Every day we receive more and more news about the benefits of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, and about the negative impact of meat in the diet. Here is another such instance when research and science support the fact that going vegan has a tremendous positive impact on health. Whatever your reasons are for...
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(译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche) Oct 28, 2012 The best anyone can do if not enlightenment for now, is to gain mastery over taking rebirth coupled with developing Three Principle Paths. Where you want to take rebirth can be determined by yourself if you practice the sacred Vajra Yogini Tantra thoroughly. Start now before you are awarded the Vajra Yogini empowerment by: Holding vows and commitments Be honourable and have integrity Whatever work or practices you’ve been assigned, do it diligently and happily Develop contemplations on the good qualitie...
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Animal cruelty is an ongoing issue which deeply bothers most animal lovers around the world. It is a growing phenomena but most of us prefer not to pay attention to it because it is painful to see yet involves too much effort to change. Animal lovers can be categorized into two main groups –...
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Dear friends around the world, The celebration of Halloween is a growing trend around the world, especially due to the influence of popular American culture. Even though most consider it to be a secular festival, its origins are thousands of years old. Stemming from the ancient Celtic practices of Europe, over the centuries it...
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Dear friends, This news is indeed interesting because China is the world’s largest economy officially now and the U.S. is second according to this report. The PPP measure of output makes India the third largest economy, followed by Japan in fourth and Germany in fifth. Russia, Brazil, France, Indonesia and the UK make up...
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Mount Wutai, better known as Wutaishan or Five Peaked Mountain, is a sacred Buddhist mountain located in Shanxi Province, China. Mount Wutai is identified by its five flat-topped peaks which are strongly believed to be the earthly abodes of Lord Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. Each peak is inhabited by a different form of Manjushri. On the south peak resides the white form of Manjushri called Jvanasattva(智慧文殊菩萨). On the peak itself, there is a temple called Puji Temple (普济寺) where they house the Jvanasattva statue. On the West Peak there is Fa...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I am happy to see how, more and more, Buddhism is being applied and used in so many diverse platforms and industries these days. Schools are infusing Buddhism into its students’ daily lives by having meditation classes and substituting detention with meditation sessions. And what’s amazing is that they have noticed...
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Dear friends around the world, As most of you know, I have always been a strong advocate of animal cruelty and vegetarianism. Please take a moment and read this short article of how animals are treated inhumanely for our needs. I am not here to criticize but certainly sins can be atoned in another...
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This is a short but very interesting article on how you can easily purify and improve the air quality in your home. It is 100% natural, low maintenance and brightens up your room too. Most of the plants listed here do not require much water, which is a bonus for people who are always...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, I always encourage my blog followers to visit as many holy places as possible. It is a great blessing to go on a pilgrimage to holy and sacred places, for instance to the monasteries. These holy places were built with the kindness and generosity of sponsors...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, The Kechara Pastors are asked many questions by sincere spiritual seekers from all over the world. These questions range from those on Buddhist practice and philosophy to general advice on various situations in life. I wanted to share with all of you just some of these...
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(中文分享请往下看) On July 21, 2016, 16 of us came together to engage in a retreat on the sacred practice of Manjushri. It was a four-day retreat in between work and assignments. By the end of the retreat we had each recited 100,000 mantras. Collectively we accumulated 1.6 million mantras altogether. During the retreat, our Guru, His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche shared a message with us on the state of the mind and the benefit of Manjushri’s practice. “Outer obstacles (financial, sickness, fear, disasters, etc.) arise from our own actions. Actions a...
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Dear friends, I have always been very interested in human psychology which has compelled me to read and learn more about different types of people and personalities, especially those who do not conform to normal societal conventions. One such group of people is serial killers. It is their psychology that fascinates me because I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline) Dear friends, It is with great humility that I have been given the opportunity to present to you this research on vows on His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche’s sacred space. In Buddhism, the practice of upholding vows is one of the Three Principle forms of Buddhist training...
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