If you think killing animals against their will, skinning them, gutting them, chopping them up, cooking them up just to please your taste buds helps your spirituality in anyway, you are heavily deluded. Suffering of any kind you give others… that you are involved in directly and indirectly is the total opposite of all the qualities we are trying to develop in our spiritual practice. How can actions that are opposing to the very qualities we wish to achieve help us in any way, shape or form?
Not eating meat is easy, be serious about your spiritual growth and path. Feeding your flesh with others’ flesh only serves to increase your delusionary attachments to doing actions that harm yourself in the end.
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Samfoonheei on Sep 8, 2021 at 2:45 pm
Is it right? Well its not right most of us would said it. Life is life’s greatest gift. The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Love the animals , they are one of us. No matter how few possessions we own or how little money we have, loving wildlife, caring and nature will make us rich beyond measure. Animals are our friends and companions. Choosing vegetarians on our menu is the right choice.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing, a reminder for us to give love and care to all animals. Do not harm them ,go meatless at least .
Buddha Shakyamuni was not vegetarian, & when his jealous cousin Devadatta said vegetarianism should be mandatory, Buddha said it was optional not mandatory – HOWEVER – Buddha said killing is incorrect & that engaging in the trading of animal flesh to be incorrect livelihood, Theravada monks follow this principal by accepting meat, fish, animal products as sustenance provided the animals in question were never deliberately killed for them, and that lay practitioners should never order, see or hear any animal to be killed specifically for their consumption, (that’s OK – the Muslims can act as butchers) Chinese Mahayana ordained Sangha are vegetarian & also don’t eat garlic or onions, Je Tsongkhapa was vegetarian (musta been quite hard in a country/region known as “The Land of the Snows” with little to no vegetation available for human consumption – yet he authored 19 books and lived into his 60’s in 14th century Tibet were there were no sewage systems and medical knowledge was peimitive …) however, in Vajrayana – some meat & alcohol is consumed during tsog pujas – & even if you are vegetarian – how many insects died for your broccoli? A diet & LIFESTYLE free of aversion, attachment and ignorance is ideal, yet quite hard for many people – we have to apply our wisdom, compassion and understanding ALWAYS before judging people -the First Nations of America hunted buffalo for their skins and meat, and yet – they did their best to maintain a healthy buffalo population, they respected the animals they hunted – white settlers deliberately killed buffaloes en masse NOT FOR THEIR MEAT OR SKINS to starve out the First Nations . . . as Nagarjuna said: “Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise”
Dear Rinpoche, I totally agree with what Rinpoche has wrote. We should not be eating meat and using any animal products. If all animals are humans, I don’t think we would eat each other except for cannibals. What if animals could speak our human language? I don’t think anyone would not feel guilty when they are going to slaughter the animals.
I would definitively never think like that.
I always hate the sight where people are slathering, eating or torturing animals.
I believe killing a animal/animals for whatever reason is bad and sinful no matter what reasons.
Though some religions still practice slaughtering meat for offering to the Gods to please them. I especially don’t like Hari Raya Haji because hundreds of Mosques around the world are slaughtering thousands and thousands of cows during this day.
Though the cows meat is given to the needy people in very poor villages I still believe that instead of slaughtering cows they should use this day to buy other Daily Necessities like rice, oil, sugar or etc.
I just hope one day the whole world would be meat free so that all animals can have the freedom to live until it is time for them to pass on peacefully.
It’s definitely not right. Animals do not deserve to be killed and eaten. People often think that eating meat is a very simple thing and karma will not get us back. But we are wrong, karma does come after us. We might not believe it, but it does.
Most people won’t like to hear that they eat meat “just to please your taste buds” but really, that’s all it is, isn’t it? In this day and age, when there are so, so many food options available and so much development in food science, it is entirely possible to be vegetarian and still receive the full nutrition that our bodies require. As evidence of this, I have a doctor friend who is not just vegetarian, not just vegan but a RAW VEGAN. She takes exceptionally good care of her health and does regular checks – her health results come out far healthier than most of us, with the adequate (if not optimal!) levels of all nutritional elements in her body.
When we consider this and put excuses of nutrition aside, then there really is nothing left to justify our want for meat except to satisfy our tastebuds. This really struck me when it was pointed out to me – that we would put thousands of animals through an entire lifetime of such tremendous torture, pain and suffering and then end it with even greater pain and torture, merely for the sake of pleasuring our mouths for just a few minutes a day! the moment we swallow that morsel of meat, the pleasure is over. We have no idea what happens as the food travels down our gullet and enters the digestive system and feel nothing pleasurable from that. The momentary pleasure of eating the food is really only for just those few very transitory minutes of chewing and eating. Is that really worth it for all that the animal has to go through? Logically, I’m sure you’d agree that it isn’t.
YOU too deserve much better for your own health and spiritual well-being. Some spiritual schools of thought also believe that it is very unhealthy to eat meat because we ingest not just the physical pieces of meat but also the energies of fear, sadness, anxiety, pain that are emitted by the animal just before it is killed. This is extremely damaging not just on an outward level but also on our energy fields, affecting our spiritual well being at a much deeper and more serious level than we can perceive. So really, what benefit IS THERE in eating meat, for either the animal or ourselves?
If we are serious with our spiritual practice and growth, we should really consider and care about others more and more, at the same time we also reduce the selfishness. These qualities are very important to have if we want to see results with our practice.
Therefore if we can’t just let go the pleasures of our taste bud, and this pleasure(eating meat) is only last for just a few minutes, and it hurts the other lives, then why we say we want to do spiritual practice? Spiritual practice is not something that helps us to feel good with ourselves by hurting others, but is through care about others more, think for others more and ‘sacrifice’ for others more, we will feel happy with ourselves. At least, we don’t bring harms to others and we bring care and love.
At times when I was younger, I’d wonder why I dislike the taste and smell of meat. Although I eat it but I was never really fond of it. I believe this was brought forward for previous lives of not eating meat. I dislike walking at places that sell meat as the smell is just overwhelming. Now I just tell my curious friends that it is healthier to not eat meat and it is easier for them to understand…
i am a vegetarian too and this is the exact reason why. i can’t stand how animals are being killed and tortured these days. everyone should start being vegetarian and now
Like what His Holiness Dalai Lama said, if we cannot be nice to others, at least don’t harm others.
Before I become vegetarian, I never thought eating meat will cause a lot of suffering to the animals before they are dead. Or shall I say I was only pretending I didn’t know the animals were suffering.
If we believe in karma, we should stop eating meat and harming others. If we continue to harm others, how can we expect to have a calm and undisturbed mind?
This is no where close to right. No animal shoudld suffer this amount of pain just so that us humans can have food. There are other sources of food in this world that do not need any killing to be involved. Please try your best to be vegetarian everyone.
We must stop eating meat so more animals will be save from being slaughtered and killed. We must protect the animals right now or else they will be extinct.
“Suffering of any kind you give others… that you are involved in directly and indirectly is the total opposite of all the qualities we are trying to develop in our spiritual practice.”
The quote above is one of my favourites and to me, it summarizes how I can try to practice some compassion in my life. I dont know about everyone else, but I often get people coming to me, asking what they should do in this and that situation. In the past, I used to give advice based on my gut feelings, or based on what would be best for that person. But no longer. Nowadays, when faced with difficult questions, I try to examine the situation from all angles to find the path of least harm.
For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction, said Einstein (well, almost – karma multplies). So if you eat the flesh of others, just think what will be coming your way.
Most of us strive to achieve a higher state of mind or consciousness like compassion. No one strives or likes to be known as being an embodiment of the opposite of a higher state of mind. No one likes to be known as cruel for example.
Is not eating flesh a kind of compassion most definitely as not eating or participating in the slaughter of an animal no being will be harmed or hurt. Have we all been to an abattoir? If we have to kill for our own meat how many of us in this day and age will actually do it ourselves?
Dear Rinpoche, thank you very much for reminding. This is our attachment, is hard sometimes but for our spiritual growth, being vegetarian is one of the basic to be a Buddhist.
Eating meat has been a habituation that has always been centered on self, of satisfying MY tastebuds. Our delusory mind is so focused on self that it forgets that the meat we dress up deliciously as a dish is the result of taking a life brutally and callously, the life of a being which wanted to live as much as we want to live. It’s horrible that we can so ignore the right of another precious being to live.
And here we go…always fighting for our rights to this and that, when we so cruelly deny the right to life of another being.
It’s not difficult to be a vegetarian. As Rinpoche says(thank you Rinpoche),we must be serious about our spiritual growth and path. Compassion is at the heart of our spiritual growth.Not eating meat is an expression of our compassion.
Can’t call ourselves real Buddhist if we are involved directly and indirectly in the killing of animals. It’s one of the vows we take when we take refuge. If cutting meat is difficult, it would be impossible to advance to anything higher.
Even though eating meat is nice but think of it the other way,if you were the animal will you be happy?And if you were going to be gutted skined and be eatan for the happiness for the human beings will you be sad or happy?
It seems hard to quit eating meat, but once your mind tell you to do so, firmly, it is easier than what you think. Especially when you think of not harming others.
To torture and to kill another sentient beings just to feed ourselves is definitely WRONG! Especially meat is NOT our only source of food. Its a matter of choice!
Can you look into the eyes of those poor chicken, cows, sheep or even fish when they are about to be killed and be on your dinner plate? I cant! Hence I am a vegetarian. That’s no turning back. I dont want any corps on my dinner plate.
No it is not right at all. How would we feel if we are in their place, to be hanged upside down waiting to be killed. It will be very terrifying. Animals have feelings too and its so sad that they cant talked and expressed themselves. As humans we should have compassion for them. Just think how the animals have to suffer in order to satisfy our taste buds. I was a meat lover until I stopped taking meat about a year ago and I feel that taking vegetarian diet is so much better and healthier.
Thank you Guru, for the kindness and patient to remind us again and
again to be a vegetarian. One year of becoming an vegetarian, feel.. good.. not so guilty feeling towards my meal. Now i can eat “Tanpa Was-was”.
It is damn wrong, if you ask me, the reason is obvious as I recalled my past when I am a fish in the ocean, I wonder why human catch us as we are just swimming in the sea. Then finally I know, they kill us for food regardless we have life or not. And I had work my way up to the ladder of human being over many many lives, by dying as much as the desire arise in me to eat a fish in this human life. Now I am in a human body. I see people killed just like that without second thought. I couldn’t stop my family nor the industry. What can I do ? I become vegetarian myself for as much chance as I could, minimize any consumption of meat as I could. I don’t want to be a fish nor a cow nor cattle, for all of them, I had been in order to have merits to become me. There ain’t free lunch in this world, every being I killed, I was them, every woman I lust, I am them. knowing all these… who want to be rich while 80% of the time you had to become a poor man to create the rich people life in 20% of time ?
Thank you rinpoche for the constant reminder. I have been vegetarian since Wen Xin full moon. It’s about a year now. Though at times have some urge for the taste of good food but when I think of the animal, will stop the urge immediately. It’s great to be able to be in controlled. In mandarin, there is a saying “己所不欲，勿施于人＂(if you do not want others to do it to you, please do not do it to others too”. It’s so true. Just like the law of Karma.
May all beings be well and happy and free from sufferings.
Buddha Shakyamuni did not oppose eating flesh (he ate meat Himself), Buddha opposed the wrong intentions on eating flesh (meat). So, eating meat for pleasure, and therefore causing harm to other beings, is wrong action.
I am not completely sure about my statement, and I would be very happy if someone could clarify this for me.
Spiritually speaking, it is a great practice which develops discipline and compassion. Monks (from Theravada and Zen tradition, to my understanding)still eat meat when they beg because their practice is different. They have no choice… but we do. Therefore, we have to be more mindful.
For those who are thinking about being vegetarian, let me tell you… it’s hard at first, but it gets easy. Very easy actually. I’ve been vegetarian since I was 14. I’m now 21. Those who are older now should be happy. Growing up, my family did not support this decision. My father even tricked me in eating meat one day. It was tough, and I was even mocked for it. Do what you know is right and stick to it!
The question of vegetarianism was really answered long ago. Gelug Shamar Pandita, and many other great Tibetan masters, said that eating meat taken from an animal that was killed for its meat is wrong. The Angulimala Sutra also gives specific reasons why meat eating is wrong.
Whether Shakyamuni Buddha ate meat or not is highly debated. Geshe Thubten Soepa refuted many points that are traditionally used to support meat eating by Buddhists. At best, the Buddha allowed the eating or meat taken from animals that had died of natural causes..
It’s really nice to hear that you have been a vegetarian since 14 years old.
In regards to your request for clarification, our motivation is indeed very different from attained masters. Hinayana monks eat anything that’s offered to them including meat. Ordained sangha members have many vows unlike us. The fact that they can renounce and live an ordained/monastic life shows how much they have let go off unlike us. They have given their entire life to benefit others and for realized masters they are able to make dedications for the animal which has been killed.
We are attached to all sense pleasures and the attachment only increases each day as we engage in those activities as simple as eating a meal out of indulgence with no regard for the life which has suffered and being killed for us.
If you are serious about your spiritual growth, then, be a vegetarian. It helps to build tolerance, gentleness, kindness, a spirit of sharing and most important of all, Compassion. All proteins from animals including sea-creatures, mean absolute blood-bath, resulting to a terrible masscre – a real holocraust. According to researched reports, those who eat meat are far more likely to contact cancer than those following a vegeterian diet. Meat or flesh eaters also ingest excessive amounts of cholestral, which is dangerously susceptible to heart attacks. Heart attack, a most common cause of death in the world, is said to be killing one person every 45 seconds. Complete elimination of these products from one’s diet will certainly reduce the risk of heart attack by 90%. As a matter of ethics, just for ethical reasoning, let one step into an animal slaughter-house anywhere and see for oneself, how animals suffer the cruel process of forced confinement, manipulation and violent death. The sufferings of pains and terror are beyond imagination and estimation. People who come in contact with slaughter houses cannot help but be effected by what they see and hear for themselves, the delicious food of these animals which they enjoyed eating are the ones who are making these suffering sounds and noises!!! Om mani padme hum.
Dear Rinpoche, I really admire your compassion towards animals and the promotion of vegetarianism. I have been vegetarian now since 2003 and can honestly say I don’t miss meat at all. If you concentrate on that it is a lump of a dead animal, it can make you feel slightly sick. It is clear, if you spend time with animals they have feelings the same as us, they feel fear and pain just like we would put in the same horrible situation of being butchered. Also, not eating meat means we don’t create negative karma for the person who kills the animal.
Animals are just like us, only they can’t talk or criticize the way we do. If we can feel pain, they can feel it too. It’s just not right to kill animals when we don’t necessarily need to.
We can thrive on a vegetarian diet and be more healthy at the same time. We also have a broad spectrum of options as far as food goes since all sorts of food can be made from vegetables or grains.
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Dorje Shugden is a protector in Tibetan Buddhism, originally a minor protector in the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. Later adopted by the Gelug school. Has been worshipped throughout history by several schools of Tibetan Buddhism. As a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the Wisdom Buddha, who grants wisdom, clarity, and concentration. A protector who fulfils wishes and prayers, brings material resources,healing, and protects from harm to those who sincerely rely on. Also helps us to clear obstacles, and attracts opportunities for success, growth and in many ways. Many practitioners have benefited ultimately for helping them stay on the spiritual path. Rely on Dorje Shugden consistently over times, we will see his graceful yet powerful assistance in our lives. The prayers is indeed very powerful and have me change my life.
Thank you Rinpoche for this simplified daily prayer. Easy and convenient for everyone.
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers. Asking questions is the first way to begin change. Knowledge shared is knowledge squared. A great way to learn by reading and asking various enlightened aspects of Tsongkapa. I am still learning even I have revisit this blog on and off. Still trying to remember names of great lamas.
Thank you Rinpoche for this post.
Thangka serve as important teaching tools depicting the life of the Buddha, various influential lamas and other deities and bodhisattvas. Thangkas have also traditionally been used as a teaching tool. Tsem Rinpoche received a precious and beautiful gift of Vajrayogini from Ms. Wahyu. She have taken months and did researched and painted it beautifully. Looking at it is a blessing.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this beautiful thangka of Vajrayogini and explaining to us
Born in 1905 in the village of Nangsang in the Kham province of eastern Tibet HH Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was a master of philosophical debate. He was a powerful Tantric practitioner, well known throughout the three great Gelug monasteries of central Tibet. Wow in an early stage of his childhood he performed various magical miracles such as able to invoke a female naga goddess in a nearby lake. A master of sutra and tantra, H H Kyabje Zong Rinpoche had performed countless holy deeds and gave thousands of Dharma teachings during his lifetime. A biography of a great Master who possessed an extraordinary memory and was renowned for healing activities. Zong Rinpoche was the Guru of many great masters. Interesting read of all the miraculous stories of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing of a great Master
Revisit this blog again , to have a better knowledge and understanding of a great Master. With rare and beautiful thangkas and explanation tells us more and easy I would say it. Merely looking at those thangkas is a blessing as it very precious. We are fortunate able to see and reading a life story of a great Master. I will surely be back again reading and reading it over again.
Thank you Rinpoche with folded hands.
Revisited this precious post again. Invaluable treasure indeed by just listening to the supreme path to enlightenment from HH Kyabje Zong Rinpoche an enlightened master. H H Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was a Gelug Lama and disciple of the third Trijang Rinpoche, junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. A master of sutra and tantra whom was well known throughout the three great Gelug monasteries of central Tibet.
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All thanks to our Guru that we are given a chance to get connected to the Sublime Queen, Vajra Yogini and collect merits along the way. The idea of making real gold-paint offerings to Vajra Yogini in KFR is indeed awesome for everyone. In Buddhism, symbolic offerings are made to the Triple Gem, giving rise to contemplative gratitude and inspiration. Making offerings to the Buddhas are acts of generosity and therefore highly meritorious.
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ndia is a land of diverse cultures, traditions, and spiritual practices. They allow religious freedom among its most enigmatic and intriguing spiritual sects are the Aghoris, a group of ascetics who are often surrounded by mystery, fear, and fascination. But the Tibetan leadership creates religious differences leading to discrimination, violence, hatred and bias against Shugden practitioners. Everyone has their rights to choose and practice whatever they want. The ban of Dorje Shugden is therefore unnecessary and illogical . In recent years religious freedom has improves.
Interesting blog of a sect of ascetic sadhus who practice a unique and extreme form of Hinduism. They are the only surviving sect of the Kapalika tradition, a Tantric form of Shaivism originated in Medieval India. The Aghoris are a fascinating and mysterious group of Hindu ascetics, who have a distinct and radical approach to spirituality. They are known for their bizarre and unconventional rituals. They live in cremation grounds, smearing ashes on their bodies, using human skulls as utensils, and eating flesh from human corpses. Aghoris are Hindu devotees of Shiva the god of destruction and transformation, and they seek to attain liberation from the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. They see themselves as healers, both of the body and the soul. Many believe that their intense penance and devotion give them extraordinary powers.They engage in practices that challenge conventional ideas of purity, such as meditating in cremation grounds, consuming what others deem inedible, and embracing what society often shuns.
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Saying thank you and showing our gratitude with a handwritten message can make all the difference in our life.At times, when our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has reason to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. None of us who achieves success without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge is this help with gratitude. Let us rise up and be thankful. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.Its gratitude that helps us to grow and expand . And also gratitude brings joy and laughter into our life and into the lives of all those around us. Spiritually it unlocks the fullness of life and turning what we have into enough in life.
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Gyenze appears in the heavenly form help us gain resources through correct means. Gyenze’s practice can also increase our life span and healing. Many activities can be accomplished through Dorje Shugden Gyenze. It is indeed a wonderful practice and blessed as many activities can be accomplished through relying on it sincerely. Attracting positive energies and resources in our daily lives and also increases our inner and outer wealth. Gyenze has helped numerous people of all walks of life regardless of religion. Gyenze is a fully enlightened Buddha therefore he makes no conditions to help anyone who sincerely requests his assistance. Helping us in resources in order to have a better life and dharma practice. Gyenze’s practice can be done daily by anyone who wishes to cultivate the energies of increase and abundance in their lives.
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Wangze is one of Dorje Shugden’s emanations and is the most powerful deity to propitiate in order to assist us when we are facing difficult situations with difficult people and positive influence on others. Wangze’s practice can cultivate energies of power, influence, and the ability to positively influence others. Practising this practice with knowledge and understanding we may gain a firm footing on the spiritual path bringing benefit to their lives.
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H H the Dalai Lama is considered as the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, therefore is a highly realized and attained being. Dalai Lama has been worshipping Dorje Shugden for decades, consulted his oracles, and even composed prayers for Dorje Shugden. Until 1966 suddenly, Dalai Lama imposed the ban on Dorje Shugden , saying Dorje Shugden is not good. Many incarnation have been returning again and again. Dorje Shugden’s practice does not send us to the three lower realms. Prayers composed by H.H the 14th Dalai Lama at Dungkar Monastery of Domo Geshe Rinpoche tells all and had proven it. Dalai Lama can not be wrong for some one who has the clairvoyance to see whether Dorje Shugden is good or evil. Even the 5th Dalai Lama composed prayers, and also made a statue of Dorje Shugden.
Reading this over and over as it good to know and understand better. May more people get to read this truth.
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That’s interesting with those questions and answers range on Buddhist practice and philosophy to general advice on various situations in life, we learn some knowledge. Reading and learning something from these random questions asked.
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Since those days in school , I have heard of these Bermuda Triangle. Will get exicted hearing interesting stories of the mysteries of these area. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a region between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico in the North Atlantic Ocean. Over the past several centuries, more than 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in the area. Recording to some researchers that a parallel universe exists in the Bermuda Triangle region, causing a time or space warp that sucks the objects around it into a parallel universe. Interesting. The Bermuda Triangle, known for its mysterious disappearances. In recent years there have been several incidents in the Bermuda Triangle that have captured media attention. Interesting,ships and airplanes that seemed to have disappeared without a trace which has earned it the name ‘Devil’s Triangle. Since then nothing extraordinary has happened in the last 60 years. Some had mentioned that there are large deep ocean craters on the sea floor of the Bermuda Triangle. Could it be possible no one knows but there’s also others theory as well. Scientists still cannot solved these mysteries disappearance, were there the existing of aliens or something else.
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Visiting Dorje Shugden’s grotto in Kechara Forest Retreat is a must see place . A beautiful hugh statue of Dorje Shugden was installed ,Rinpoche also placed hundreds of Holy mantra stones, around Dorje Shugden grotto, for everyone to do circumambulation around Dorje Shugden. So as visitors could able to do candles offerings as well. We Malaysians are so fortunate to learn about Dorje Shugden if not beacause of Tsem Rinpoche. Dorje Shugden has tremendous power to help us helps us in whatever way we need in our resources and in our spiritual journey. He is an emanation of an enlightened being and that he manifested in a worldly form. As an emanation of Manjushri, Dorje Shugden has the ability to open our minds to universal wisdom.There’s so many benefits when we rely on Dorje Shugden sincerely. A wish-fulfilling Shrine that will help everyone regardless of race and religion.
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H.E. Tsem Rinpoche
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H.H. Zong Rinpoche
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Hear the holy voice of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche giving advice on the practice of Dorje Shugden to those who had received the life-entrustment initiation. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche wanted to make sure those present received the maximum benefits from their practice, and that they kept their practice well. LEARN MORE >>
In Tibetan Buddhism, it is always said that whatever we practice must come from an enlightened source to be beneficial in our spiritual journey. As such in this video, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche shares with us the history and reincarnation lineage of Dorje Shugden to explain how great this Dharma protector is through the examples of his previous lives, showing us his powerful spiritual attainments. LEARN MORE >>
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
"If you say you don't have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House
"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!"
~ Lama Yeshe
"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create different results for TOMORROW."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
SPIRITUAL QUOTES
“Meditating on Dorje Shugden while reciting his mantra will open the gateways to higher dimensions, blessings and protection.”
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”
~ Pabongkha Rinpoche
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."
~ Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral
"Things in samsara always go wrong. That's its nature. Don't be surprised."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
LIFE QUOTES
"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems.
To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."
~ Angeline Francis Khoo
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."
~ William Shakespeare
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
~ Maya Angelou
Devotional Songs
Sung by Mary Fewel Tulin, these mystical songs in praise of the guru originate from the Sikh tradition. Yet, they are applicable to all traditions for those who want to venerate their guru.
The Known and unknown are both feared,
Known is being comfortable and stagnant,
The unknown may be growth and opportunities,
One shall never know if one fears the unknown more than the known.
Who says the unknown would be worse than the known?
But then again, the unknown is sometimes worse than the known. In the end nothing is known unless we endeavour,
So go pursue all the way with the unknown,
because all unknown with familiarity becomes the known.
~Tsem Rinpoche
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Fragrant organic Thai basil harvested from our very own Kechara Forest Retreat farm!
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On behalf of our Puja House team, Pastor Tat Ming receives food and drinks from Rinpoche. Rinpoche wanted to make sure the hardworking Puja House team are always taken care of.
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One of the most recent harvests from our Kechara Forest Retreat land. It was grown free of chemicals and pesticides, wonderful!
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Third picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
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Second picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
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First picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
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At Kechara Forest Retreat land we have nice fresh spinach growing free of chemicals and pesticides. Yes!
Fresh eggplants grown on Kechara Forest Retreat's land here in Malaysia
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Most Venerable Uppalavanna – The Chief Female Disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni - She exhibited many supernatural abilities gained from meditation and proved to the world females and males are equal in spirituality- https://bit.ly/31d9Rat
Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha.
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Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha. She was his step-mother and aunt. Buddha's mother had passed away at his birth so he was raised by Gotami.
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Another nun disciple of Lord Buddha's. She had achieved great spiritual abilities and high attainments. She would be a proper object of refuge. This image of the eminent bhikkhuni (nun) disciple of the Buddha, Uppalavanna Theri.
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Wandering Ascetic Painting by Nirdesha Munasinghe
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High Sri Lankan monks visit Kechara to bless our land, temple, Buddha and Dorje Shugden images. They were very kind-see pictures- https://bit.ly/2HQie2M
6 years ago
This is pretty amazing!
First Sri Lankan Buddhist temple opened in Dubai!!!
6 years ago
My Dharma boy (left) and Oser girl loves to laze around on the veranda in the mornings. They enjoy all the trees, grass and relaxing under the hot sun. Sunbathing is a favorite daily activity. I care about these two doggies of mine very much and I enjoy seeing them happy. They are with me always. Tsem Rinpoche
Always be kind to animals and eat vegetarian- https://bit.ly/2Psp8h2
6 years ago
After you left me Mumu, I was alone. I have no family or kin. You were my family. I can't stop thinking of you and I can't forget you. My bond and connection with you is so strong. I wish you were by my side. Tsem Rinpoche
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This story is a life-changer. Learn about the incredible Forest Man of India | 印度“森林之子”- https://bit.ly/2Eh4vRS
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Part 2-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
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Part 1-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
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The great Protector Manjushri Dorje Shugden depicted in the beautiful Mongolian style. To download a high resolution file: https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
6 years ago
The Mystical land of Shambhala is finally ready for everyone to feast their eyes and be blessed. A beautiful post with information, art work, history, spirituality and a beautiful book composed by His Holiness the 6th Panchen Rinpoche. ~ https://bit.ly/309MHBi
DON'T MISS THIS!~How brave Bonnie survived by living with a herd of deer~ https://bit.ly/2Lre2eY
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Global Superpower China Will Cut Meat Consumption by 50%! Very interesting, find out more- https://bit.ly/2V1sJFh
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You can download this beautiful Egyptian style Dorje Shugden Free- https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
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Beautiful high file for print of Lord Manjushri. May you be blessed- https://bit.ly/2V8mwZe
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Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
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Find one of the most beautiful temples in the world in Nara, Japan. It is the 1,267 year old Todai-ji temple that houses a 15 meter Buddha Vairocana statue who is a cosmic and timeless Buddha. Emperor Shomu who sponsored this beautiful temple eventually abdicated and ordained as a Buddhist monk. Very interesting history and story. One of the places everyone should visit- https://bit.ly/2VgsHhK
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Manjusri Kumara (bodhisattva of wisdom), India, Pala dynesty, 9th century, stone, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Pig puts his toys away
Animals are so intelligent. They can feel happiness, joy, pain, sorrow, just like humans. Always show kindness to them. Always show kindness to everyone.
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Always be kind to animals-They deserve to live just like us.
Whales and dolphins playing with each other in the Pacific sea. Nature is truly incredible!
6 years ago
Bodha stupa July 2019-
Rainy period
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Cute Tara girl having a snack. She is one of Kechara Forest Retreat’s resident doggies.
6 years ago
Your Next Meal!
Yummy? Tasty? Behind the scenes of the meat on your plates. Meat is a killing industry.
6 years ago
This is Daw
This is what they do to get meat on tables, and to produce belts and jackets. Think twice before your next purchase.
6 years ago
Don’t Take My Mummy Away!
Look at the poor baby chasing after the mother. Why do we do that to them? It's time to seriously think about our choices in life and how they affect others. Be kind. Don't break up families.
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They do this every day!
This is how they are being treated every day of their lives. Please do something to stop the brutality. Listen to their cries for help!
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What happened at Fair Oaks Farm?
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She’s going to spend her whole life here without being able to move correctly. Like a machine. They are the slaves of the people and are viewed as a product. It’s immoral. Billions of terrestrial animals die annually. Billions. You can’t even imagine it. And all that because people don’t want to give up meat, even though there are so many alternatives. ~ Gabriel Azimov
6 years ago
Our Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir speaks so well, logically and regarding our country’s collaboration with China for growth. It is refreshing to listen to Dr. Mahathir’s thoughts. He said our country can look to China for many more things such as technology and so on. Tsem Rinpoche
6 years ago
This is the first time His Holiness Dalai Lama mentions he had some very serious illness. Very worrying. This video is captured April 2019.
6 years ago
Beautiful Monastery in Hong Kong
6 years ago
This dog thanks his hero in such a touching way. Tsem Rinpoche
These people going on pilgrimage to a holy mountain and prostrating out of devotion and for pilgrimage in Tibet. Such determination for spiritual practice. Tsem Rinpoche
6 years ago
Beautiful new casing in Kechara for Vajra Yogini. Tsem Rinpoche
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Get ready to laugh real hard. This is Kechara’s version of “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!” We have some real talents in this video clip.
6 years ago
Recitation of Dorje Dermo‘s mantra or the Dharani of Glorious Vajra Claws. This powerful mantra is meant to destroy all obstacles that come in our way. Beneficial to play this mantra in our environments.
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Beautiful
Beautiful sacred Severed Head Vajra Yogini from Tsem Rinpoche's personal shrine.
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My little monster cute babies Dharma and Oser. Take a look and get a cute attack for the day! Tsem Rinpoche
6 years ago
Plse watch this short video and see how all sentient beings are capable of tenderness and love. We should never hurt animals nor should we eat them. Tsem Rinpoche
6 years ago
Cruelty of some people have no limits and it’s heartbreaking. Being kind cost nothing. Tsem Rinpoche
6 years ago
SUPER ADORABLE and must see
Tsem Rinpoche's dog Oser girl enjoying her snack in her play pen.
We were told by Uncle Wong he is very faithful toward Dorje Shugden. Dorje Shugden has extended help to him on several occasions and now Uncle Wong comes daily to make incense offerings to Dorje Shugden. He is grateful towards the help he was given.
6 years ago
Tsem Rinpoche’s Schnauzer Dharma boy fights Robot sphere from Arkonide！
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Cute baby owl found and rescued
We rescued a lost baby owl in Kechara Forest Retreat.
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Nice cups from Kechara!!
Dorje Shugden people's lives matter!
6 years ago
Enjoy a peaceful morning at Kechara Forest Retreat
Chirping birds and other forest animals create a joyful melody at the Vajrayogini stupa in Kechara Forest Retreat (Bentong, Malaysia).
7 years ago
This topic is so hot in many circles right now.
This video is thought-provoking and very interesting. Watch! Thanks so much to our friends at LIVEKINDLY.
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Chiropractic CHANGES LIFE for teenager with acute PAIN & DEAD LEG.
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BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN NEW YORK STATE-AMAZING.
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Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the meat Industry with real action.
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Do psychic mediums have messages from beyond?
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Lovely gift for my 52nd Birthday. Tsem Rinpoche
7 years ago
This 59-year-old chimpanzee was refusing food and ready to die until...
she received “one last visit from an old friend” 💔💔
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Bigfoot sighted again and made it to the news.
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Casper is such a cute and adorable. I like him.
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Dorje Shugden Monastery Amarbayasgalant Mongolia's Ancient Hidden Gem
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Don't you love Hamburgers? See how 'delicious' it is here!
7 years ago
Such a beautiful and powerful message from a person who knows the meaning of life. Tsem Rinpoche
7 years ago
What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit.
Sick animals are more profitable... farms calculate how close to death they can keep animals without killing them.
That's the business model.
How quickly they can be made to grow, how tightly they can be packed, how much or how little can they eat, how sick they can get without dying...
We live in a world in which it's conventional to treat an animal like a block of wood.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
7 years ago
This video went viral and it's a must watch!!
7 years ago
SEE HOW THIS ANIMAL SERIAL KILLER HAS NO ISSUE BLUDGEONING THIS DEFENSELESS BEING.
This happens daily in slaughterhouse so you can get your pork and Bak ku teh. Stop eating meat.
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Sugarathana asked:Meaning of this namepastor answered:Dear Sugarathana,
Thank you for your question. However, which name did you need help with? Please message again with the name in the message and we will see if we can help you with the meaning.
Thank you.
January 17, 2025 05:29
Barbara asked:It says my karma debt number is nonepastor answered:Dear Barbara,
Karmic debt numbers represent aspects of yourself that you need to face and work on in this life. These aspects come from decisions and actions that you have made in previous lives that have an impact in this life for your spiritual growth.
According to numerology, having a karmic debt number of "0" doesn't mean that you don't have any karma. It means that rather than having a specific karmically caused aspect that you need to deal with, you actually have to manifest your ability/potential for change in a positive direction. Find something that you are passionate about that helps others, and go all the way with it.
For example, Mahatma Gandhi had a karmic debt number of "0" but he ended up being part of the freedom movement in India, which ultimately changed the course of the entire Indian sub-continent.
From a Buddhist aspect, it could be explained as you having no overtly powerful habitual karmic aspect that has opened in this birth. For example, you don't have overly powerful habitual patterns of jealousy or lust. You do have these of course, but they are not so strong in shaping your actions as if you had another karmic debt number. For those people, they would really need to work on such emotions deeply in order to overcome negative situations in life.
I hope this explanation helps.
Seema Purohit asked:I have exam on 13 November. It is showing very bad day as per mawa. I am aged 41 and struggling. I failed 3 times. Can u suggest way to turn the tide. I am working hard but luck is never on my side.pastor answered:Dear Seema Purohit,
Thank you for your question. Astrological influences do not necessarily mean that things on that day will go bad. There are methods that we can use to overcome any negative influences and make those days very successful and productive.
First since this has to do with exams, you should be practical about it, make sure that you know the exam material well, make sure that you eat properly before the exams, and make sure that you remain calm before and during the exam. If you know the material well, if you are too nervous then it may cause you issues during the exam.
From the spiritual angle, you can make offerings on your altar before your exam. Actually, it would be good for you to make offerings on your altar daily from now until then, to generate merit so that your exam will be successful. You can also engage in Dorje Shugden's mantra - OM BENZA WIKKI BITANA SOHA. Dorje Shugden a Dharma Protector who helps us to overcome obstacles and be succesful. He is an emanation of Manjushri, who is the Buddha of Wisdom. So, his practice is especially powerful for things to do with study, exams, etc.
You can read more about Dorje Shugden here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/beginners-introduction-to-dorje-shugden.html
Hope this helps. And you have our prayers for success in your exams.
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Animal liberation took place at Gyenze Chapel, Kechara Forest Retreat. One of the birds flew out, and it seemed as if the bird was telling us, “I am free now.” ~ Alice
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Through the blessings from our Guru, His Eminence Kyabje Tsem Rinpoche, Kechara Ipoh Study Group members have gathered on Sunday morning and carried out Animals Liberation activity with Medicine Buddha mantra recitations. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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11th Jan 2025 Kechara Penang Study Group weekly DS puja led by Pastor Seng Piow. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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Puja attendees @ DS puja on 4th Jan 2025. First puja of the year. Happy New Year! Do come and join us every Saturday, 3pm at 49, Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown. Aspire to benefit before we expire! Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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The men are in action! Spring cleaning at Kechara Penang DS Chapel before DS puja. Tang offered muar Chee and meals to some of the members. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta. 4th Jan 2025
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4th Jan 2025 Spring cleaning at Kechara Penang DS Chapel @ 49, Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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4th Jan 2024, started off the year of 2025 with spring cleaning before Dorje Shugden puja. Kechara Penang Study Group uploaded by Jacinta.
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The strong and powerful women that dedicated part of their lives in spiritual practice through attending weekly puja. 28th Dec 2024 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Kechara Penang Study Group's biggest support and backbone have been them ~ highly motivated, devotional and selfless men. Thanks and grateful having you guys. Kechara Penang Study Group last puja of the year 2024 (28th Dec) , by Jacinta.
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Last puja of the year on 28th Dec 2024. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Offerings offered during DS puja @Kechara Penang DS chapel. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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#Throwback 30/11/2024 Kechara Penang Dorje Shugden puja cum Swift Return through recitation of Namasangiti. Uploaded by Jacinta
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#Throwback 23/11/2024 DS puja completed. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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#Throwback 9/11/2024 Kechara Penang Study Group completed DS puja, led by William. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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#Throwback 2/11/2024 Kechara Penang DS puja, every Saturday @3pm. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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Through the blessings from our Guru, His Eminence Kyabje Tsem Rinpoche, Kechara Ipoh Study Group has carried out our first puja in 2025. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
3 weeks ago
#Throwback DS puja cum recitation of Namasangiti at Kechara Penang on 26th October 2024.
3 weeks ago
19th October 2024. Puja as usual at Kechara Penang Dorje Shugden chapel. Every Saturday @3pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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12th October 2024, our weekly Saturday puja attendees. #Throwback Kechara Penang Study by Jacinta
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#Throwback Kechara Penang Activities for the month of October 2024. Dorje Shugden puja was done on 5th October 2024.
3 months ago
Look at how attentive of the members during Dharma talk. It is through hearing, contemplation and practicing Dharma, one is able to eradicate delusions and march towards liberation. 28/9/2024 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
3 months ago
Pastor did dharma sharing on KFR retreat puja, purification after retreat and karma. Kechara Penang weekly puja. Pic taken by Siew Hong.
3 months ago
Under the guidance from Pastor Seng Piow, Kechara Penang Study Group members completed our weekly Dorje Shugden Puja. 28th September 2024 by Jacinta.
3 months ago
Sponsors' packages nicely decorated nd offered up on behalf. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
3 months ago
Completed Dorje Shugden puja cum recitation of Namasangiti on 14th September 2024. Kechara Penang Study Group, uploaded by Jacinta.
3 months ago
Known as Merdeka Day (31st Aug 2024), our Kechara Penang members celebrated this day with Dorje Shugden and his entourage by doing a DS puja together with recitation of Namasangiti. Uploaded by Jacinta.
3 months ago
24th Aug 2024, Kechara Penang Study Group members have completed weekly puja. A variety of kuihs and fruits were offered up on behalf of sponsors. By Jacinta
5 months ago
At the point of the passing, the only thing that will help us and our loved ones is the Dharma. Hence, try to chant mantra, do pujas, giving alms and etc during this period. Bereavement puja by Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Bereavement puja by Kechara Penang Study Group. May the deceased has good rebirth and the family members find solace in the Three Jewels. Thanks to Rinpoche for He always taught us about practising compassion through action. By Jacinta
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Thanks to Sharyn, the florist came and arranged on the spot! What a lovely and colourful bunch flowers attractively arranged to Buddha as offerings. 2nd Penang DS retreat of the year (2024), uploaded by Jacinta.
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As usual, a retreat will not be complete without nice tormas. Pastor Patsy and our dear Penang members ~ Swee Bee, Tang, Jasmine and Siew Hong came together as a perfect and united team in completing it. Penang DS Retreat 17-18th Aug 2024 by Jacinta.
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A picture that says all. Thanks to Pastor Seng Piow, 12 retreatants and 51sponsors that make this event a successful one. See you all in our next retreat. Kam Siah. A simple yet full of gratitude note by Choong, uploaded by Jacinta.
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Offerings being set up, getting ready to start the first day of Kechara Penang Group's retreat. By Jacinta
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As H. E. The 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche had mentioned a retreat is time taken away from our ordinary, daily, mundane activities specifically to focus on deeper meditation, deeper meditational practices to gain some benefits. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Retreat started for the second half of the year, 17th Aug 2024. We have new participants and those regulars. Thanks to Pastor Seng Piow and Choong for organising it. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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10th Aug 2024. Kechara Penang Study Group completed DS puja, led by Siew Hong. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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Thank you Pastor Seng Piow for the dharma sharing and leading today's puja 3rd August 2024. Pic by Siew Hong and uploaded by Jacinta.
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Puja sponsorships packages of RM100, RM 50 and RM30. Really appreciate the continuous support for our Penang DS Chapel. 28/7/2024 By Jacinta
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Completed weekly puja at Penang DS Chapel. 27th July 2024 by Jacinta.
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Is it right? Well its not right most of us would said it. Life is life’s greatest gift. The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Love the animals , they are one of us. No matter how few possessions we own or how little money we have, loving wildlife, caring and nature will make us rich beyond measure. Animals are our friends and companions. Choosing vegetarians on our menu is the right choice.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing, a reminder for us to give love and care to all animals. Do not harm them ,go meatless at least .
in many countries starvation and famine would cease if people ate insects . . . . .
Buddha Shakyamuni was not vegetarian, & when his jealous cousin Devadatta said vegetarianism should be mandatory, Buddha said it was optional not mandatory – HOWEVER – Buddha said killing is incorrect & that engaging in the trading of animal flesh to be incorrect livelihood, Theravada monks follow this principal by accepting meat, fish, animal products as sustenance provided the animals in question were never deliberately killed for them, and that lay practitioners should never order, see or hear any animal to be killed specifically for their consumption, (that’s OK – the Muslims can act as butchers) Chinese Mahayana ordained Sangha are vegetarian & also don’t eat garlic or onions, Je Tsongkhapa was vegetarian (musta been quite hard in a country/region known as “The Land of the Snows” with little to no vegetation available for human consumption – yet he authored 19 books and lived into his 60’s in 14th century Tibet were there were no sewage systems and medical knowledge was peimitive …) however, in Vajrayana – some meat & alcohol is consumed during tsog pujas – & even if you are vegetarian – how many insects died for your broccoli? A diet & LIFESTYLE free of aversion, attachment and ignorance is ideal, yet quite hard for many people – we have to apply our wisdom, compassion and understanding ALWAYS before judging people -the First Nations of America hunted buffalo for their skins and meat, and yet – they did their best to maintain a healthy buffalo population, they respected the animals they hunted – white settlers deliberately killed buffaloes en masse NOT FOR THEIR MEAT OR SKINS to starve out the First Nations . . . as Nagarjuna said: “Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise”
Dear Rinpoche, I totally agree with what Rinpoche has wrote. We should not be eating meat and using any animal products. If all animals are humans, I don’t think we would eat each other except for cannibals. What if animals could speak our human language? I don’t think anyone would not feel guilty when they are going to slaughter the animals.
Dear Rinpoche,
I would definitively never think like that.
I always hate the sight where people are slathering, eating or torturing animals.
I believe killing a animal/animals for whatever reason is bad and sinful no matter what reasons.
Though some religions still practice slaughtering meat for offering to the Gods to please them. I especially don’t like Hari Raya Haji because hundreds of Mosques around the world are slaughtering thousands and thousands of cows during this day.
Though the cows meat is given to the needy people in very poor villages I still believe that instead of slaughtering cows they should use this day to buy other Daily Necessities like rice, oil, sugar or etc.
I just hope one day the whole world would be meat free so that all animals can have the freedom to live until it is time for them to pass on peacefully.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing!
Love
Jutika
It’s definitely not right. Animals do not deserve to be killed and eaten. People often think that eating meat is a very simple thing and karma will not get us back. But we are wrong, karma does come after us. We might not believe it, but it does.
Most people won’t like to hear that they eat meat “just to please your taste buds” but really, that’s all it is, isn’t it? In this day and age, when there are so, so many food options available and so much development in food science, it is entirely possible to be vegetarian and still receive the full nutrition that our bodies require. As evidence of this, I have a doctor friend who is not just vegetarian, not just vegan but a RAW VEGAN. She takes exceptionally good care of her health and does regular checks – her health results come out far healthier than most of us, with the adequate (if not optimal!) levels of all nutritional elements in her body.
When we consider this and put excuses of nutrition aside, then there really is nothing left to justify our want for meat except to satisfy our tastebuds. This really struck me when it was pointed out to me – that we would put thousands of animals through an entire lifetime of such tremendous torture, pain and suffering and then end it with even greater pain and torture, merely for the sake of pleasuring our mouths for just a few minutes a day! the moment we swallow that morsel of meat, the pleasure is over. We have no idea what happens as the food travels down our gullet and enters the digestive system and feel nothing pleasurable from that. The momentary pleasure of eating the food is really only for just those few very transitory minutes of chewing and eating. Is that really worth it for all that the animal has to go through? Logically, I’m sure you’d agree that it isn’t.
YOU too deserve much better for your own health and spiritual well-being. Some spiritual schools of thought also believe that it is very unhealthy to eat meat because we ingest not just the physical pieces of meat but also the energies of fear, sadness, anxiety, pain that are emitted by the animal just before it is killed. This is extremely damaging not just on an outward level but also on our energy fields, affecting our spiritual well being at a much deeper and more serious level than we can perceive. So really, what benefit IS THERE in eating meat, for either the animal or ourselves?
If we are serious with our spiritual practice and growth, we should really consider and care about others more and more, at the same time we also reduce the selfishness. These qualities are very important to have if we want to see results with our practice.
Therefore if we can’t just let go the pleasures of our taste bud, and this pleasure(eating meat) is only last for just a few minutes, and it hurts the other lives, then why we say we want to do spiritual practice? Spiritual practice is not something that helps us to feel good with ourselves by hurting others, but is through care about others more, think for others more and ‘sacrifice’ for others more, we will feel happy with ourselves. At least, we don’t bring harms to others and we bring care and love.
At times when I was younger, I’d wonder why I dislike the taste and smell of meat. Although I eat it but I was never really fond of it. I believe this was brought forward for previous lives of not eating meat. I dislike walking at places that sell meat as the smell is just overwhelming. Now I just tell my curious friends that it is healthier to not eat meat and it is easier for them to understand…
i am a vegetarian too and this is the exact reason why. i can’t stand how animals are being killed and tortured these days. everyone should start being vegetarian and now
Like what His Holiness Dalai Lama said, if we cannot be nice to others, at least don’t harm others.
Before I become vegetarian, I never thought eating meat will cause a lot of suffering to the animals before they are dead. Or shall I say I was only pretending I didn’t know the animals were suffering.
If we believe in karma, we should stop eating meat and harming others. If we continue to harm others, how can we expect to have a calm and undisturbed mind?
This is no where close to right. No animal shoudld suffer this amount of pain just so that us humans can have food. There are other sources of food in this world that do not need any killing to be involved. Please try your best to be vegetarian everyone.
We must stop eating meat so more animals will be save from being slaughtered and killed. We must protect the animals right now or else they will be extinct.
Yes I agree that nothing must ever suffer for our plate or fork. We are all consciousness.
看着这些被高高挂起的肉类，其实它就是被人宰杀后的”尸体“。。想像它就是成为别人的桌上佳肴，实在有够残忍，吃进嘴里的其实是”尸体“。想想我们为了果腹而必需宰杀这么多的无辜众生，那有何必呢？
虽然它们不能开口讲话，但不代表它们没有感觉，它们还是承受痛苦，害怕，无助的，每个众生都有生存的权利，不要剥夺它们的生命，这样的杀生果报还是会回到我们身上来的。
不杀生，不伤害众生就是在修行着我们的慈悲心，让我们平等的对待所有的众生。
This is so undeniable truth, I have came across many people that told us
1. they don’t kill, the animal is not killed by them, it is already dead, so if they didn’t eat, it will get rotten anyway.
2. they stop eating doesn’t make any different, because there are thousands more people eating meat.
3. if they don’t eat meat, they will not be able to work, because they feel very weak if only eat vege.
There are many more reasons they come up with so that they can continue to eat meat.
But actually, eating them means we are encouraging for more killing, and this is against Buddhism teaching, hope more people will understand this.
“Suffering of any kind you give others… that you are involved in directly and indirectly is the total opposite of all the qualities we are trying to develop in our spiritual practice.”
The quote above is one of my favourites and to me, it summarizes how I can try to practice some compassion in my life. I dont know about everyone else, but I often get people coming to me, asking what they should do in this and that situation. In the past, I used to give advice based on my gut feelings, or based on what would be best for that person. But no longer. Nowadays, when faced with difficult questions, I try to examine the situation from all angles to find the path of least harm.
For every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction, said Einstein (well, almost – karma multplies). So if you eat the flesh of others, just think what will be coming your way.
Most of us strive to achieve a higher state of mind or consciousness like compassion. No one strives or likes to be known as being an embodiment of the opposite of a higher state of mind. No one likes to be known as cruel for example.
Is not eating flesh a kind of compassion most definitely as not eating or participating in the slaughter of an animal no being will be harmed or hurt. Have we all been to an abattoir? If we have to kill for our own meat how many of us in this day and age will actually do it ourselves?
Dear Rinpoche, thank you very much for reminding. This is our attachment, is hard sometimes but for our spiritual growth, being vegetarian is one of the basic to be a Buddhist.
Eating meat has been a habituation that has always been centered on self, of satisfying MY tastebuds. Our delusory mind is so focused on self that it forgets that the meat we dress up deliciously as a dish is the result of taking a life brutally and callously, the life of a being which wanted to live as much as we want to live. It’s horrible that we can so ignore the right of another precious being to live.
And here we go…always fighting for our rights to this and that, when we so cruelly deny the right to life of another being.
It’s not difficult to be a vegetarian. As Rinpoche says(thank you Rinpoche),we must be serious about our spiritual growth and path. Compassion is at the heart of our spiritual growth.Not eating meat is an expression of our compassion.
Can’t call ourselves real Buddhist if we are involved directly and indirectly in the killing of animals. It’s one of the vows we take when we take refuge. If cutting meat is difficult, it would be impossible to advance to anything higher.
Even though eating meat is nice but think of it the other way,if you were the animal will you be happy?And if you were going to be gutted skined and be eatan for the happiness for the human beings will you be sad or happy?
It seems hard to quit eating meat, but once your mind tell you to do so, firmly, it is easier than what you think. Especially when you think of not harming others.
我想没有人或动物愿意被杀然后奉献给你当食物吃。我们身为万物之灵会贪生怕死那动物更加会。所以将心比心你还吃得开杀得下手吗？每天在念经学佛法的弟子又怎能忍下心呢？不吃肉不但对健康好也代表尊重生命及一切有情众生。这并是修行的一种。
To torture and to kill another sentient beings just to feed ourselves is definitely WRONG! Especially meat is NOT our only source of food. Its a matter of choice!
Can you look into the eyes of those poor chicken, cows, sheep or even fish when they are about to be killed and be on your dinner plate? I cant! Hence I am a vegetarian. That’s no turning back. I dont want any corps on my dinner plate.
No it is not right at all. How would we feel if we are in their place, to be hanged upside down waiting to be killed. It will be very terrifying. Animals have feelings too and its so sad that they cant talked and expressed themselves. As humans we should have compassion for them. Just think how the animals have to suffer in order to satisfy our taste buds. I was a meat lover until I stopped taking meat about a year ago and I feel that taking vegetarian diet is so much better and healthier.
Thank you Guru, for the kindness and patient to remind us again and
again to be a vegetarian. One year of becoming an vegetarian, feel.. good.. not so guilty feeling towards my meal. Now i can eat “Tanpa Was-was”.
It is damn wrong, if you ask me, the reason is obvious as I recalled my past when I am a fish in the ocean, I wonder why human catch us as we are just swimming in the sea. Then finally I know, they kill us for food regardless we have life or not. And I had work my way up to the ladder of human being over many many lives, by dying as much as the desire arise in me to eat a fish in this human life. Now I am in a human body. I see people killed just like that without second thought. I couldn’t stop my family nor the industry. What can I do ? I become vegetarian myself for as much chance as I could, minimize any consumption of meat as I could. I don’t want to be a fish nor a cow nor cattle, for all of them, I had been in order to have merits to become me. There ain’t free lunch in this world, every being I killed, I was them, every woman I lust, I am them. knowing all these… who want to be rich while 80% of the time you had to become a poor man to create the rich people life in 20% of time ?
Thank you rinpoche for the constant reminder. I have been vegetarian since Wen Xin full moon. It’s about a year now. Though at times have some urge for the taste of good food but when I think of the animal, will stop the urge immediately. It’s great to be able to be in controlled. In mandarin, there is a saying “己所不欲，勿施于人＂(if you do not want others to do it to you, please do not do it to others too”. It’s so true. Just like the law of Karma.
May all beings be well and happy and free from sufferings.
Killing is against the practice of compassion,eating meats can jeopardise the health of our body so why not become a vegetarian?
Buddha Shakyamuni did not oppose eating flesh (he ate meat Himself), Buddha opposed the wrong intentions on eating flesh (meat). So, eating meat for pleasure, and therefore causing harm to other beings, is wrong action.
I am not completely sure about my statement, and I would be very happy if someone could clarify this for me.
Spiritually speaking, it is a great practice which develops discipline and compassion. Monks (from Theravada and Zen tradition, to my understanding)still eat meat when they beg because their practice is different. They have no choice… but we do. Therefore, we have to be more mindful.
For those who are thinking about being vegetarian, let me tell you… it’s hard at first, but it gets easy. Very easy actually. I’ve been vegetarian since I was 14. I’m now 21. Those who are older now should be happy. Growing up, my family did not support this decision. My father even tricked me in eating meat one day. It was tough, and I was even mocked for it. Do what you know is right and stick to it!
The question of vegetarianism was really answered long ago. Gelug Shamar Pandita, and many other great Tibetan masters, said that eating meat taken from an animal that was killed for its meat is wrong. The Angulimala Sutra also gives specific reasons why meat eating is wrong.
Whether Shakyamuni Buddha ate meat or not is highly debated. Geshe Thubten Soepa refuted many points that are traditionally used to support meat eating by Buddhists. At best, the Buddha allowed the eating or meat taken from animals that had died of natural causes..
Dear Alfonso
It’s really nice to hear that you have been a vegetarian since 14 years old.
In regards to your request for clarification, our motivation is indeed very different from attained masters. Hinayana monks eat anything that’s offered to them including meat. Ordained sangha members have many vows unlike us. The fact that they can renounce and live an ordained/monastic life shows how much they have let go off unlike us. They have given their entire life to benefit others and for realized masters they are able to make dedications for the animal which has been killed.
We are attached to all sense pleasures and the attachment only increases each day as we engage in those activities as simple as eating a meal out of indulgence with no regard for the life which has suffered and being killed for us.
If you are serious about your spiritual growth, then, be a vegetarian. It helps to build tolerance, gentleness, kindness, a spirit of sharing and most important of all, Compassion. All proteins from animals including sea-creatures, mean absolute blood-bath, resulting to a terrible masscre – a real holocraust. According to researched reports, those who eat meat are far more likely to contact cancer than those following a vegeterian diet. Meat or flesh eaters also ingest excessive amounts of cholestral, which is dangerously susceptible to heart attacks. Heart attack, a most common cause of death in the world, is said to be killing one person every 45 seconds. Complete elimination of these products from one’s diet will certainly reduce the risk of heart attack by 90%. As a matter of ethics, just for ethical reasoning, let one step into an animal slaughter-house anywhere and see for oneself, how animals suffer the cruel process of forced confinement, manipulation and violent death. The sufferings of pains and terror are beyond imagination and estimation. People who come in contact with slaughter houses cannot help but be effected by what they see and hear for themselves, the delicious food of these animals which they enjoyed eating are the ones who are making these suffering sounds and noises!!! Om mani padme hum.
Dear Rinpoche, I really admire your compassion towards animals and the promotion of vegetarianism. I have been vegetarian now since 2003 and can honestly say I don’t miss meat at all. If you concentrate on that it is a lump of a dead animal, it can make you feel slightly sick. It is clear, if you spend time with animals they have feelings the same as us, they feel fear and pain just like we would put in the same horrible situation of being butchered. Also, not eating meat means we don’t create negative karma for the person who kills the animal.
Definitely not!
Animals are just like us, only they can’t talk or criticize the way we do. If we can feel pain, they can feel it too. It’s just not right to kill animals when we don’t necessarily need to.
We can thrive on a vegetarian diet and be more healthy at the same time. We also have a broad spectrum of options as far as food goes since all sorts of food can be made from vegetables or grains.
Rinpoche, thank you for showing us the way…