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DALAI LAMA DAILY QUOTE–“WORDS OF TRUTH”:

Mao’s Red Army first marched into Tibet in 1949. In 1959, they shelled the Dalai Lama’s Summer Palace in an attempt to kill him, forcing him to flee that night, disguised as a soldier, over five extraordinarily cold and treacherous Himalayan mountain ranges, into exile in India.

To demonstrate… how long China’s atheistic Red Communists have been attempting cultural genocide of Tibetans and their Buddhist religion, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama wrote this prayer, “Words of Truth,” on Sept. 29th, 1960, at age 25. He’ll be 76 this coming July 6th–the day He leads the 11-day “Kalachakra For World Peace” in Washington, D.C. (By contrast, H.H. the 17th Karmapa is now 26.)

“WORDS OF TRUTH”

Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassion
of the Three Jewels–the Buddha, the Teachings,
and the Spiritual Community:

O Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and disciples
Of the past, present, and future,
Having remarkable qualities
Immeasurably vast as the ocean,
Who regard all helpless sentient beings
As your only child,
Please consider the truth of my anguished pleas.

Buddha’s full teachings dispel the pain of worldly
Existence and self-oriented peace;
May they flourish, spreading prosperity and happiness
Throughout this spacious world.
O holders of the Dharma–scholars
And realized practitioners–
May your ten-fold virtuous practice prevail.

Humble sentient beings, tormented
By sufferings without cease,
Completely suppressed by seemingly endless
And terribly intense, negative deeds,
May all their fears from unbearable war,
Famine and disease be pacified to freely
Breathe an ocean of happiness and well-being.
And, particularly the pious people of the
Land of Snows who, through various means,
Are mercilessly destroyed by barbaric hordes
On the side of darkness,
Kindly let the power of your compassion arise
To quickly stem the flow of blood and tears.

Those unrelentingly cruel ones,
Objects of compassion,
Maddened by delusion’s evils,
Wantonly destroy themselves and others.
May they achieve the eye of wisdom,
knowing what must be done and undone,
And abide in the glory of friendship and love.

May this heartfelt wish of total freedom for all Tibet,
Which has been awaited for a long time,
be spontaneously fulfilled.
Please grant soon the good fortune to enjoy
The happy celebration of spiritual with temporal rule.

O protector Chenrezig, compassionately care for
Those who have undergone myriad hardships,
Completely sacrificing their most cherished lives,
bodies, and wealth, for the sake of the
Teachings, practitioners, people and nation.

Thus, the protector Chenrezig made vast prayers
Before the Buddhas and Bodhisativas to fully
Embrace the Land of Snows.
May the good results of these
Prayers now quickly appear.
By the profound interdependence
Of emptiness and relative forms,
Together with the force of great compassion
in the Three Jewels and their Words of Truth,
And through the power of the infallible law
Of actions and their fruits,
May this truthful prayer be unhindered
And quickly fulfilled.


Having been vegetarian/vegan since 1968, I’ve probably heard just about every rationalization attempt extant for continuing to eat our sisters and brothers in the animal realm. However, those who’ve not read Gautama Buddha’s teachings on me…at-eating might be surprised to learn He left no wiggle room in stating:

“If one is trying to practice dhyana (spiritual meditation) and is still eating meat, he would be like a man closing his ears and shouting loudly, and then asserting that he heard nothing. . . . How can a bhikshu (student of spirituality) who hopes to become a deliverer of others, himself be living on the flesh of other sentient beings? . . .S/he who causes suffering shall suffer; there is no escape. “

“To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat. . . .The food of the wise is that which is consumed by the sadhus (holy men); it does not consist of meat. . . .There may be some foolish people in the future who will say that I permitted meat-eating, and that I partook of meat myself, but. . .meat-eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, and I will not permit meat-eating in any form, in any manner, or in any place; it is unconditionally prohibited for all.”–Gautama Buddha, 5th Century, B.C. (“Dhammapada”)

Likewise, after years of requesting of my friend and teacher since 1982 that he speak out decisively to Buddhists about meat-eating, the Dalai Lama stated. . .again, without wiggle room:

“I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet, when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat.”

Personally, I’ve just recently joined this unparalleled, global, social-networking experiment called Facebook, but like you, Rinpoche, I’ve already enjoyed spreading compassion into others’ hearts, and I’m delighted to see you speaking out in behalf of those who can’t.

Finally, anyone interested in more compassionate wisdom on this subject may wish to visit my ‘Dennis Paulson’ FB Page, where every day you’ll find a different COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS quotation from celebrated ones among our sisters and brothers, speaking from their heart just as Rinpoche did here. Big Love and Peace of mind; your friend and theirs,Dennis


(Dennis Paulson left a message on my Facebook post. I found it quite powerful. I have reproduced here for everyone to read. Anyways, many ppl can read on the comments of the post, but that will get pushed down eventually…so it’s here now to stay and to share continuously. I will have more quotes extracted from his wonderful FB page as he recommended to share with all of you on this post. So this post will continue to grow…must check back to it from time to time…please share these quotes wherever you can…help the animals please… Tsem Rinpoche)




BUDDHA ON WALL STREET THIEVES: "When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion."
28 May 2013 at 04:24
DALAI LAMA: ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT THAT FAR- "We humans are actually not that far from enlightenment. Our five senses are like the Emanation Body of a Buddha; our dream body, which is similar to the after-death form, is like a Buddha’s Beatific Form, and the basis of both of these is the subtle mind of clear light, which shares the nature of a Buddha’s Wisdom Body. All we have to do is learn to transform these ordinary elements into their pure natures; then, Buddhahood naturally comes into our hands." - H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama from his book, "The Path to Enlightenment," p. 62
28 May 2013 at 04:23
DALAI LAMA ON ADDICTION: "The brief elation we experience appeasing sensual impulses is very close to what the drug addict feels when indulging his or her habit. Temporary relief is soon followed by a craving for more and, in just the same way that taking drugs, in the end, only causes trouble, so too does much of what we undertake to fulfill our immediate sensory desires. We must acknowledge that there can be no hope of gratifying the senses permanently. At best, the happiness we derive from eating a good meal can only last until the next time we are hungry." - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama , who'll be 78 on July 6th, admitted in a 4.25.12 CNN/Piers Morgan interview he's never listened to music, nor watched movies (including Richard Geer's films), and hadn't watched TV for the previous two years (because of "too much crying at suffering," adding "I used to watch some TV, like Discovery channel"). He also doesn't use a computer or cell phone, just as others post his Twitter Tweets (where he has over 7 million followers) and Facebook quotes (liked by more than 5 million). He's never smoked, drunk alcohol, nor used any drugs, and states: "Even in my dreams, I never dream I'm the Dalai Lama; I always dream I'm a Buddhist monk."
28 May 2013 at 04:21
ADDICTION--ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE WHOLENESS: "Addiction is NOT a psychological or pharmacological problem, and CANNOT be solved by the methods of psychology or pharmacology. It is, at root, a SPIRITUAL concern, because it represents a misdirected attempt to achieve wholeness, to experience inner completeness and satisfaction." - From "Natural Health, Natural Medicine," by Harvard-trained botanist and M.D., Andrew Weil, p. 132.
28 May 2013 at 04:20
BUDDHA ON ENGAGED BUDDHISM: "When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion." - Buddha
28 May 2013 at 04:19
DALAI LAMA ON ENGAGED BUDDHISM: "It is not enough to be compassionate; you must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind; that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public." - Dalai Lama
28 May 2013 at 04:17
BUDDHA ON NOT KILLING ANY LIVING BEING: "One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world." - Gautama Buddha (Sutra Nipata II, 14)
16 May 2013 at 02:51
BUDDHA ON FREEDOM: On life's journey, faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day, and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If one lives a pure life, nothing can destroy her or him. If one has conquered greed, nothing can limit his or her freedom. Just as there is only one taste in the ocean--the taste of salt--so in Buddhism, there is only one taste. The taste of Freedom. - Shakyamuni Buddha
16 May 2013 at 02:50
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE, MY FRIENDS, is extraordinary in our human sisters and brothers who think of themselves as Buddhists or Christians, for example, but still order/buy living beings to eat, consigning the killing to other hapless souls. Big Love and maintain a kind heart. May goodness prevail, and may all beings be liberated from the bondage of the misperception of reality. - D
16 May 2013 at 02:50
DALAI LAMA ON KEEPING HOPE ALIVE: "No matter what is going on,
Never give up.
Develop the heart.
Too much energy in your country
Is spent developing the mind,
Instead of the heart.
Be compassionate,
Not just to your friends,
But to everyone.
Be compassionate.
Work for peace
In your heart and in the world.
Work for peace,
And I say again,
Never give up,
No matter what is going on around you.
Never give up."
- H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
12 May 2013 at 03:07
BUDDHA ON EQUANIMITY: "Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white or brown, we are all the same. Physically, emotionally and mentally, we are all equal. We all share basic needs for food, shelter, safety and love. He or she who experiences the unity of life sees her or his own self in all beings, and all beings in her or his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye." - Shakyamuni Buddha
12 May 2013 at 03:06
CHRIST ON EQUANIMITY: "Love others as well as you love yourself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus Christ , of whom His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama said at the Dharmasala Main Temple, 9.1.11, before his offering for generating Bodhicitta and conferring the Bodhisattva Vow: "I think we can consider Jesus Christ as some kind of Bodhisattva, or some kind of manifestation of a different Buddha, since he's had so much long-term impact on so many millions of people."
12 May 2013 at 03:04
DALAI LAMA ON INNER PEACE: "Terrorism is the worst kind of violence, so we have to check it, we have to take countermeasures. But, do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another." - H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
12 May 2013 at 03:03
LAMA YESHE ON THE ILLUSION OF EGO: "When a strong wind blows, the clouds vanish and blue sky appears. Similarly, when the powerful wisdom that understand the nature of the mind arises, the dark clouds of ego disappear." - Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) was born in Tibet and educated at Sera Monastic University. He escaped the Chinese oppression in 1959 through Bhutan, later saying, "In that year, the Chinese kindly told us that it was time to leave Tibet and meet the outside world." He was the Great Bodhisattva who first awakened me to my primordial condition, becoming my principal and most precious root Tibetan teacher since taking the Bodhisattva Vow from him in 1974, until his passing in 1984, after which my friend since 1982, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, has been that for me. Lama founded the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition with his principle disciple, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, under whose nurturing the FPMT has today grown to 161 centers, projects and services in 41 countries, worldwide.

Lama Yeshe is said to have been an Abbess of a Tibetan nunnery last life, and this lifetime, after passing away far too early at age 49 (in Los Angeles), to have reincarnated in Spain as Ösel Hita Torres (currently masquerading on Facebook as Ozzy Ibiza), whom most all of his countless thousands of students, globally, are patiently waiting for him to resume teaching. . .especially those of us who've been practicing now for nearly four decades and are considered among the Elder Sangha--robed, as well as in the far larger lay majority, all now more seriously preparing for the evolution of our own death (many having already passed away).
12 May 2013 at 02:58
DALAI LAMA ON EMPTINESS & EXISTENCE--Part 4: "Whenever we think about objects, do we mistakenly believe that they exist in their own right? No. We can conceive of phenomena in three different ways. Let us consider a tree. There is no denying that it appears to inherently exist, but:

• We could conceive of the tree as existing inherently, in its own right.
• We could conceive of the tree as lacking inherent existence.
• We could conceive of the tree without thinking that it inherently exists or not.


"Only the first of those is wrong. The other two modes of apprehension are right, even if the mode of appearance is mistaken in the second and the third, in that the tree appears as if inherently existent.

"If objects do not inherently exist, does this mean that they cannot function? Jumping to the conclusion that because the true nature of objects is emptiness, therefore they are incapable of performing functions such as causing pleasure or pain, or helping or harming, is the worst sort of misunderstanding--a nihilistic view.

"As the Indian scholar-yogi Nagarjuna says in his 'Precious Garland,' a nihilist will certainly have a bad transmigration upon rebirth, whereas a person who believes, albeit wrongly, in inherent existence goes on to a good transmigration. Allow me to explain.

"You need a belief in the consequences of actions, to choose virtue in your life and discard nonvirtue. For the time being, the subtle view of the emptiness of inherent existence might be too difficult for you to understand without falling into the trap of nihilism--where you are unable to understand that phenomena arise in dependence upon causes and conditions (dependent-arising).

"Then, for the sake of your spiritual progress, it would be better, for now, to set aside trying to penetrate emptiness. Even if you mistakenly believe that phenomena inherently exist, you can still develop an understanding of dependent-arising and apply it in practice.

"This is why even Buddha, on occasion, taught that living beings and other phenomena inherently exist. Such teachings are the thought of Buddha's scriptures, but they are not his own final thought. For specific purposes, he sometimes spoke in non-final ways.

"Because all phenomena appear to exist in their own right, all of our ordinary perceptions are mistaken. Only when emptiness is directly realized, during completely-focused meditation, is there no false appearance. At that time, the dualism of subject and object has vanished, as has the appearance of multiplicity; only emptiness appears.

"After you rise from that meditation, once again, living beings and objects falsely appear to exist in and of themselves, but through the power of having realized emptiness, you will recognize the discrepancy between appearance and reality. Through meditation, you have identified both the false mode of appearance, and the false mode of apprehension.

"Let us return to the central point: All of us have a sense of 'I,' but we need to realize that it is only designated in dependence upon mind and body. The selflessness that Buddhists speak of refers to the absence of a self that is permanent, partless, and independent; or, more subtly, it can refer to the absence of inherent existence of any phenomenon.

"However, Buddhists do value the existence of a self that changes from moment to moment, designated in dependence upon the continuum of mind and body. All of us validly have this sense of 'I.' When Buddhists speak of the doctrine of selflessness, we are not referring to the non-existence of this self.

"With this 'I,' all of us rightfully want happiness, and do not want suffering. It is when we exaggerate our sense of ourselves and other phenomena to mean something inherently existent, that we get drawn into many, many problems. As an exercise in identifying how objects and beings falsely appear, try the following:

• Observe how an item such as a watch appears in a store, when you first notice it; then, how its appearance changes and becomes even more concrete, as you become more interested in it, and finally, how it appears after you have bought it and consider it yours.

• Reflect on how you, yourself, appear to your mind, as if inherently existent. Then, reflect on how others and their bodies appear to your mind."
- H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama , from his book "How to Practice: The Way To A Meaningful Life"
05 April 2013 at 22:22
DALAI LAMA ON EMPTINESS & EXISTENCE--Part 3: "Emptiness, or selflessness, can only be understood if we first identify that of which phenomena are empty. Without understanding what is negated, you cannot understand its absence--emptiness.

"You might think that emptiness means nothingness, but it does not. Merely from reading, it is difficult to identify and understand the object of negation--what Buddhist texts speak of as true establishment or inherent existence. But, over a period of time, when you add your own investigations to the reading, the faultiness of our usual way of seeing things will become clearer and clearer.

"Buddha said many times that because all phenomena are dependently arisen, they are relative--their existence depends on other causes and conditions, and depends on their own parts. A wooden table, for instance, does not exist independently; rather, it depends on a great many causes, such as a tree, the carpenter who makes it, and so forth; it also depends upon its own parts.

"If a wooden table or any phenomenon really were not dependent--if it were established in its own right--then when you analyze it, its existence in its own right should become more obvious, but it does not. This Buddhist reasoning is supported by science.

"Physicists today keep discovering finer and finer components of matter, yet they still cannot understand its ultimate nature. Understanding emptiness is even deeper. The more you look into how an ignorant consciousness conceives phenomena to exist, the more you find that phenomena do not exist that way. However, the more you look into what a wise consciousness understands, the more you gain affirmation in the absence of inherent existence.

"We have established that when any phenomenon is sought through analysis, it cannot be found. So, you may be wondering whether these phenomena exist at all. However, we know from direct experience that people and things cause pleasure and pain, and that they can help and harm.

"Therefore, phenomena certainly do exist. The question is: how? They do not exist in their own right, but only have an existence dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that conceptualizes them. Once they exist, but do not exist on their own, they necessarily exist in dependence upon conceptualization.

"However, when phenomena appear to us, they do not at all appear as if they exist this way. Rather, they seem to be established in their own right, from the object's side, without depending upon a conceptualizing consciousness.

"When training to develop wisdom, you are seeking, through analysis, to find the inherent existence of whatever object you are considering—yourself, another person, your body, your mind, or anything else. You are analyzing not the mere appearance, but the inherent nature of the object.

"Thus, it is not that you come to understand that the object does not exist; rather, you find that its inherent existence is unfounded. Analysis does not contradict the mere existence of the object. Phenomena do exist, indeed, but not in the way we think they do.

"What is left after analysis is a dependently-existent phenomenon. When, for example, you examine your own body, its inherent existence is negated, but what is left is a body dependent on four limbs, a trunk, and a head."
- H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama , from his book "How to Practice: The Way To A Meaningful Life"
05 April 2013 at 22:19
DALAI LAMA ON EMPTINESS & EXISTENCE--Part 2: "Both Buddhists and non-Buddhists practice meditation to achieve pleasure and get rid of pain, and in both Buddhist and non-Buddhist systems, the self is a central object of scrutiny. Certain non-Buddhists who accept rebirth accept the transitory nature of mind and body, but they believe in a self that is permanent, changeless and unitary.

"Although Buddhist schools accept rebirth, they hold that there is no such solid self. For Buddhists, the main topic of the training in wisdom is emptiness, or selflessness, which means the absence of a permanent, unitary and independent self or, more subtly, the absence of inherent existence, either in living beings or in other phenomena.

"To understand selflessness, you need to understand that everything that exists is contained in two groups called the two truths--conventional and ultimate. The phenomena that we see and observe around us can go from good to bad, or bad to good, depending on various causes and conditions.

"Many phenomena cannot be said to be inherently good or bad; they are better or worse, tall or short, beautiful or ugly, only by comparison, not by way of their own nature. Their value is relative. From this, you can see that there is a discrepancy between the way things appear, and how they actually are.

"For instance, something may--in terms of how it appears--look good, but due to its inner nature being different, it can turn bad, once it is affected by conditions. Food that looks so good in a restaurant may not sit so well in your stomach. This is a clear sign of a discrepancy between appearance and reality.

"These phenomena, themselves, are called conventional truths: they are known by consciousness that goes no further than appearances. But, the same objects have an inner mode of being, called an ultimate truth, that allows for the changes brought about by conditions.

"A wise consciousness, not satisfied with mere appearances, analyzes to find whether objects inherently exist as they seem to do, but discovers their absence of inherent existence. It finds an emptiness of inherent existence, beyond appearances."
- H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama , from his book "How to Practice: The Way To A Meaningful Life"
05 April 2013 at 22:15
DALAI LAMA ON EMPTINESS & EXISTENCE PART 1: "To generate the type of love and compassion that motivates you to seek Buddhahood ['Buddha' is Sanskrit for 'Awake'], not for yourself, but for the sake of others, first you must confront suffering by identifying its types. This is the first noble truth.

"From the time we are born to the time we die, we suffer mental and physical pain; the suffering of change, and pervasive suffering of uncontrolled conditioning. The second and third noble truths lead us to understand the causes of suffering, and whether or not those causes can be removed.

"The fundamental cause of suffering is ignorance—the mistaken apprehension that living beings and objects inherently exist. We all have a valid, proper sense of self or 'I,' but then we additionally have a misconception of that 'I' as inherently existing. Under the sway of this delusion, we view the self as existing under its own power, established by way of its own nature, able to set itself up.

"However, if there were such a separate 'I'--self-established and existing in its own right--it should become clearer and clearer under the light of competent analysis, as to whether it exists as either mind or body, or the collection of mind and body, or different from mind and body. In fact, the closer you look, the more it is not found.

"This turns out to be the case for everything--for all phenomena. The fact that you cannot find them means that those phenomena do not exist under their own power; they are not self-established. Sometime during the early Sixties when I was reflecting on a passage by Tsongkhapa [founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, to which the Dalai Lama belongs] about unfindability, and the fact that phenomena are dependent on conceptuality, it was as if lightning coursed within my chest. Here is the passage [next three paragraphs]:

'A coiled rope's speckled color and coiling are similar to those of a snake, and when the rope is perceived in a dim area, the thought arises, 'This is a snake.' As for the rope, at that time when it is seen to be a snake, the collection and parts of the rope are not even in the slightest way a snake. Therefore, that snake is merely set up by conceptuality. 'In the same way, when the thought 'I' arises in dependence upon mind and body, nothing within mind and body--neither the collection which is a continuum of earlier and later moments, nor the collection of the parts at one time, nor the separate parts, nor the continuum of any of the separate parts--is, in even the slightest way, the 'I.'

'Also, there is not even the slightest something that is a different entity from mind and body, that is apprehendable as the 'I.' Consequently, the 'I' is merely set up by conceptuality, in dependence upon mind and body; it is not established by way of its own entity.'

"The impact lasted for awhile, and for the next few weeks, whenever I saw people, they seemed like a magician's illusions, in that they appeared to inherently exist, but I knew that they actually did not. That experience, which was like lightning in my heart, was most likely at a level below completely valid and incontrovertible realization. This is when my understanding of the cessation of the afflictive emotions as a true possibility became real.

"Nowadays, I always meditate on emptiness in the morning, and bring that experience into the day's activities. Just thinking or saying 'I,' as in 'I will do such and such,' will often trigger the feeling. But still, I cannot claim full understanding of emptiness."

"A consciousness that conceives of inherent existence does not have a valid foundation. A wise consciousness, grounded in reality, understands that living beings and other phenomena--minds, bodies, buildings, and so forth--do not inherently exist. This is the wisdom of emptiness. Understanding reality exactly opposite to the misconception of inherent existence, wisdom gradually overcomes ignorance.

"Remove the ignorance that misconceives phenomena to inherently exist, and you prevent the generation of afflictive emotions like lust and hatred [or, attachment and aversion]. Thus, in turn, suffering can also be removed. In addition, the wisdom of emptiness must be accompanied by a motivation of deep concern for others (and by the compassionate deeds it inspires), before it can remove the obstructions to omniscience, which are the predispositions for the false appearance of phenomena--even to sense consciousness--as if they inherently exist.

"Therefore, full spiritual practice calls for cultivating wisdom in conjunction with great compassion and the intention to become enlightened, in which others are valued more than yourself. Only then may your consciousness be transformed into the omniscience of a Buddha."
- H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, from his book "How to Practice: The Way To A Meaningful Life"
05 April 2013 at 22:13
BUDDHA ON MINDFULNESS MEDITATIONS: "Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme; of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme." - Shakyamuni Buddha
05 April 2013 at 22:10
BUDDHA ON MEDITATION: "Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom." - Shakyamuni Buddha
05 April 2013 at 22:09
PADMASAMBHAVA ON MEDITATION: "Like it or not, if you look at your own mind, you will discover it is void and groundless. . .as insubstantial as empty space. When you realize that samsara and nirvana are dharmakaya, you need not put effort into meditation practice." - Padmasambhava
05 April 2013 at 22:07
PATRUL RINPOCHE ON MEDITATION: "There is nothing to meditate on, and no one to meditate." Patrül Rinpoche (1808-1887) was a great nonsectarian Tibetan Dzogchen master, and one of the foremost scholars of his time. He was known not only for his scholarship and learning, but also for his renunciation and compassion. His most famous works are "The Words of My Perfect Teacher"--a commentary on the Great Perfection preliminary practices, studied in all of Tibetan Buddhism's four main lineages--and his commentary on "Three Words Striking The Vital Point," the epitome of the Dzogchen teachings. Patrül Rinpoche studied with many different masters on a vast array of topics, from the foundational teachings of the Hinayana up to the most profound and secret oral instructions of the Great Perfection. At 20, he took up the life of a wandering hermit, and for the rest of his days, wandered from mountain retreats to large monasteries, practicing the teachings, instructing students, and composing commentaries on important texts and practices. Though he was a master of the Great Perfection teachings, he had a passion for teaching the Mahayana, as well. He taught Shantideva's "Bodhisattvacharyavatara" ("A Guide to Bodhisattva's Way of Life") over 100 times. Throughout his life, he demonstrated the impeccable life of a true siddha/scholar: he kept few possessions, had no fixed abode, and was often mistaken for a beggar, due to his humble appearance. Known as the wandering Dzogchen master of Eastern Tibet, beloved by the people, he was renowned as the enlightened vagabond. . .an enlightened master who, though he chose to live the life of a vagabond, was one of the most illustrious spiritual teachers of the 19th Century. - Patrul Rinpoche (quoted in H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama's "Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection," p. 76, similar to the famous quote of Buddha, p. 126: "The mind is devoid of mind, for the nature of mind is clear light.")

Patrül Rinpoche (1808-1887) was a great nonsectarian Tibetan Dzogchen master, and one of the foremost scholars of his time. He was known not only for his scholarship and learning, but also for his renunciation and compassion. His most famous works are "The Words of My Perfect Teacher"--a commentary on the Great Perfection preliminary practices, studied in all of Tibetan Buddhism's four main lineages--and his commentary on "Three Words Striking The Vital Point," the epitome of the Dzogchen teachings.

Patrül Rinpoche studied with many different masters on a vast array of topics, from the foundational teachings of the Hinayana up to the most profound and secret oral instructions of the Great Perfection. At 20, he took up the life of a wandering hermit, and for the rest of his days, wandered from mountain retreats to large monasteries, practicing the teachings, instructing students, and composing commentaries on important texts and practices.

Though he was a master of the Great Perfection teachings, he had a passion for teaching the Mahayana, as well. He taught Shantideva's "Bodhisattvacharyavatara" ("A Guide to Bodhisattva's Way of Life") over 100 times. Throughout his life, he demonstrated the impeccable life of a true siddha/scholar: he kept few possessions, had no fixed abode, and was often mistaken for a beggar, due to his humble appearance.

Known as the wandering Dzogchen master of Eastern Tibet, beloved by the people, he was renowned as the enlightened vagabond. . .an enlightened master who, though he chose to live the life of a vagabond, was one of the most illustrious spiritual teachers of the 19th Century.
05 April 2013 at 22:05
DALAI LAMA ON PURIFYING ONE'S MIND: "In this practice, one recollects negativity, contemplates its nature, generates apprehension of its karmic implications, and resolves to purify one's mind of the negative traces. On the basis of this resolve, one takes refuge, develops the bodhimind*, and enters the Vajrasattva** meditation or whatever method is being used. One can also do exercises such as prostrations, and so forth. This concentration of purifying energies destroys the potency of negative karmic imprints, like the germ of a barley seed roasted in a fire.

"Here, it is important to begin the meditation session with a contemplative meditation, and then to transform this into settled meditation for a prolonged period of time. One abides in the settled meditation until it begins to lose intensity, and then temporarily reverts to contemplative meditation, in order to invigorate the mind, returning to fixed meditation once a contemplative atmosphere has been restored.

"Generally, our mind is habituated to directing all of our energies into things that benefit this life alone, things of no spiritual consequence. By performing these types of meditations, our natural attachment to the meaningless activities of this life subsides, and we begin to experience an inner appreciation for spiritual values. When, spontaneously, one's mind appreciates spiritual rather than mundane goals, one has become an active practitioner of initial perspective."
- His Holiness the Great Fourteenth, from his book "The Path to Enlightenment," p. 117

* Bodhimind (Tibetan, byang chub kyi sems; literally, the mind of enlightenment, a.k.a Bodhichitta). On the relative level, it is the wish to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all beings, as well as the practice of the path of love, compassion, the six transcendent perfections, etc., necessary for achieving that goal. On the absolute level, it is the direct insight into the ultimate nature. The six transcendent perfections are transcendent generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.

** The practice of Vajrasattva and recitation of his mantra are particularly effective for purifying negative actions. In the lineage of the Great Perfection***, he is the sambhogakaya Buddha--the spontaneously luminous aspect of Buddhahood--Body of Perfect Enjoyment--only perceptible to highly-realized beings.

*** Great Perfection (Tibetan, dzogs pa chen po; alternative translation is Great Completeness)--Dzogchen, other name of Atiyoga (the highest of the three inner yogas; the summit of the Nine Vehicles, according to the classification of the Nyingmapa School). 'Perfection' means that the mind, in its nature, naturally contains all the qualities of the three bodies: its nature is emptiness, the dharmakaya; its natural expression is clarity, the samboghakaya, and its compassion is all-encompassing, the nirmanakaya. 'Great' means that this perfection is the natural condition of all things. The teachings of the Great Perfection are classified in three sections: the mind, space and pith-instruction sections.
05 April 2013 at 21:59
GESHE RINCHEN ON MEDITATION: As Geshe Sonam Rinchen points out in his commentary to Atisha's "Lamp On the Path To Enlightenment," p. 37: "Not all meditation has to be done sitting on a cushion in a formal meditation posture. There are two broad categories. One is placement meditation, in which we try to keep the mind single-pointedly focused on an object.

"The other kind, analytical meditation, involves thinking, and can be done anywhere. It is important not to make too rigid a distinction between meditation and implementation, or to think that meditation always means sitting in a certain position."
- Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933- ) was born in eastern Tibet; studied at Sera Je Monastery, and in 1980, received the Lharampa Geshe degree. He also holds an Acharya degree from the Central University of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi. Since 1978, he has been resident scholar at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, where he teaches Buddhist philosophy and practice. He has also taught in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland and Switzerland. His books include: "The Three Principal Aspects of the Path," "The Bodhisattva Vow," "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas," "The Six Perfections," "How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising," "Eight Verses For Training the Mind," "Heart Sutra: An Oral Teaching," and "Buddha Nature," as well as commentaries on "Atisha's Lamp For the Path To Enlightenment" and "Aryadeva's Four-Hundred Stanzas On the Middle Way."
05 April 2013 at 21:55
TENZIN PALMO ON MEDITATION: "Buddhists primarily meditate, not in order to just become calm or blissed out, but to tear through the veil of ignorance concerning our true nature." - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (1943- ) is a Tibetan Buddhist nun in the Drukpa lineage of the Kagyu school. She's also an author, teacher, and founder of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. Born Diane Perry in London during the Blitz, she was the daughter of an East End charlady and a fishmonger. At 18, she decided she was a Buddhist; traveled by sea to India in search of a teacher, and on her 21st birthday, met her root guru, the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche.

Three weeks later, she became the second Western woman to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. At 33, with her lama’s blessing, Tenzin Palmo took up residence in a 6' x 6' cave, 13,200 feet up in the Himalayan valley of Lahaul, and lived there 12 years, the last three years in strict retreat. Since then, she has given her uniquely practical teachings around the world in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, in Himachel Pradesh, India, which she founded in 2000.

Vicki Mackenzie, who wrote "Cave in the Snow" about her, says that what inspired the writing of the book was reading Tenzin Palmo's statement to a Buddhist magazine that "I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form, no matter how many lifetimes it takes."
05 April 2013 at 21:52
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  1. Samfoonheei on Nov 3, 2021 at 12:17 pm

    Reading all those inspiring quotes is indeed very powerful, meaningful and each quotes teach us a lesson in life. We could learn and apply it to live life meaningful with no regrets. Some of those quotes could change our lives , transforms our mind as well.
    “Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Shakyamuni Buddha
    One of the many quotes strikes me to think deeper.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.

  2. Samfoonheei on Apr 11, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    Wow…….all the quotes are power, inspirational and meaningful . They can actually make a difference in our life only if we actually apply and live those words. I like most of the quotes and have it share with my FB friends .
    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.

  3. tenzin llhamo on Nov 20, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    All the quotes in here are indeed powerful and meaningful. Quotes that can be read everyday and applied to myself. I have been putting some of them on my FB for more to appreciate. There are so many I cant say which is my favorite!

  4. stacyng on Mar 22, 2012 at 9:56 am

    and my eye always csn see ghost

  5. stacyng on Mar 22, 2012 at 9:54 am

    please help me and my hole body can see the guys is praying me

  6. stacyng on Mar 22, 2012 at 9:50 am

    the ghost insidemy body and control me and i do no wht to do
    the malay guy like me he pray me has a vodoo .and i get histriorical 2times

  7. Dennis Paulson on Feb 13, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    ON, SANDY, a topic you posted today on Rinpoche’s Wall–“Experience: Your Personal Guru To The Meaning Of Life”–he replied: “You seem to enjoy writing, sharing, have critical analysis, learning, and dharma. . . .The current arrangement you are in is fine, but moving to the next levels would be even more wonderful. . . . What is your goal with it? Where would you TRULY like to be with it. How far do you want to go with this? I don’t need nice words or words that I would want to hear, but more where you wish to truly go with your passion?”

    Below your abovementioned article suggesting that one’s experience is sufficient to understanding the meaning of life, your age is listed as 27. Many think that humans, today, don’t even begin to boot until their early 20s, so you’ve not had the opportunity to gain much experience of life in what MTV calls The Real World, assuming you’ve spent most of your life, thus far, in school.

    On the one hand, Sandy, you understand the need for experience to write more intelligently about subjects, yet that doesn’t dissuade you from taking on all vegetarians, despite the fact you’re still a meat-eater. If you read your above piece objectively you begin and end with these caveats: “It is with the greatest respect that I ask the following in regards to vegetarianism.” and “Again, I offer my post with no disrespect intended whatsoever.”

    In between, however, you disrespect all vegetarians for not immediately taking the next step into veganism–another place you’ve no experience of. Perhaps what Rinpoche is suggesting by suggesting “moving to the next levels would be even more wonderful,” is that you first become a vegetarian–so you can write about it with experiential knowledge and distilled wisdom–and then move up another level into veganism, so you can do the same there.

    Personally, I became a vegetarian 43 years ago, and it took me several years to finally give up, collectively, chicken, then fish, and finally any milk which required keeping animals contiinually pregnant (not to mention killing off most of the male calves dropped daily on such farms).

    The Buddhist Path to Awakening, Sandy, is graduated for a reason. Perhaps Rinpoche is also suggesting, in his infinite compassion, that you begin with the analytical meditation in which you see all beings as have repeatedly been your precious mother, to whom you owe a great debt of gratitude. Once you’ve gain that level of universal compassion, then perhaps you’ll be able to intelligently debate your own justification for ordering their slaughter daily to feed yourself.

    Granted, Sandy, the vast majority of our sisters and brothers in this human realm are still caught in killing, so you’ll always have plenty of readers for your stuff, in which you’re disrespecting every vegetarian on Earth for not doing what you’ve never even had the courage or discipline or interest to try. Forget Buddhist and Christian injunctions on not killing which are being daily ignored.

    My most precious Tibetan teacher, Lama Yeshe, used to repeatedly say: “Slowly, slowly, Dear; it take time.” You’ve got the grammar chops down, Sandy, and Dafne (from San Diego, despite the fact she still roots for not one but two Eastern U.S. professional football teams) has invited you to join her in a new writing project she’s started.

    As the Dharma moves inexorably westward, young writers such you and Dafne will be needed to fill the shoes of old ones such as myself. However, it does help to first gain some ‘experience’ in walking this Graduated Path to Enlightenment, before you begin criticizing those not walking it as you would like them to, or at the speed you’d like to see them awaken.

    We each awaken in our own time, Sandy, at our own speed, which is why Buddhism is structured to accommodate various levels of mind/motivation. In the future, my younger Dharma brother, please be respectful of your sisters and brothers who’ve trying very hard to create positive karma–meritorious acts–by stepping back from the killing. . .first.

    All of us who’ve graduated into veganism hope, of course, they’ll all eventually move, as Rinpoche suggests, to the next level or two. I’ve heard Lama Zopa Rinpoche say to a Western student: “Perhaps it’s not yet time for you to be writing about Dharma.” In the sense that you first must ‘experience’ what you’re writing about, he makes an excellent point.

    Recently, Sandy, as I’m just new to FB, having allowed the first half-billion of you to beta-test it for me, I’ve created both a personal and corporate page, the latter for my global business which has been helping end unnecessary suffering on seven continents over the past 35 years: Fasting Center International.

    Please feel free, Sandy, and anyone else reading here to Friend me (Dennis Paulson), and I hope you’ll also check out our Fasting Center International page–both new, as noted–where I’ve begun some discussion topics you may or may not find interesting. One thing I can guarantee you, however, is that they’re all based on experiential knowledge and distilled wisdom, including one I just posted today–having been inspired to by Rinpoche’s own compassion for animals.

    It’s title,Sandy, may make the writer in you salivate (I’m joking, of course): “Vegetarian Or Vegan: Opting For A More Intelligent, Plant-Based Diet–Going Directly To The Source Of Nutrients.” I encourage Comments, of course, but not if they’re disrespectful of others trying their best to remove themselves from the unnecessary killing and suffering.

    Slowly, slowly, Sandy; it takes time. Respectfully, your unmet friend and Dharma brother, Dennis Paulson, Founder/Director, Fasting Center International, Inc.

    P.S. I’m so new to FB, Rinpoche, that I’ve only had two Chats so far, neither initiated by me. Late last night (about 3 a.m. here where I live in Santa Barbara, California, I was ‘pinged’ into a Chat by another Rinpoche living near Mysore, India (13 hrs. ahead of me). He’s an 11th incarnation, and a doctor of Tibetan Medicine this time. We chatted for an hour, and he said he’d ‘ping’ me again tonight, if that was alright.

    Talk about ‘experience,’ Sandy! <;-) Instructively, I just checked his FB page, and synchronously, vis a vis your piece about thinking life 'experience' will teach you "the meaning of life" (not to mention intelligent preparation for your death), his most recent post is this quote by the Panchen Lama: "When the doctor gives me up, when rituals no longer work, when friends have given up hope for my life, when anything I do is futile, may I be blessed to remember my guru's instructions."

    If, Sandy, we could all sort it out without 'Gurus' (Sanskrit for 'Teacher'), suffering would not exist, and you'd not be eating your sisters and brothers in the animal realm. Why? Because you'd have moved to the next level of understanding the Immutable Law of Cause and Effect, know to Buddhists, Hindus and Jains as karma (Skt. for action), and to Christians, Hindus and Jains as "reaping what's been sown."

    Thank you, Sandy, for allowing Rinpoche and I share a bit of our own experiential knowledge and distilled wisdom with you, knowing we both see you definitely have writing skills, as well as a passion for it, just as we both you'll consider taking those up a level or two, as addressed by us both. I'll leave you with a little of the 'experience' of the Rinpoche who'll soon be chatting with me again tonight from India, who told me last night he's just been invited to come to my America for the first time, in July (same month my friend and teacher since 1982 will give the 11-day "Kalachakra For World Peace" in Washington, D.C. (which you and Dafne might wish to consider attending, for a very serious 'experiential' innoculation):

    [As promised, Sandy, here's a little of the bio of my just-met new Facebook friend (this lifetime, although we obviously created the karma previously for this meeting). From my side, I feel very blessed and honored he found me on FB, all the way from Mysore! Isn't this technology awesome?! From you side, Sandy, listen to how often he talks about learning from Guru's/Teachers, as opposed to what you called "life experience"]:

    "Under the guidance of his spiritual teachers, he undertook most of the traditional trainings of Buddhism. This includes the study of Buddhist Sutra, Tantra, dialectics, astronomy, grammar and composition. He received several important empowerments and transmissions of Secret Mantrayana, and Medicine Buddha from realized masters in Tibet.

    "In 1990’s, few monasteries and senior monks in Amdo were able to establish communication with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in exile in India. During that period, in 1989, the Dalai Lama issued an official letter approving the 11th Hanzin Rinpoche as the true re-incarnation of 10th Hanzin Rinpoche.

    "While continuing his higher Buddhist training and practice, Rinpoche served patients and devotees through teachings, Tibetan medicine, divination, Phowa (transference of consciousness), astronomical forecast, MO (prediction), purification rituals, hands on healing, dream interpretation, tantric healing and by performing puja's to avert and clear the obstacles.

    "In 1998, Hanzin Rinpoche secretly fled into exile in India during the time when China had launched a campaign to target and persecutes senior influential monks and Rinpoches. Upon arrival, Rinpoche had a private audience with the Dalai Lama. In order to take his Buddhist insight and practice into great heights, Rinpoche stayed nearly five years in Dharamsala (near HH the Dalai Lama) receiving teachings, transmissions, and empowerments from His Holiness the Dalai Lama from time to time, while teaching Buddhist philosophy at Sherab Gatsel ling School in Dharamsala, after his arrival from Tibet.

    "Rinpoche continued to receive secret transmissions, empowerments, teachings and pith instructions from senior monks in India from Gelukpa and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Rinpoche spent over a year in Sed Gyud Monastery receiving special transmissions and empowerments of Guhyasamaja, Heru-Kapa and Yamantaka of Gelukpa tradition, while teaching to the monks in the monastery.

    "In 2006, Rinpoche travelled across the Himalayan region in Nepal, Sikkim, and West Bengal, researching endangered herbs and ancient Bon and Buddhist text on medicine, preserved in local monasteries in the region. One of Rinpoche’s visions is to serve human beings by formulating herbal cure for dealing with alcohol and drug addiction [something my own global business has done for the past 3.5 decades, Sandy] with the help of his spiritual realization and knowledge of Tibetan medicine. In India, Rinpoche received a certificate of Tibetan medical practitioner from the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, Central Tibetan Administration of HH. The Dalai Lama, based in Dharamsala.

    "Rinpoche is currently one of the senior masters of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the main seat of the Panchen Rinpoche, the second highest ranking spiritual leader of Tibet. He trains senior monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and gives transmissions, empowerments and teachings. Amidst his role in the monastery, Rinpoche also consult patients, monks and lay people, on Tibetan Medicine in Bylakuppee.

    "Having spent a great deal of time in study, practice, meditation and research in Buddhist Tantra and Medicine, both in Tibet and exile, Rinpoche has only recently shown interest to visit western countries for teachings, dialogues, consultations, or exchange programs. Rinpoche has, so far, visited New Caledonia, Australia, and Switzerland."

  8. Sandy Clarke on Feb 12, 2011 at 12:07 am

    Dear Rinpoche,

    It is with the greatest respect that I ask the following in regards to vegetarianism.

    Since people who practice vegetarianism (mostly) do so in order to remove themselves from the process of causing suffering to animals as they see it, can it not be argued that vegetarianism is not enough when we consider the amount of abuse that goes on in dairy farms?

    All vegetarians I know well (excluding Kecharians) regularly consume milk, eggs, cheese, ice cream and so on, but with the production of dairy products, it places countless animals under the most severe stress and trauma, and a basic search on Google returns plenty of stories of animal abuse within dairy farms. I also recently read that even free-range products come from farms that are actually far removed from treating their animals as fairly as they claim.

    I’ve spoken with a number of vegetarians on this issue (a couple were rather militant about the cause), and a few have said something along the lines of, “While we might cause 60% animal suffering, meat-eaters cause 100%!” This argument, to me, seems wholly illogical: if you see your dietary habits as having an influence on animal welfare, surely you would want to cause as little suffering as possible?

    Of course, I’ve heard the argument that “dairy isn’t so easy to give up”, which again doesn’t seem to carry any weight: if you see your dietary habits as having an influence on animal welfare, if vegetarians are really so concerned, then surely the choice to become Vegan – although no doubt a difficult transition to make – should be chosen if the welfare of animals really is at the heart of the matter? As a Vegan friend of mine said, there are studies to show that humans are the only species to consume milk beyond infancy, and some in the medical profession actually advise cutting down dairy as much as possible the older one gets.

    I should mention that I consume meat. I make no excuses for it, nor do I attempt to hide it. I have various reasons to believe the vegetarian argument doesn’t work and have yet to be convinced by it. However, the reason I take an interest in the subject is because I’m constantly aware (and have been approached by) some vegetarians try to be quite forceful in their arguments and yet, there seems to be a double standard in their preaching.

    I don’t concern myself with the choices of others. People choose what they choose and any consequences rest on their shoulders, but what I am trying to find an answer to (and have yet to be given an answer beyond vague or nonsensical) is why vegetarians claim to be against the suffering of animals, yet continue to consume products that contribute quite significantly to their suffering?

    There is the argument: “Oh, so an animal dying is OK so long as you get to enjoy your steak or burgers?” To this one could retort: “So an animal suffering continuously is OK so long as you get to enjoy your milk, eggs, cheese and ice-cream?”

    Again, I offer my post with no disrespect intended whatsoever. I just feel that if there is an issue within a cause, there needs to be understanding where grey areas exist in order for people to be able to make a fully informed decision.

    Kind regards,
    Sandy

  9. Dennis Paulson on Feb 11, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    P.S. My apology, Rinpoche, but my abovementioned URLs were all inside these: . Thus, HTML programming didn’t print them. No worries, however, as I’ve broken them all out for your readers below. Cheers

    THE FOLLOWING SITE, RINPOCHE, lists vegetarian restaurants, worldwide:

    http://www.greenpeople.org/restaurants.htm

    Another listing vegetarian restaurants and health-food stores (over 8000 in more than 100 countries) is at:

    http://www.happycow.net/raw/raw_living.html

    Also, know that one of the best books I’ve found on the compassionate practice of not eating fellow sentient beings is “Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings On Abstaining From Meat” by one of Tibet’s greatest saint-scholars, Shabkar Natshok Rangdrol (ISBN 1-59030-116-1), available for $11.96 at Shambhala Publications:

    http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/1-59030-116-1.cfm

    A website full of Buddhist teachers speaking out against meat-eating is at:

    http://vegpeace.org/buddhistvegetarian.html

    . . .and they also provide vegetarian recipes at:

    http://vegpeace.org

    The Shabkar website is at:

    http://www.shabkar.org

  10. Dennis Paulson on Feb 11, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    Thank you so much, Rinpoche, for your infinite kindness is spreading our COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS message to your far larger audience. In appreciation for all you’re doing to help stop unnecessary suffering, if you wish to email me, I’ll be happy to email you my lengthy letter on “Vegetarianism” which I share with my own corporation’s fasting clientele on seven continents, if they’re interested in this subject.

    Not only does it have many compassionate quotes I’ll be using daily on my ‘Dennis Paulson’ Facebook page–and you’re welcome to use on yours, or here in your Blog, or any way you wish. . .as just as small token of my appreciation of who you are and what you’re doing with your congenitally-oversized heart this time through. In fact, I’ll leave you with just two paragraphs from that lengthy letter, to whet your appetite. <;-) Big Love and Peace of mind; your new friend and Dharma brother, Dennis

    "THE FOLLOWING SITE, RINPOCHE, lists vegetarian restaurants, worldwide: . Another listing vegetarian restaurants and health-food stores (over 8000 in more than 100 countries) is at: . Also, know that one of the best books I’ve found on the compassionate practice of not eating fellow sentient beings is “Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings On Abstaining From Meat” by one of Tibet’s greatest saint-scholars, Shabkar Natshok Rangdrol (ISBN 1-59030-116-1), available for $11.96 at Shambhala Publications . A website full of Buddhist teachers speaking out against meat-eating is at , and they also provide vegetarian recipes at .

    “Description of “Food of Bodhisattvas”: Based on the teachings of the Buddha, this book offers the most compelling and impassioned indictment of meat-eating to be found in Tibetan literature and is pertinent to anyone interested in vegetarianism as a moral or spiritual issue. The Buddha’s teachings show how destructive habits can be examined and transformed gradually from within. The aim is not to repress one’s desire for meat and animal products by force of will, but to develop heartfelt compassion and sensitivity to the suffering of animals, so that the desire to exploit and feed on them naturally dissolves. There are two texts presented here. One is an excerpt from Shabkar’s “Book of Marvels,” consisting of quotations from the Buddhist scriptures and the teachings of masters of Tibetan Buddhism that argue against the consumption of meat, with Shabkar’s commentary. The second, the “Nectar of Immortality,” is Shabkar’s discourse on the importance of developing compassion for animals. The Shabkar website is at: .”

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    Venerable Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Well respected and loved as a man of great wisdom, he was also instrumental in establishing Theravada Buddhism in the West. Interesting life story, how he chose to leave the settled monastic life and became a wandering ascetic. Walking across Thailand, lived in forests, caves and cremation grounds while learning from the meditation monks of the Forest of various monasteries. He wandered through the countryside in quest of quiet and secluded places for developing meditation. He even lived in tiger and cobra infested jungles, using reflections on death to penetrate to the true meaning of life. After years of wandering, Venerable Ajahn Chah established a monastery where he taught simple, practice-based form of meditation, and attracted a numerous of students including western foreigners. He was one of the greatest Dhamma teachers of the modern era. His wise teachings have continued to guide thousands of people along the path of Dharma. Venerable Ajahn Chah’s teachings of the Thai Forest Tradition gradually spread across all over the world. Several of Ajahn Chah’s Western students have since established monasteries throughout the world. Just in Thailand itself, there are more than 300 branch monasteries in Ajahn Chah’s tradition. Ven erable Ajahn Chah used his ill health as a teaching point, emphasizing that it was a living example of the impermanence of all things and reminded people to endeavour to find a true refuge within themselves. The legacy of Venerable Ajahn Chah’s teachings and legacy continues into the modern age.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this great sharing.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/venerable-ajahn-chah-the-forest-monk.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Friday, Mar 15. 2024 07:30 PM
    Wonderful blog written on the practice of Kalarupa for us to understand better. As an emanation of Manjushri, Kalarupa’s practice helps us to destroy ignorance and to develop wisdom overcoming our anger and suffering . Awesome Kalarupa manifested in multiple forms to help sentient beings who personifies enlightenment by the conquest of anger. Kalarupa also regard as one of the three main Dharma protectors of the Gelugpa is extremely fierce and ugly, and tames all kinds of spiritual ugliness. The fierceness of his iconography teaches us to remind ourselves that all the causes and effects of anger arising from ignorance are dreadful and distorted.
    Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Antionette for this detailed sharing,

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/kalarupa.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Friday, Mar 15. 2024 07:27 PM
    Nepal is a very spiritual country, having a huge Dorje Shugden mural in Kathmandu, is indeed a big achievement for Kechara. Located on Charkhal Road in Dilli Bazaar, the mural can be found midway between our two Dorje Shugden chapels which are in Putalisadak and Chabahil. It is also very close to one of Kathmandu’s largest shopping malls. Many locals , tourist will be able to connect them to a powerful deity that is so closely associated with their culture. Well the mural not only beautiful but also full of symbolism and everyone merely by seeing it is blessed. Thanks to those talented artists and generous sponsors making it a success.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/travel/spectacular-dorje-shugden-mural-in-kathmandu-nepal.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Friday, Mar 15. 2024 07:24 PM
    All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. A reminder for us all to go of attachment and meditating on impermanence and emptiness. We are to relinquish the domination of our ego and its habits to transform ourselves. A great reminder not to waste our previous life.
    Quoted Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart .
    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing such a meaningful teachings with folded hands.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/pointing-the-staff-at-the-old-man.html
  • james belich
    Friday, Mar 8. 2024 09:43 PM
    Winning the lottery was part of my dreams, I tried so hard to win big but all to no avail, until I came across Dr Lucas online who made my dreams come through and made me win 10 million dollars. I was a logistics manager who lives in Lancaster, S.C. and works about an hour’s drive away, in Charlotte, N.C., I stopped at a store to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket during my lunch break, because Dr Lucas gave me all the assurance that the numbers are not going to fail after I did all he asked me to do. Dr lucas is a powerful Dr that is on a mission to eradicate poverty from people’s lives and i have confirmed that by winning $10 million with the numbers he provided for me, it is my promise to tell the world about my experience with Dr Lucas and that’s what I’m doing now, you can win the lottery fast with the help of Dr Lucas he is tested and trusted Email: Drlucasspelltemple@gmail. com or WhatsApp +234 904 794 3567 he will help you.
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    Friday, Mar 8. 2024 09:42 PM
    Winning the lottery was part of my dreams, I tried so hard to win big but all to no avail, until I came across Dr Lucas online who made my dreams come through and made me win 10 million dollars. I was a logistics manager who lives in Lancaster, S.C. and works about an hour’s drive away, in Charlotte, N.C., I stopped at a store to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket during my lunch break, because Dr Lucas gave me all the assurance that the numbers are not going to fail after I did all he asked me to do. Dr lucas is a powerful Dr that is on a mission to eradicate poverty from people’s lives and i have confirmed that by winning $10 million with the numbers he provided for me, it is my promise to tell the world about my experience with Dr Lucas and that’s what I’m doing now, you can win the lottery fast with the help of Dr Lucas he is tested and trusted Email: Drlucasspelltemple@gmail.com or WhatsApp +234 904 794 3567 he will help you.
  • lee
    Thursday, Mar 7. 2024 07:06 PM
    We are members of the Buddhist Temple in Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur and we have been issued membership by the president (DATUK YIP KUM FOOK), we are very sad because we are the foundation of this Temple

    Now we can know who is always messing with people, and he always cheats money and women, he even uses Buddhism to find money.

    Also, need to be careful with his brother-in-law (Simon Low Kok Meng) because he is a spy (CID) for DATUK YIP KUM FOOK and we will write some letters to AGONG SULTAN IBRAHIM IBN ALMARHUM SULTAN ISKANDAR as soon as possible.

    From Jesmond Yap, Kepong Baru…Kuala Lumpur
  • Phoenix the Shaman Elder
    Thursday, Mar 7. 2024 01:40 AM
    The matriarchal cultures of the grandmothers have specific symbolism of animism shamanism, such as the horse, especially the blue horse, and the deer. These are two main symbols of a shaman woman and you can find them in many cultural folk lore, especially the Russian, Slavic, Siberian, Nordic, Finland, and Norway. It’s nice to see the Matriarchal Shaman Animism diety represented in Chinese.
  • Samfoonheei
    Monday, Mar 4. 2024 06:59 PM
    An inspiring act of a selfless Lama feeding strays whether its night or day. Truly an example for us all to feed those lonely strays . Yes I do agree compassion starts with feeding strays. Reading this blog again to refresh myself to do more. Strays animals generally lead a life of poor welfare on the street. Feeding strays is a compassionate act.
    Thank you Rinpoche and Anila for this sharing.


    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/one-minute-story/rinpoche-through-my-eyes-compassion-starts-with-feeding-strays
  • Samfoonheei
    Monday, Mar 4. 2024 06:56 PM
    nteresting revisit this blog again as truly inspiring reading over and over again . There’s so many inspiring nuns and female practitioner coming from different back ground, leading a more spiritual life. They are practitioners dedicated their life to religious observance and their path is illuminated by the light of compassion. Going against all odds to become one. Their devotion radiates like a thousand stars in the night sky. Here at Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong Pahang we too have inspiring practitioners .
    Thank you Rinpoche for this great sharing.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/inspiring-nuns-and-female-practitioners.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Monday, Mar 4. 2024 06:55 PM
    H E Tsem Rinpoche’s Sungbum project aim to preserve the teachings and practices that have been passed from teacher to disciple in an unbroken line beginning with Lama Tsongkhapa himself . History has taught us the importance of preserving Buddha’s stainless teachings. Its important to preserve and safeguard the Buddhist tradition for future generations.
    Tsem Rinpoche is a clear and effective teacher where his stories and teachings are endlessly entertaining and inspiring. The preservation is very much needed. We are so fortunate given a chance to be involved in such a meritorious project .
    Thank you.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/current-affairs/the-tsem-rinpoche-sungbum-project.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Monday, Mar 4. 2024 06:55 PM
    Demons are disembodied spirits, supernatural being or spirit and unseen beings. We know they do exist and I believe they do. They have no physical form to them whatsoever. Demons do definitely exist. They are intelligent beings who are evil malicious spirits and are all dangerous entities. Valak is not to be summoned capriciously by anyone as they are dangerous beings when we invoke them having to face a heavy consequence. There are spiritual practices that we can ask for help a ritual of the wrathful Manjushri in the form of Trakze. Having a doing the practice daily without fail, consistently, as this Trakze practice has been proven to be efficacious to break the hold the Valak and other spirits. All thanks to our Guru bringing this practice to Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong Malaysia.
    Thank you Rinpoche for this wonderful sharing for us to understand better.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/science-mysteries/valak-the-conjuring-2-demon.html
  • Samfoonheei
    Monday, Mar 4. 2024 06:53 PM
    Wow ,reading all these powerful quotes had me realised much better of giving even I have little. May H E Tsem Rinpoche’s sincere advice to reach the far shore of liberation to everyone reading this blog. The most truly generous people are those who give silently without asking any in return. There is no exercise better than reaching and lifting people up. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. Well creating and lighting for others we naturally light our own way. Helping others especially those unfortunate ones, make us feel more positive about our own circumstances.
    Thank you Rinpoche for sharing all these powerful quotes.

    https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/inspiration-worthy-words/the-power-of-giving-18-quotes-from-tsem-rinpoche.html
  • Aarati Bhatt
    Wednesday, Feb 28. 2024 12:47 AM
    I have tried mine and my friend’s horoscope and it results same in both of our case, and not just that I have tried this on various friends and this horoscope is showing same for maximum date of birth, I think this is a bug.

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108 candles and sang (incense) offered at our Wish-Fulfilling Grotto, invoking Dorje Shugden's blessings for friends, sponsors and supporters, wonderful!
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One of our adorable Kechara Forest Retreat's doggies, Tara, happy and safe, and enjoying herself in front of Wisdom Hall which has been decorated for Chinese New Year
Fragrant organic Thai basil harvested from our very own Kechara Forest Retreat farm!
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Fragrant organic Thai basil harvested from our very own Kechara Forest Retreat farm!
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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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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By the time I heard about Luang Phor Thong, he was already very old, in his late 80s. When I heard about him, I immediately wanted to go and pay my respects to him. - http://bit.ly/LuangPhorThong
It\'s very nice to see volunteers helping maintain holy sites in Kechara Forest Retreat, it\'s very good for them. Cleaning Buddha statues is a very powerful and effective way of purifying body karma.
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It's very nice to see volunteers helping maintain holy sites in Kechara Forest Retreat, it's very good for them. Cleaning Buddha statues is a very powerful and effective way of purifying body karma.
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Kechara Forest Retreat is preparing for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. This is our holy Vajra Yogini stupa which is now surrounded by beautiful lanterns organised by our students.
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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!
Third picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
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Third picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal. Height: 33ft (10m)
Second 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)
First 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)
The first title published by Kechara Comics is Karuna Finds A Way. It tells the tale of high-school sweethearts Karuna and Adam who had what some would call the dream life. Everything was going great for them until one day when reality came knocking on their door. Caught in a surprise swindle, this loving family who never harmed anyone found themselves out of luck and down on their fortune. Determined to save her family, Karuna goes all out to find a solution. See what she does- https://bit.ly/2LSKuWo
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The first title published by Kechara Comics is Karuna Finds A Way. It tells the tale of high-school sweethearts Karuna and Adam who had what some would call the dream life. Everything was going great for them until one day when reality came knocking on their door. Caught in a surprise swindle, this loving family who never harmed anyone found themselves out of luck and down on their fortune. Determined to save her family, Karuna goes all out to find a solution. See what she does- https://bit.ly/2LSKuWo
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At Kechara Forest Retreat land we have nice fresh spinach growing free of chemicals and pesticides. Yes!
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At Kechara Forest Retreat land we have nice fresh spinach growing free of chemicals and pesticides. Yes!
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Beginner’s Introduction to Dorje Shugden~Very good overview https://bit.ly/2QQNfYv
Fresh eggplants grown on Kechara Forest Retreat\'s land here in Malaysia
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Fresh eggplants grown on Kechara Forest Retreat's land here in Malaysia
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Mahapajapati Gotami – the first Buddhist nun ordained by Lord Buddha- https://bit.ly/2IjD8ru
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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.
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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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.
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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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.
Wandering Ascetic Painting by Nirdesha Munasinghe
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Wandering Ascetic Painting by Nirdesha Munasinghe
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
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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
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First Sri Lankan Buddhist temple opened in Dubai!!!
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This is pretty amazing! First Sri Lankan Buddhist temple opened in Dubai!!!
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

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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
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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
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 2-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
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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Part 1-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
The great Protector Manjushri Dorje Shugden depicted in the beautiful Mongolian style. To download a high resolution file: https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
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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
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
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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
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Beautiful pictures of the huge Buddha in Longkou Nanshan- https://bit.ly/2LsBxVb
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The reason-Very interesting thought- https://bit.ly/2V7VT5r
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NEW Bigfoot cafe in Malaysia! Food is delicious!- https://bit.ly/2VxdGau
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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
Beautiful high file for print of Lord Manjushri. May you be blessed- https://bit.ly/2V8mwZe
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Beautiful high file for print of Lord Manjushri. May you be blessed- https://bit.ly/2V8mwZe
Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
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Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
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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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
Manjusri Kumara (bodhisattva of wisdom), India, Pala dynesty, 9th century, stone, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Manjusri Kumara (bodhisattva of wisdom), India, Pala dynesty, 9th century, stone, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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  • March 29, 2024 09:59
    Anonymous asked: 1: how can cleaning be turned into meditation? 2: in Chinese tradition, when someone passes away, there are these blankets with like Buddhas' names on it, Buddhist symbols, etc. What happens when they are cremated, what should we do so it isn't disrespectful to burn the cover/blanket? Thank you ♡
    pastor answered: Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your questions. In regards to your first question, here is a part of Tsem Rinpoche's teaching (https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/how-to-purify-your-karma-in-kechara-forest-retreat.html): "As I have shared before, during the Buddha’s time, he had a student who was not very intelligent, an old monk. And when this old monk memorised the first word, when he got to the second word, he forgot the first word. When he went back to the first word, he forgot the second word. And he’d yo-yo back and forth like that. And he was very frustrated so he asked the Buddha what he could do because he was having such a hard time memorising and understanding the Dharma due to his very, very, very, poor memory. And so the Buddha said, “Visualise a temple, the shoes of the monks, the floor, the surrounding area, the garden, the trees and all that as your mind. And all the leaves that have fallen as your karma, and your kleshas, your obstructions, your obstacles. Think of all the dirt, think of all the dust, as your kleshas and your obstructions and your negative karma, and every day clean it. And recite this DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG, DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG, DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG. Remove my defilements, remove its leftovers. Remove my defilements, remove the leftovers, the stains.. So, to recite that every day carefully and to visualise it carefully and do that.” So when you are cleaning, you visualise that you are cleaning the defilements from your mind, you can recite "DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG, DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG, DÜ PUNG DRI MA PUNG." or "Remove my defilements, remove its leftovers." Or you can recite mantras of purification such as Vajrasattva. In regards to your second question: from the Tibetan Buddhist viewpoints you would not burn mantras or images of or associated with the Three Jewels. However, the specific mantras on the blanket, may be for this specific purpose. We wouldn't be able to give you a definitive answers as we would need to know the specific mantras, prayers, images on the blanket. Hope this helps. Thank you.
  • March 28, 2024 05:40
    Jason asked: Continuing from the previous answer, how do we liberate ourselves from samsara if it’s impossible to not create further karma while existing in samsara? If we create karma just be existing, that means that we will keep reincarnating over and over again so it seems like we’re stuck in the cycle
    pastor answered: Dear Jason, You've asked a very interesting follow-up question. Generally speaking, yes if you are in samsara, then you are always creating more karma. That's why the goal of Buddhists is to be liberated from samsara. The Buddha and other enlightened beings achieved this and the practice of Dharma itself is geared towards achieving this. I'll try to explain it here, hopefully I can do so in such a short space. So, normally there is no way out of samsara, but when you practice the Dharma there is. Remember in my previous reply to you, I mentioned that there are differing levels of severity of karma? Some are heavier, some lighter, etc. When practising the Dharma, you reduce the amount of karma that you produce. When you have less effects of karma, due to less negative karma itself, you can focus more on the spiritual practices that lead to liberation. I'll take the examples of the Refuge vows. There are 10 of them, split into three categories related to the body, speech and mind. First is the body, which includes to abstain form killing, as killing creates negative karma. The in the speech section, it includes to abstain from lying. This is harder to do. What is easier - to abstain from killing another human being, or lying to another person. The easier one is not to kill. Hence, you train yourself in this manner, working from those actions that are easiest to avoid, working up to those that are harder. For example in the mind section, one of the vows is not to covet something that another person has. But this is harder to do than either not lying or not killing. In other words, in our spiritual practice, we reduce the karma that we create though the actions of our body, speech and mind. Since we have less karma, we suffer less. And then finally, we are get to really subtle levels of karma, which are like residue in our mindstreams. But it's still there. In order to get out of samsara, you need to realise what we call emptiness (which is way to complicated to talk about here). In other words, the very path of the Dharma is to reduce the karma we create, starting with the easiest and working up to the hardest, which is where it becomes the easiest to understand emptiness. This who journey is a process, that's why teachings such as the Lamrim are indesipensible as it shows us the actual way to practice. Normally, we are stuck in Samsara. But when we practice the Dharma and ultimately realise emptiness (there are many, many steps in between) we are able to get out of samsara completely. This may sound confusing, which is why in Buddhism study, understand and practice is very important. We have Dharma classes available, where you can learn and find out more: https://www.kechara.com/learn/dharma-classes/ I hope this helps.
  • March 27, 2024 06:10
    Jason asked: People-especially family put certain expectations on us and when we refuse, it causes them a lot of stress and anger and we make them suffer…. my family wants me to marry and have kids but I don’t want to be tied down to Samsara any further and just explaining that I want to shave my head drives my mom crazy and she starts speaking to me in a very loud and forceful manner saying that she doesn’t care what I have to say and that she knows better than me so she will do whatever it takes make me have a family even if she ends up becoming a villain in my eyes because it’s for my own good so that I won’t be alone and lonely when I’m old. When we say no to people, especially to people who care about us and want the best for us, do we accumulate negative karma from causing them emotional turmoil and pain
    pastor answered: Dear Jason, Thank you for your question. In essence, any action that causes another person harm or suffering whether physical or emotional generates negative karma. But karma is complicated and not as simple as we usually think about it. There are differences in level of severity of karma created, some can be very light and some can be heavy. These are due to the variables when creating karma, such as motivation, the actions, your feelings after it, etc. This can all be found in teachings that talk about karma, especially the Lamrim teachings. In Buddhism we teach that we need to avoid the creation of negative karma for sure. But simply by being stuck in samsara, there is actually no way out of creating karma. That is why Buddhists seek to be free from samsara altogether. Only when we are free from samsara, are we free from the creation of karma. In relation to your situation, if you are young and rely on your parents, for now you should try not to do things that are create division or disharmony within the family environment. That itself if the practice of the Dharma. Then later, when you are independent you can make more of an informed choice about what you want to do. Even in your current situation, you can practice the Dharma, it is not necessary to become a monk or nun to progress on your spiritual path. Dharma can be practiced in any environment, and actually practising towards our family is the best. When we transform our minds and our behvariours and they see just how beneficial this transformation is, this is the best way to show them that Dharma is good. This was a piece of advice that Tsem Rinpoche used to tell people in family situations all the time. I hope this helps you.
  • March 26, 2024 02:28
    Rojal Poudel asked: How can I meet my guru? Does one need a guru for initiation for tantra and other stuff on the path to enlightenment? Does one need a guru to attain enlightenment?
    pastor answered: Dear Rojal, Thank you for your question. In regards to meeting your guru, there are many different ways. These days you can meet your guru online as well. For example, many people did not meet Tsem Rinpoche personally, but they consider him to be there guru. You may find this article interesting: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/the-guru-protocol-a-guide-to-knowing-who-your-guru-is.html In regards to tantra, yes, one definitely needs a qualified guru to bestow initiation and teach us the path of practice once you have initiation. In regards to our tradition, it is also considered necessary to have a guru to attain full enlightenment. Hope this helps. The article lined above will definitely help to answer some of your questions on a deeper level. Thank you.
  • March 25, 2024 10:35
    Rojal Poudel asked: How can you deepen your spiritual progress while sleeping? I heard some people can go to pure lands and get teachings directly from Buddha’s, Bodhisattva’s, and Dharma Protecters. Are these possible from Lucid Dreaming and Astral Projection?
    pastor answered: Dear Rojal, Thank you for your questions. It's always nice to see you here wanting to learn more. Yes it is definitely possible to deepen your practice in your sleep. This is done during practice of Highest Yoga Tantra, after receiving initiation and progressed along generation stage practice. This would obviously include everything before receiving such iniation such as having a basis and grounding in the Three Principle Aspects of the Path and the Lamrim teachings. In this practice you are able to use sleep to engage in meditation. This would need you to be able to lucid dream before hand. The ability to lucid dream itself can be developed a number of ways, but the most common is single-pointed mediation concentration during waking life. This is also known as Shamatha meditation. But in this case, the object of your meditation should be a mental one, rather than a physical one. The best would be a visualisation of the Buddha. All of this is outlined in the Lamrim teachings in the section on developing concentration. In terms of Astral Travel, yes it is definitely possible, and again there are different methods to go about this. Again this should be done only after having received the appropriate intiations and teachings from your guru. However, there are quite a few dangers involved with this. As Tsem Rinpoche mentioned before, the two main ones is that your consciousness is not able to return to your body and two that a spirit can take possession of your body if your protection is not strong and you have not invoked a Dharma protector to help with protection aspects. Another thing about astral travel, is that even if learn how to do it, it is not necessary that you can actually visit pure lands or receive teachings, etc. This is because, to do this, would require a lot of merit. So there are many things and practices to develop merit before you should engage in it. Often times, people who claim that they have received teachings or visited purelands, actually haven't though they may think that they did. It could simply be a projection of one's mind and in some serious cases perhaps even due to spirits mascarading. If you would like to learn lucid dreaming, please look into the teachings of single-pointed concentration normally. The ability of lucid dreaming comes naturally for those who progress in their shamatha meditation. As for astral travel practices, I would advise not to engage in such practices unless you receive the appropriate initiations, teachings from and under the strict supervision of a qualified guru. Hope this helps.
  • March 24, 2024 01:17
    Dirji asked: How can I see my kaytsa
    pastor answered: Dear Dirji, We are sorry, but we do not understand your question. Perhaps because you asked using the english phoenetics of the word. If possible, please post again using either the English translation of the word or using the Tibetan script, so that we can help you properly. Thank you.
  • March 23, 2024 12:11
    Marc asked: What is the direct translation of Tsem Rinpoche’s name mantra? Thank you 🙏🏽
    pastor answered: Dear Marc, Thank you for your question. You can find a translation of the meaning of Tsem Rinpoche's name mantra on Kechara's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=683136630510067. Hope this helps. Thank you.
  • March 22, 2024 20:27
    Rojal Poudel asked: I am about to leave everything behind. I am tired of this life where I do the same thing everyday. I see everything but dharma as an illusion. I want to attain some sort of realization so that I can benefit other sentient beings. I am very inspired by the story of Milarepa, who gave up everything to learn dharma. Even the Buddha gave up comfort and luxury in search for this supreme truth. I also want to follow the Please tell me what I should do.
    pastor answered: Dear Rojal, We can understand that you feel this way, and seeing the illusion of life should definitely motivate us to want to achieve something more spiritual. In the past when people asked Tsem Rinpoche the same question, he used to tell people a couple of things: > The first is that there are two methods to deal with our spiritual path. The first is to physically renounce everything and go into the wilderness, like Buddha Shakyamuni and Milarepa did. To cut yourself from everyone and everything and meditate continuously for years until you achieve realisation. But this is very hard to do in our day and age. We still need to have contact with people, there are the necessities of life to think about. Rinpoche said we need to think about things from a practice angle also. It takes a very great level of practitioner with an immense store of merit to be able to do this successfully. > The second method is to keep living within our a community and use them as a support for the transformation of the mind and spiritual progress. For example, that it why we have monasteries and nunneries, or Dharma centres and organisations to help with spiritual practice. This method is more measured, but you can still gain the same results. This is the more practical method. Especially according to the Mahayana path of practice, Bodhisattvas need to practice certain qualities in our minds and we progress towards enlightenment. Such qualities include the Six Perfections, but if we are not around others, how do we practice them? In order to practice generosity, we need others to be generous towards. In order to practice patience, we need others to be patient towards. In order to practice morality and ethics, we need to be in situations to be able to practice our vows. Enlightened beings like Buddha and Milarepa were able to do all of this in their minds during meditation but as mentioned before they were already high level pracitioners with immense merit. For example, Buddha Shakyamuni had three countless aeons of consistent practice life time after life time until his achieved enlightenment. > Another thing that Rinpoche shared, that while understanding the drawbacks of life and the benefits of becoming enlightened, a lot of the time what happens these days is that it is mixed up with emotion due to the challenges of life. People are looking for an escape, but not an escape from samsara into enlightenment, but simple an escape from their current problems. The need for escape, known as renunciation in Buddhism, is not to simply escape samsara, but developed in a certain way through contemplation and meditation. When we have such feelings, we should analyse them to see if they are in accord with the teachings and the methods of developing true renunciation. Many people also have a unrealistic way of thinking about physical renunciation and the spiritual path in general. Most people think it is easy, but it is not, is difficult because we need to deal with our minds, our emotions, our traumas, etc, from countless lives. If we don't have a firm foundation in Dharma practice and transformation before we attempt something like Buddha Shakyamuni or Milarepa, we will give up after a while because we find it too hard. And perhaps give up spiritual practice because the path did not actually match our expectations. So the key is to be as realistic as possible about our spiritual path. So our advice, rather than give up everything, as you may have family or other responsibilities, is to use your current situation to transform your mind, to practice the teachings right now in life, so that you can start progressing along the spiritual life. The best way to do this is to practice the Lamrim teachings, which give you a firm roadmap of how and what to practice in a sequential manner. Giving up everything is not necessary to make real progress on the spiritual path, as outlined in the Lamrim, but sustained and consistent practice is the key. Then use the situations in your life to actualise that transformation. We hope this helps.
  • March 21, 2024 00:44
    Jason asked: I listened to Tsem Rinpoche’s dharma talk and was inspired to be patient and kind towards other. For a while I felt like my mind had transformed and I started being more proactive in helping others and making sure to complete my responsibilities as perfectly as I can to not burden others and taking the initiative to help people that I see are struggling with their work but recently I have been feeling like I’m actually harming others instead of helping them by being kind because I feel like I’m enabling their bad behavior and rude attitude, especially one person in particular that I have to work with. No matter how much I help and show kindness, they don’t seem to change…and now I feel like a pushover for smiling and helping them even though they don’t show any appreciation or respect for it and instead take advantage of me and push even more of their responsibilities on me. I’ve been having thoughts that my kindness and patience has just become a cover for fear of confrontation now. What should I do? I feel like I’m gonna lose control and lash out even though I try to focus my mind on how the people around me must be struggling
    pastor answered: Dear Jason, Thank you for your question. We are very happy to hear that Tsem Rinpoche's Dharma talks have inspired you, especially to practice patience and kindness towards others. Please do keep it up, the benefits of both qualities are immense and are central to spiritual transformation. We should always try our best to practice both patience and kindness, but sometimes practising it in the way we think may not be the best option. For example, in the case that you mentioned, it is not having the right effect on your own mind and also you are enabling your co-worker to exhibit negative behaviours as well. In this case, actually practising kindness would not be to become a pushover, taking more responsibilities, etc. This isn't beneficial for your or the co-worker. So here, practising kindness would actually be not to allow the person to do such things, but it should be practised with patience and not out of emotion. So you would do this in a very skilfful manner. The best would be to have a talk with your co-worker in a very calm manner and explain how you are feeling and how they are making you feel in the work environment, and try to sort out the situation before it progresses. Especially since you are having such thoughts of anger and the posibility of lashing out. Practicing kindness and patience is not at all become a push over or allowing others to skip out on their responsibilities, etc. We really hope this helps. Thank you.
  • March 20, 2024 14:49
    Sok asked: Hello respected pastors. Is Kusha grass same as Durva grass? How to obtain kusha grass?
    pastor answered: Dear Sok, Kusha grass and Durva grass are two different types of grass, they are not the same. Kusha grass is also known as halfa grass, big cordgrass, or salt reed-grass. Its scientific name is Desmostachya Bipinnata. In shape, each blade of grass is long and straight. Durva grass is also known as bermuda grass. Its scientific name is Cynodon Dactylon. In shape, each blade looks segmented and has smaller leaves sprouting from it. You can google the scientific name to see the difference between the two. Generally, they can be bought at Indian religious stores if there are any nearby where you live. Alternatively, if you live in Asia, you can buy a traditional grass broom, which you can substitue for the Kusha grass. It is a close relative of Kusha grass and the lamas have said that it can be used as substitue if you cannot find the actual grass. I hope this helps. Thank you.
  • March 19, 2024 20:56
    Bhavisha asked: How to know wheather specific LOCAL deity is enlighten or not?
    pastor answered: Dear Bhavisha, Local deities are not enlightened. They are sentient beings who look after or take care of a specific area. There are different names for these types of beings, such as local deities, Land God, Landowner deities, etc. They belong to the God Realm, but as other beings in the god realm, they are not enlightened. Hope this helps.
  • March 18, 2024 09:57
    Rojal Poudel asked: What comes after attaining samatha or calm abiding meditation?
    pastor answered: Dear Rojal, Nice to see you back here! Shamatha is a tool, basically through this meditation you develop single pointed concentration. But after developing that, you use it to engage in Vipashyana meditation, otherwise known as Special Insight. Different traditions have different version of Special Insight. In our tradition, we use this type of meditation to analyse what we call "emptiness." The teachings on the emptiness are the actual teaching that leads to enlightenment. All other teachings or practices help to prepare your mind to be able to do this. Shamatha comes in, because the topic of emptiness is so deep, that we need single-pointed concentration to analyse it. If we don't have this type of concentration, we will not be able to understand emptiness. Hence, shamatha and vipashyana meditation are used in tandem to achieve enlightenment. This may seem a little abstract. The Lamrim teachings go into this in a lot of detail. They can be found in the chapters dealing with the Concentration and Wisdom as part of the Six Perfections in the Great Scope sections of the Lamrim. Hope this helps. Thank you.
  • March 17, 2024 23:16
    Jonathan Tan asked: Hi Dear Pastor, I am curious if H.E 25th Tsem Rinpoche had any heart disciples (son/daughter) Is there a difference between heart and root disciples?
    pastor answered: Dear Jonathan, Thank you for your question. There is no one heart disciple of Tsem Rinpoche. This usually refers to specific person who carries on the teachings and practices of a particular teacher. Tsem Rinpoche wanted something different for Kechara, hence we carry on his teachings and practices as a group, rather than one specific person. Rinpoche trained his students, who are either Sangha, Pastors or senior students in various ways of continuing his teachings, especially through the work that they do. In this way, we continue Rinpoche's teachings as a group rather than any one heart disciple. Hope that this helps. Thank you.
  • March 16, 2024 01:18
    Sirius asked: Hi dear pastors, I'd like to get recomendations on how to improve my actual sadhana. My morning starts by taking refuge and making offerings to the three jewls, followed by Lama Tsongkhapa's Guru Yoga. After this I usually study Lam Rim, and other Dharma Texts. During the afternoon I meditate for a about an hour or so, and somedays I do the Dorje Shugden sadhana given by Rinpoche. Finally at night I finish my day by doing Vajrasattva meditation and confession to the 35 Buddhas. What else can I do to improve my sadhana? What practices would you recomend me to do? Do you have recomendations on texts I could read? I would like to add that I live in Argentina, and I do not have any buddhist temple near sadly, so I cannot go there to practice, learm or collab. I would appreciate advice on this. Thank you in advance.
    pastor answered: Dear Sirius, Thank you for your question. In terms of practice, you are doing a lot. We are very happy to read that you are doing all these beneficial practices. They will be very beneficial for you. What you are doing is very good already, the only thing that I would say is to make the Dorje Shugden sadhana consistent as well as the others. If you are doing the short Diamond Path sadhana, it includes the Vajrasatta meditations, so you don't have to do it separately. We just have some points to help you improve your practice: > First is whenever you do any of the practices, is it vital to make sure you take refuge, generate bodhicitta and practice the four immeasurables before each session. And then at the end of the session, make sure to dedicate. This seals the merit generated from your practice. This is very important as if we don't have the correct motivation at the beginning and dedicate it at the end, since the merit is not sealed, the positive potential is destroyed when we have disturbing emotions, especially anger. > The second is to be consistent in your practices and do them daily. If you cannot be consistent with the practices you are doing at the moment, then reduce what you are doing to make it simple, for example just the Diamond Path (which includes Tsongkhapa's Guru Yoga anyway). Then once you are consistent daily, later you can slow add in other practices and become consistent with them. > The third is to keep revising the teachings on these practices, understand the motivation, deepen your visualisations, etc. > In regards to your meditation, if you are doing breathing or concentration meditation, again, revise the teachings again and again to make your practice stronger and understand where you are on your meditational path. > You can also spend some time every day, maybe five or ten minutes contemplating the Lamrim teachings step by step. This itself is extremely transformational and will propel you along the spiritual path. In regards to what else to study or read, here is a very good article: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/books-that-are-a-must-read.html If you consider Tsem Rinpoche to be your spiritual teacher, there are thousands of hours of teachings on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoTg0Wc5q3Gnz8ej3ETCdMQ You can watch and re-watch them to deepen your understanding and practice. I hope all of this helps.
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Rejoice to the volunteers (also kind sponsors) who cleaned the Gyenze Chapel and made abundant offerings to Gyenze. ~ Alice
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Rejoice to the volunteers (also kind sponsors) who cleaned the Gyenze Chapel and made abundant offerings to Gyenze. ~ Alice
Offered beautiful flowers abundantly to Gyenze. ~ Alice
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Offered beautiful flowers abundantly to Gyenze. ~ Alice
Offered beautiful flowers abundantly to Gyenze. ~ Alice
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Offered beautiful flowers abundantly to Gyenze. ~ Alice
Our weekly Dorje Shugden Puja @ 23/3/2024 . William, as the umze is seen here burning incense powder as we are about to recite the Sangsol Prayer to Dorje Shugden composed by Ganden Serkong. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Our weekly Dorje Shugden Puja @ 23/3/2024 . William, as the umze is seen here burning incense powder as we are about to recite the Sangsol Prayer to Dorje Shugden composed by Ganden Serkong. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
And here's Mr Wong of KSK Ipoh who dropped by to pray and offered some donation to the Chapel. Kechara Penang Study Group. Pic by Siew Hong & uploaded by Jacinta.
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And here's Mr Wong of KSK Ipoh who dropped by to pray and offered some donation to the Chapel. Kechara Penang Study Group. Pic by Siew Hong & uploaded by Jacinta.
Today's puja (16/3/2024) ended around 420pm, Jacinta was the umze of the day. Pic by Siew Hong. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Today's puja (16/3/2024) ended around 420pm, Jacinta was the umze of the day. Pic by Siew Hong. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Group photo taken after the last session, sealed with King of Prayers. Come and join us next time! Sayonara - 9-10th March 2024 - Kechara Penang DS Retreat by Jacinta.
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Group photo taken after the last session, sealed with King of Prayers. Come and join us next time! Sayonara - 9-10th March 2024 - Kechara Penang DS Retreat by Jacinta.
Abundance altar! Fruits, flowers, Mee Koo (traditional Penang buns), Bee Hoon, sourdoughs and snacks are some of the offerings to Rinpoche, Buddhas & Bodhisattvas. Kechara Penang Dorje Shugden Retreat 9-10th March, 2024 by Jacinta.
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Abundance altar! Fruits, flowers, Mee Koo (traditional Penang buns), Bee Hoon, sourdoughs and snacks are some of the offerings to Rinpoche, Buddhas & Bodhisattvas. Kechara Penang Dorje Shugden Retreat 9-10th March, 2024 by Jacinta.
Siew Hong, one of retreatants and an active member of Kechara Penang group proudly presented her torma to be used during the Kalarupa puja. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Siew Hong, one of retreatants and an active member of Kechara Penang group proudly presented her torma to be used during the Kalarupa puja. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
Torma making was taught by Pastor Seng Piow and held one day before the retreat. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Torma making was taught by Pastor Seng Piow and held one day before the retreat. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
Penang Dorje Shugden Retreat cum Puja, 9-10th March 2024 led by Pastor Seng Piow with 12 retreatants. Uploaded by Jacinta
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Penang Dorje Shugden Retreat cum Puja, 9-10th March 2024 led by Pastor Seng Piow with 12 retreatants. Uploaded by Jacinta
The celebration ended with a Dorje Shugden puja, dedicated to all the sponsors, our loved ones and as well as for the happiness & good health for all sentient beings. May Rinpoche return swiftly too and taking this opportunity wishing all Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai from all of us, Kechara Penang Study Group. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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The celebration ended with a Dorje Shugden puja, dedicated to all the sponsors, our loved ones and as well as for the happiness & good health for all sentient beings. May Rinpoche return swiftly too and taking this opportunity wishing all Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai from all of us, Kechara Penang Study Group. Uploaded by Jacinta.
Seen here, Pastor Seng Piow set off firecrackers - welcoming of the upcoming year with enthusiasm and positive energy. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Seen here, Pastor Seng Piow set off firecrackers - welcoming of the upcoming year with enthusiasm and positive energy. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
In this pic, Pastor Seng Piow is sharing Dharma with newbies ~ Sharyn's friends. It's always good to make light offerings at the beginning of new year. By making light offerings, you are able to dispel the darkness of ignorance and achieve wisdom. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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In this pic, Pastor Seng Piow is sharing Dharma with newbies ~ Sharyn's friends. It's always good to make light offerings at the beginning of new year. By making light offerings, you are able to dispel the darkness of ignorance and achieve wisdom. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
One the day of Losar (new lunar year), it is always beneficial for Buddhist practitioners to get together in making abundant offerings to Buddhas on the altar to usher in goodness, prosperity and well-being of our loved ones. It's more auspicious this year as Losar and the Chinese New Year begin on the same date, 10th Feb, 2024. Back in Penang, our Kechara members came together to decorate the altar with abundance offerings for Dorje Shugden puja @3pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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One the day of Losar (new lunar year), it is always beneficial for Buddhist practitioners to get together in making abundant offerings to Buddhas on the altar to usher in goodness, prosperity and well-being of our loved ones. It's more auspicious this year as Losar and the Chinese New Year begin on the same date, 10th Feb, 2024. Back in Penang, our Kechara members came together to decorate the altar with abundance offerings for Dorje Shugden puja @3pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Mr. Dared Lim was offering water bowls on behalf of Kechara Ipoh Study Group. (Kin Hoe)
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Mr. Dared Lim was offering water bowls on behalf of Kechara Ipoh Study Group. (Kin Hoe)
Jun from Ipoh was offering mandarin oranges to Mother Tara and The Three Jewels. (Kin Hoe)
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Jun from Ipoh was offering mandarin oranges to Mother Tara and The Three Jewels. (Kin Hoe)
Prior to our puja in Ipoh, Mr. & Mrs. Cheah Fook Wan were preparing for the offerings to the Buddhas. (Kin Hoe)
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Prior to our puja in Ipoh, Mr. & Mrs. Cheah Fook Wan were preparing for the offerings to the Buddhas. (Kin Hoe)
On Sunday afternoon, Kechara Ipoh Study Group has carried out Mother Tara prayer recitations in Ipoh. (Kin Hoe)
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On Sunday afternoon, Kechara Ipoh Study Group has carried out Mother Tara prayer recitations in Ipoh. (Kin Hoe)
Some of the best shots taken during Thaipusam in Penang. Swee Bee, Huey, Tang KS, Nathan, Choong SH and Jacinta volunteered. Wai Meng came all the way from KL to help out. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Some of the best shots taken during Thaipusam in Penang. Swee Bee, Huey, Tang KS, Nathan, Choong SH and Jacinta volunteered. Wai Meng came all the way from KL to help out. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
Simple yet powerful ally ~ Bhagawan Dorje Shuden. Kechara Penang Study Group consists of Chien Seong, Hue, Choong SH, Tang KS, Swee Bee and Jacinta. Wai Meng came all the way from KL to help out. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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Simple yet powerful ally ~ Bhagawan Dorje Shuden. Kechara Penang Study Group consists of Chien Seong, Hue, Choong SH, Tang KS, Swee Bee and Jacinta. Wai Meng came all the way from KL to help out. Uploaded by Jacinta.
Thaipusam in Penang. Some of the best shots. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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Thaipusam in Penang. Some of the best shots. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
Nothing beats having a sacred audience with our lineage lamas. It's not selfie or wefie, but we have the best 'groufie'!!! 20th Jan 2024, Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Nothing beats having a sacred audience with our lineage lamas. It's not selfie or wefie, but we have the best 'groufie'!!! 20th Jan 2024, Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Welcoming our lineage Gurus to our Penang Chapel today! Pastor Seng Piow explained the significance of having Guru Tree and introduced to us our lineage lamas, Buddhas, deities, protectors and etc.
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Welcoming our lineage Gurus to our Penang Chapel today! Pastor Seng Piow explained the significance of having Guru Tree and introduced to us our lineage lamas, Buddhas, deities, protectors and etc.
Umze for the day was Siew Hong. She's just been with us for slightly more than a year now but she's proven her capability in leading the puja. Our Penang group members are so proud of her and her commitment in attending the weekly puja. Despite being eloquence and smart, she has beautiful chant as well. When she leads, make sure you are there to hear her chant for yourself! Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Umze for the day was Siew Hong. She's just been with us for slightly more than a year now but she's proven her capability in leading the puja. Our Penang group members are so proud of her and her commitment in attending the weekly puja. Despite being eloquence and smart, she has beautiful chant as well. When she leads, make sure you are there to hear her chant for yourself! Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Umze for the day was Siew Hong. She's just been with us for slightly more than a year now but she's proven her capability in leading the puja. Our Penang group members are so proud of her and her commitment in attending the weekly puja. Despite being eloquence and smart, she has beautiful chant as well. When she leads, make sure you are there to hear her chant for yourself! Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Umze for the day was Siew Hong. She's just been with us for slightly more than a year now but she's proven her capability in leading the puja. Our Penang group members are so proud of her and her commitment in attending the weekly puja. Despite being eloquence and smart, she has beautiful chant as well. When she leads, make sure you are there to hear her chant for yourself! Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Tara Recitation is on now at KISG - Wai Meng
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Tara Recitation is on now at KISG - Wai Meng
Photo from Wan Wai Meng
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Photo from Wan Wai Meng
A sea of yellow ~usually in Tibetan Buddhism yellow represents growth. We prayed that our Penang group will grow in terms of people, wealth and attainments too. _/\_ Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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A sea of yellow ~usually in Tibetan Buddhism yellow represents growth. We prayed that our Penang group will grow in terms of people, wealth and attainments too. _/_ Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
After Dorje Shugden puja @3pm, we had Rinpoche's Swift Return puja too. We laughed as Sis Swee Bee was commenting that Tang should smile ~ here's the reason why we laughed.  Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta Goh
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After Dorje Shugden puja @3pm, we had Rinpoche's Swift Return puja too. We laughed as Sis Swee Bee was commenting that Tang should smile ~ here's the reason why we laughed. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta Goh
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Today's (9/12/2023)Dorje Shugden puja led by Gordon. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Today's (9/12/2023)Dorje Shugden puja led by Gordon. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Dharma sharing by Hue before we proceeded with DS puja & Rinpoche Swift Return puja. Hue is one of the long time Kechara Penang members and he comes to puja regularly. He shared that he truly believes that Dorje Shugden and Rinpoche always there guiding him. He shared how sometimes DS will give him hints to avert troubles ahead or to alert him when he 'misbehaved'. Hope many will come to know more about this powerful Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden aka DS. Having Dorje Shugden is like having a powerful ally that will protect us day and night. Just trust Him and have faith. Kechara Penang Study Group, 25/11/2023 by Jacinta.
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Dharma sharing by Hue before we proceeded with DS puja & Rinpoche Swift Return puja. Hue is one of the long time Kechara Penang members and he comes to puja regularly. He shared that he truly believes that Dorje Shugden and Rinpoche always there guiding him. He shared how sometimes DS will give him hints to avert troubles ahead or to alert him when he 'misbehaved'. Hope many will come to know more about this powerful Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden aka DS. Having Dorje Shugden is like having a powerful ally that will protect us day and night. Just trust Him and have faith. Kechara Penang Study Group, 25/11/2023 by Jacinta.
Kechara Penang Study Group had our weekly DS puja , led by our beloved sis Swee Bee and serkym by Mr. Lee. After that, we completed Swift Return puja also. 18th Nov 2023. By Jacinta
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Kechara Penang Study Group had our weekly DS puja , led by our beloved sis Swee Bee and serkym by Mr. Lee. After that, we completed Swift Return puja also. 18th Nov 2023. By Jacinta
#Back2back 11th Nov 2023 Dorje Shugden puja & Rinpoche's Swift Return puja @Penang Chapel, 49 Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. Every Saturday @3pm/5pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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#Back2back 11th Nov 2023 Dorje Shugden puja & Rinpoche's Swift Return puja @Penang Chapel, 49 Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. Every Saturday @3pm/5pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
Pic: Rinpoche Swift Return puja ~ 21/10/23 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Pic: Rinpoche Swift Return puja ~ 21/10/23 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
#Backtoback A few months back, Kechara Penang Study Group started to have two pujas consecutively on Saturday. Dorje Shugden puja @3pm and thereafter Rinpoche Swift Return puja. This can only be achieved due to the committed members from Penang. A big round of applause...... Pic : DS puja on 21/10/2023 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
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#Backtoback A few months back, Kechara Penang Study Group started to have two pujas consecutively on Saturday. Dorje Shugden puja @3pm and thereafter Rinpoche Swift Return puja. This can only be achieved due to the committed members from Penang. A big round of applause...... Pic : DS puja on 21/10/2023 Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta
More pictures of the day! Kechara Penang Chapel & public blessings 3rd Oct 2023 by Jacinta.
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More pictures of the day! Kechara Penang Chapel & public blessings 3rd Oct 2023 by Jacinta.
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