends, This is a little interesting article and newspaper clipping I came across. I find it totally fascinating how sometimes Bigfoots are ‘confirmed’ to exist and other times ‘confirmed’ not to exist. Take a read. Let me know what you feel about the fluctuation in confirmations. Tsem Rinpoche October 20, 2011...
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By Bhavika June 30, 2014 During my childhood days I remember my mother storing water in a copper vessel and asking us to drink it after 7-8 hours, she would claim that water when stored in a copper vessel was extremely healthy for the mind and body. Now when I see these ancient customs...
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(UPDATED WITH VIDEO TRANSCRIPT). (By Tsem Rinpoche) I gave the initiation of Buddha Amitayus to a very ill young boy and group of people. I mentioned that day, those who are interested I will explain how to do the extremely short daily sadhana of Amitayus. I received some requests so last night I filmed...
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Being Rinpoche’s personal attendant means that I am able to witness real Dharma in action, both on and off the throne. I consider myself extremely fortunate, and at the same time it is also a great challenge to instil Dharma in my life 24/7. Over the years I have witnessed many cases of how Rinpoche helped many people in both worldly and supramundane ways, so I decided to have these stories told in comic form for the wider audience. It is my wish that through these stories many will be inspired to achieve the state of compassion and attai...
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Dear friends, I was so surprised when delivery came and dropped this off at my house fully framed, undamaged and in perfect condition. Can you imagine, painted, wrapped and sent from Malaysia to USA! Fantastic! It is an oil painting of Manjushri!! Also a very kind message came with this painting. I was told Wylfred planned...
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The primary reason why many people meditate is simply to enhance focus, calm their minds and eventually attain that higher awareness level and inner calm. It is possible to meditate anywhere and anytime because there is really no appropriate set time, ideal for meditation. However, not many people know exactly how to meditate. So,...
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Gratitude series (This will be ongoing, so check back for new posts) I will be posting up all that I am grateful for in my life. Though my life has been full of distress, challenges, disappointments, pain, fear, insecurities and a host of other karmically ripened circumstances since very young, many good things...
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