Interesting houses and their occupants in the mountains
Jan 4, 2019 | Views: 21,521
Dear friends around the world,
Since a very young age I have always been fascinated and drawn to mountains, rivers, placid lakes and forests. I remember that during art class in school I drew many different types of pictures with crayon and paint of mountains and forests, and of yogis and ascetics meditating there.
Even now, I like to go on the internet and search for various pictures of houses in mountains. This is because my wish is to always live in the mountains and to reside there as a hermit. I would not even mind being around a community of like-minded and spiritually inclined people. That would be very nice.
I have collected a lot of pictures of various houses set among the greens and I put fictional captions underneath them describing the scene as if live there or my neighbours live there. These are just from my imagination and for fun. The captions simply accompany the pictures to make them more interesting.
I hope you enjoy it and remember that everything is fictional. It is just something that I enjoy fantasizing about.
Tsem Rinpoche
I love the area here outside my house. There’s lots of nagas but they are the friendly sort and they stay right inside the tree on the right.
I have chickens in the garden and they are entertaining to watch cluck around the grass. And there are no snakes here to be attracted.
I walk down this road daily with a few dharma friends and we discuss the works of Alexandra David-Neel and Nagarjuna. Lovely morning walks. I look forward to these walks and discussions daily. I enjoy and admire the works of Alexandra David-Neel so much. Nagarjuna’s works if studied carefully, frees one from the deepest of sufferings we can make for ourselves.
This is a summer road behind my house and it is hot but not humid and not wet. It is very mild. I love the greens of nature that soothe my eyes tremendously. At the end of the road there is a small bigfoot colony. And we leave them alone and they leave us alone. Occasionally I leave apples out for them blessed by mantra. Food blessed by mantra blesses the individual and helps them along their spiritual journey either in this life or future lives. In the case of animals, when we give food blessed by mantras, we help them to create blessings to take rebirth as a human to practice Dharma in their future lives.
Dawa goes out every morning to pluck wild flowers to bring back and offer to the Buddha statue outside near the tree. Dawa does meditations on Vajra Yogini in the evenings and he lives nearby in this little red house. We offer him fresh vegetables weekly to sustain his meditations.
On the side of the house we keep 30 patches of vegetables. The is just one patch. The tomatoes are so sweet and we never buy veggies from the supermarket anymore. Our veggies have no pesticides and no chemicals and bursting with sunshine, wind and nutrients. We make fresh salad to offer Dorje Shugden daily. We also enjoy fresh salads ourselves. Making offerings of food to the Buddhas is a way of showing our gratitude for our bounty.
I have some spiritual friends who live in this house down the road. We get together to meditate, do monthly Dorje Shugden pujas and paint Vajra Yogini paintings. We sometimes play monoply too! It is wonderful to live in a neighborhood with many spiritual aspirants around. We all help each other.
Some of us visit this old monk who lives in this house. We offer to help him cut wood. He has been meditating on Vajra Yogini for over 20 years and it is said that he has reached the end of his resultant stage practice. He is often seen speaking to animals and invisible beings who come from the forest. He has a direct but kind demeanor. We also offer him delicious vegetables we grow in our garden. We feel honored to sustain his practice with food. He does not eat meat or take any animal products. When someone in our community is not well, he gives blessed water and when they drink the water, people feel much better and heal.
I have breakfast on this porch daily with Oser and Dharma. Mumu’s statue is here too so Mumu is with us. I am going to put a large 9ft Zong Rinpoche statue outside the porch with a gentle awning. So I can offer 100k butterlamps to my guru and develop the causes to gain highest attainments. I do miss Mumu. Mumu was my first little boy Schnauzer and he was a character and highly intelligent. Now I have two more Schnauzers Oser girl and Dharma boy.
There is a lovely and holy elderly nun who lives in this house up the road. She has been in a 9 year Vajra Yogini retreat. We rarely see her but on tsok days we visit her to get her blessings. She places her mala on our heads and we always feel great bliss. She will do another few years of retreats she said. We often see rainbows above her house and there is no rain or clouds. We often see beautiful ladies dressed in something tantric walking around or ‘delivering’ things to her house. When we show up, these ladies disappear very fast and we cannot figure out who they are. Someone mentioned perhaps they are dakinis who arrived from Bodhgaya visiting this nun and bringing offerings to expedite her tantric attainments. We all grow vegetables and offer to this and nun and we do all the marketing for her. It is an honor to make offerings to her and she accepts our support.
Daily when I sit outside and see this view, I drop tears of happiness. I drop tears of happiness daily and feel so fortunate. I want to live longer and keep my health balanced so I can live here longer. Daily I sit on this porch and I do 10,000 Dorje Shugden mantras daily. After reciting the mantras I offer this view to Dorje Shugden. Then I dissolve Dorje Shugden and he melts into a golden small orb. Very bright orb. This orb enters my crown, descends down my central channel (sushma) and I feel my winds collect, gather and I stay within this meditation for 30 mins or so. I feel light and totally aware of my surroundings yet I am in deep meditation. Then I release the winds. I am able to see my actions clearly. I am able to let go of strongly held projections and feel at peace. Then I do my dedication and have some peppermint tea with honey. Oser and Dharma are sunbathing in the grass quietly nearby and hoping for a snack. They will get a snack for sure.
This morning I lit 100 butterlamps to Medicine Buddha and did a Medicine Buddha puja in my garden under the trees and dedicated the whole thing to my beloved Mumu boy. I will hope to meet him again in our future lives. I missed him very much since his passing. I have so many wonderful stories to tell about Mumu. I hope to meet his new birth person in my current life too.. I hope he takes rebirth near His Holiness Pabongka Rinpoche and gets teachings on Vajra Yogini from Pabongka Rinpoche. I hope Mumu will do retreats and gain very high realizations and be released. I love you Mumu. I will always remember and love you my dear Mumu boy.
May everyone and my Mumu meet His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka’s current incarnation. May all beings be blessed to receive teachings in Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche infallible lineage.
This will be Mumu’s meditation house in his next life I am hoping. He will do deep meditations on Vajra Yogini and gain visions of her. He will be safe and be loved and taken care of by her always. He will make offerings to her and benefit numerous sentient beings in his future life and lives. This is what I wish for my Mumu boy.
For this month’s Dorje Shugden puja, we will all sit here looking out onto the peaceful lake. It is wonderful to do pujas, offer incense before this majestic lake.
This house is nearby and several students want to move in too. They are recovering from surgery and decided the city is too polluted. They have given up cigarettes, alcohol, meat, white flour, sugar and processed foods. They realize their ill health is due to living in the city with pollution of the air, earth and water. They are now practicing Tai Chi, Manjushri retreats and also fasting. They will get well. The divination says they will get well if they follow this program and we will support them in all this. I am very happy for them to use their precious human life to live in nature and practice spirituality to bring themselves to a higher consciousness.
An old monk from Gaden Monastery lives in this retreat house. He focuses 80% of the day meditating on Lam Rim, Tsongkhapa mantra recitation and Yamantaka. Often we see his house surrounded by opaque ‘fires’. Someone said it is Kalarupa manifesting to guard this monk while he enters deeper levels of Yamantaka completion stage meditations. Often people see buffaloes roaming around his house yet when we get closer, there are none. We often go to clean his house and bring wood to him. We bring him fresh flowers and veggies from our garden daily. This old monk loves squashes and pumpkins. Many times he will blow mantras on our heads and we feel light and remain in bliss for a few minutes. This monk has lead a life of purity, meditation and dharma and we are so lucky to have him live in our community. I love monks and nuns. I love the holy sangha and making offerings to them.
I am removing the bed from here. This is my meditation room and my room where I keep my most precious dharma books. It is my favorite room because I can look out onto the forest. In the distance we can see bigfoots often and we can identify them from other forest creatures as they have glowing red eyes. They often come nearby if we are not making a lot of noise during our monopoly games. Besides apples they like lettuce from our garden too. You wouldn’t think so, but they do. They bring us horns of animals that had died naturally. From these horns we make small Vajra Yogini and Manjushri and Dorje Shugden pendants to wear. To carve one pendant from the horns takes about a week. They usually leave the horns at our doorstep. I guess it is kinda of a gift from them to us as we give them apples and lettuce. Bigfoots are friendly but shy. They are powerful but never harm the environment. Humans can learn from them. I see them sometimes bring berries to offer to the large Zong Rinpoche statue I have under the tree outside of my porch. They can feel the spiritual energy from these holy statues.
This meditator down the other road is from the Canada. He is an expert in carving malas from wood especially spruce wood and sandalwood. He makes beautiful malas and we all use the malas for our mantras made by this man. He practices Cakrasamvara and Vajra Yogini for over a decade now. He is very devoted to his practice and hold his refuge, bodhisattva and tantric vows very firm and yet he is so light hearted. He is always smiling and he loves to bake apple pie and make Tibetan tea when we visit. Some cannot handle the Tibetan tea with so much better but drink it anyway because this man is so sweet. But his apple pies are heavenly. He always has a sparkle in his eye as he has traveled to Tibet. He stayed in Trode Khangsar (350 year old chapel dedicated to Dorje Shugden) in Lhasa for three years. He cleaned the place. He took care of pilgrims. He did black tea daily and he did a one year retreat on Dorje Shugden in this chapel. Naturally he speaks Tibetan. He learned while in Lhasa. The monks of Trode Khangsar were very supportive and took care of him while he was in retreat. It is said when Dorje Shugden took trance of Panglung Kuten and this man was around, Dorje Shugden gave him a deep hug and whispered advice into his ear. Dorje Shugden is very affectionate towards him. He now lives here with us in our community in this beautiful house with greens surrounding him. He has a beautiful German Sheperd that follows him on walks.
A beautiful elderly lady lives here. She will be taking on the vows of a nun soon. She is so fit and strong. She loves to work in the garden…. and look at the clear running stream she has right next to her house. She adores this stream. There are many small fishes in the stream and she feeds them. She said all her life she wanted to be a nun and she lived like one. She has had her hair shaved for the last 30 years. She said preparation for being a nun was to keep her hair shaved. But she worked in her business and made money for her dharma centre and teacher so they can pay the bills. She was happy to do this. She wanted to support her teacher. Now her teacher told her she can retire. She is very devoted to her teacher. We are so happy for her. Her favorite books are the Lam Rim and the biography of Lord Buddha and Naropa. She reads these often and she read the bio of Naropa out loud to the deers that visit her. She leaves celery out for them. They visit her from the nearby forest. Her favorite meditation is Tara. Some say she and Tara have become one due the merits of serving her guru for so long and so devotedly. Some of our community members ‘caught’ her speaking to her Tara statue on her shrine. When she noticed she was being observed, she stopped. She is humble. She recites the sacred Tara mantra always. She said better to recite mantras than to gossip. She has invited a large Tara statue to put outdoors near the forest so all the animals can circumambulate Tara and be blessed. She sometimes give the oral transmission of 21 Praises to Tara and the Tara mantra. People come from very far to receive this from her. I guess they can see her Tara nature. I can she recognizes her Tara nature within herself.
Two monks and three geshes lives in this house. The house looks small but it has 7 bedrooms and 5 toilets. These monks and geshes write books. They translate too. They have four young students living with them to help in this project. The young students did not want to join the secular rat race of making money, holidays, buying house, having kids, getting old, sick and just dying. They are exceptional kids because they are not materialistic at all. Beautiful people. They are in their early 20’s. They wanted to do more with their lives and so they joined these monks to do translation. They are studying with these monks and their Tibetan written and spoken are becoming top notch! They are just on the other side of the hill about a 15 minute walk from my house. They are in the process of translating the complete teachings of Panchen Sonam Drakpa and Tsongkhapa into English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Korean. They work with other international translators online for these languages.We support them by bringing fresh vegetables, free range eggs and home made yoghurt to them. Yes we keep around 20 cows that roam on our grassy land for milk, cheese and yoghurt. We never take too much milk from the cows so the calves get more than enough. The calves are very fat and happy. The cows too are very happy and free to eat all the grass and roam in the sunshine. They keep the grass trimmed so we don’t need to mow the grass. We are so happy with the works these people are doing. So inspiring.
This house is vacant. But soon I am sure some people are going to move into this house within our community. This one is not far from my house about 20 mins walk. Some lady from Luxembourg in Europe in fact inquired if she can move into this house yesterday by email. She said she will pledge to do the gardening and be in charge of all the plants. She said she will cultivate all the veggies for our growing spiritual community. She does not need help. She said her routine is to do Dorje Shugden practice for two hours in the morning daily. After that she cleans her house and cleans her cat. She then is free. She is very consistent with her schedule she says and she said she is alone and she would like to join and I feel she is a beautiful person. I feel she will make us happy and we will make her happy. She will be part of our family. She said she can help in the evenings with the German translations with the geshes. She said she has always wanted to be a nun. She requests to be one in our community. Well I will write back to her to see how this will work out.
This area is around one hour walk from us. Some young people are enjoying nature here. Yes we own this land but we let people just enjoy the space. When young people come from the city to take a break, we allow them to use our land and the rivers. Our rivers are crystal clear as you can see. They shimmer like diamonds in the sunlight.
I have this house ready for a few older people in our community. It is wheelchair friendly. They will enjoy the garden and reciting Om Mani Peme Hungs on the porch.
There was an old man here with his brother. He was around 90 and his brother 85. Very healthy and fit the both of them. We visited them this morning and the elder one has passed away during his Vajra Yogini retreat. The incredible thing is he was 6ft tall but his body has shrunk down to 12 inches, not decomposing and enveloped by rainbow lights. The Dorje Shugden oracle said he has ascended to Kechara Paradise during bardo which is the transition period of death and birth. This morning Vajra Yogini knocked on their door. When he saw her in a form of a older woman, he recognized her immediately as she had orange darting eyes and he lept at her and hugged her his brother saw and related to us. Next thing you know. He sat down and folded his hands and passed away immediately peacefully. The lady disappeared. After passing, his body started to shrink and many rainbows appeared. His 5 feet Vajra Yogini statue in his room on the shrine has some water (perhaps nectar) dripping from her mouth this morning the brother recounted to our astonished ears. A good omen. Namo Guru Buddha Vajra Yogini. Praise to the Buddha Goddess Vajra Yogini who leads her disciples to a place that never knows suffering. We are going to miss this elderly man. As eccentric as he was, he was very kind. But we know he will be in a better place. He has a wife and two kids (a boy and girl). They are practitioners too but in retreat in Nepal for the last 5 years. We will inform them. His brother who is asthmatic will continue to live in the house and we will watch over him. He is in retreat on Vajra Yogini too. Such beautiful people on our land. So many stories of people on our land to share. But that is it for today. Tsem Rinpoche
Our neighbours Indira and Ramesh really love dogs. They have many dogs although you only see one here. They are great devotees of Tsongkhapa’s guru yoga practice. In their spare time they pickle a lot the of vegetables we have here in our community. I love visiting them sometimes to have Dharma discussions.
Mr. Wong has a small house on the other side of the hill as you see here. He has a great library with over 800 books on many subjects. We love to enjoy his generosity because he allows us to borrow his books. He amazingly is very deft in his handiwork with wood. So, he makes many of the wooden furniture we need. Mr. Wong has been meditating on Avalokitesvara seriously for a few years now. He has completed over 15 million Om Mani Peme Hung mantras!
Kiyoko use to work in a large department store in Tokyo. After reading many Dharma books, she realised her calling was not to live her life in the hustle and bustle of the endless city. She enjoyed being with her friends but there was a deep sense of loneliness that she felt. She encountered books by Ekai Kawaguchi who visited Tibet and she was hooked. She knew her destiny was to meditate, and find a solution for her loneliness not in more friends but awakening the mind of enlightenment within herself. She promptly took the Lam Rim as her guide and engages in Lam Rim retreats in her home daily. She makes many offerings of water on her shrine to Amitabah Buddha. This is a Buddha her mother worshiped, except in Japan they called him Amida.
There is a European princess who lives in this house about 1km away from us. I will not tell you her name as she likes anonymity. For a royal, she is very humble. She spends her days meditating on Medicine Buddha. When she first joined our community here in the mountains, she had some ailments that western medicine could not relieve. She was given Medicine Buddha practice and after practising daily, over 90% of her ailments are gone. She loves feeding the wild deer and going for long walks. She is here to stay and she is more than willing to help with chores for seniors in our community. What a beautiful person.
I really love the clean clear water running near this house. I wanted to share this picture as the water attracted me very much. This house is not in the mountains but it’s very green. A German banker resides here with his partner. They both engage in serious Tonglen meditations. I don’t know them well, but I will soon. They are very kind.
Ching Lee from China has been following the Mahayana tradition for decades. She is here living next to this huge big tree which she loves. Ching Lee daily goes tree hugging. Yes, she is a certified tree hugger. But seriously, daily she does intense meditation and mantra recitation on Kuan Yin. She recites the Kuan Yin sutra and mantra daily. She combines this practice with Dorje Shugden as she had some obstacles removed by Dorje Shugden so she finds him very effective to help her on her spiritual journey. She has inherited a great deal of wealth from her grandparents but she donated most of it away to research on cancer, animal farms and a few temples in China. She is very generous and often has a big smile on her face. We can only visit her in the afternoons because during the morning and evening she is meditating on Kuan Yin.
Jack moved in last week. We know he is a computer expert and wanted to live in the mountains near nature and clear skies. He has just started to recite the Heart Sutra daily and focuses on the mantra of perfection. I will find out more.
There is a senior professor of Buddhism living here. He used to live in Lhasa, Tibet for the last 15 years and he studied under several geshes according to the lineage of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche. He is working on translating all the 18 volumes of writings by Je Tsongkhapa, as well as the commentaries on Heruka, Yamantaka and Guhyasamaja into English. He is very focused to do this. He told me it will benefit many beings to have these in the English language and eventually Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian.
There is a gentleman from Nigeria living here with his daughter. He encountered Buddhism when he visited Los Angeles. He has since become Buddhist along with his daughter. He does the meditation of Vajrapani daily. He told me he wishes to accomplish 100 million mantras of Vajrapani before he passes away. I was so inspired. His daughter is excellent in doing reiki healing as well as acupuncture. She studied in NYC and Beijing as her father was a diplomat. She does such wonderful healing.
This house is currently unoccupied and available for someone to move in. We keep it clean and ready. The flowers are overgrown but gloriously beautiful.
A group of young college graduates live here. I think around 6 of them, all under 30 years old. Their goal in life is conservation of our natural forests. They are here to study the growth of trees in an area free of pollution. They have rented this house for five years and often join in our meditations and prayers.
Amazing. Water has such good healing energy. To be near water and to hear the sound of water promotes healing. We have a blogger here in this house. We don’t have internet. So he actually writes things and sends them to his company in Malaysia once a month and his staff uploads to his website. He writes on healing through meditation. He is a private man so we leave him to his work and meditations. But don’t you just love the beautiful surroundings of this house. Beautiful.
This is the only building we have which is three stories. No one is occupying it but we come here to gaze on the purple majesty growing naturally.
Cosy. Cosy. Cosy is all I can say about this house and the surroundings. There is a person here from Findhorn. She is meditating on Green Tara and blessing the land to produce bountiful harvests for our community. She has accomplished over three million Tara mantras. She has a statue of Tara that has spoken on several occasions. Amazing. I love the beautiful lake and flowers growing naturally around her home. Her meditations do have results!
Gandy Smith is from Scotland and he often talks to the little people, faeries and elves he said that live abundantly on our land. He does the meditation of Manjushri, the supreme one sitting on a lion. Through his mastery of the Manjushri meditation he has opened his psychic eye and is therefore able to see ethereal beings as well as the little people and so on. He said the little people and faeries are very happy when they hear the chanting of mantras. Gandy is also able to stop and bring rain as and when necessary. We have witnessed this meditational siddhi that he has achieved.
This house is so beautiful. I love everything about his house and land. It is currently serving as guest quarters. When we have short term visitors, they stay here. It’s like our bed and breakfast in the mountains!
Our Green Tara statue within our beautiful community, with many offerings of candles to generate merit for our meditations to be successful
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Rinpoche includes someone he loves in his dream home, I feel peace and simple happiness through reading all the captions he wrote. Especially the first one, “There’s lots of nagas but they are the friendly sort and they stay right inside the tree on the right.” This is so cute, like i’m watching a fairy tale but I do believe there are a lot creatures that we cannot see with eyes.
Then the second captions, he was hoping there are no snakes to attract his beautiful chickens, makes me laugh when think about its often to see snakes around KFR now.
When I walk in KFR, sometimes I feel its good to have friends to walk with. The walkway pictures that Rinpoche chose feels harmony, I imagine I see Rinpoche walk down the road with a few colleagues that I know, they are having smiley faces. I wish I could join their discussion and deep conversation! I love it. I read some biography about Alexandra David-Neel, her story is interesting. I look forward to discuss this with Kecharian, also surrounding by the nature when doing this. Life is great and meaningful!
Then not far away from us, we can feel the presence of bigfoots. We pretend not seeing each other but enjoy the silence accompany. I have learn to leave apples out for them and chant mantra on it.
I’m blessed to stay in this quiet, harmony and sustainable community. I like mountain very much, I should collect the pictures and visualise it like Rinpoche too 🙂
I do not know much of Buddhism or meditation. I did love seeing the beautiful land you live in and hearing about your community. It sounds so wonderfully peaceful and fulfilling to live with the land and honor and help your neighbors. I wish our whole world would learn to look at the world in this way. I felt a bit of piece just reading through all of your comments about your land and your community.
thank you, Faith
Generally, human prefers love, kindness, peace, calm and tranquility. We do not need to know a lot of Buddhism in order to achieve what we wanted. We just need to make that choice. Outwardly, we are like living in a world of chaos. Go inward. Find calm in the chaos. ☺️
This quote was shared by my Lama (Guru) before I hope it makes sense to you. Be happy…
Words coupled with imagery has so much power. I found that just reading the words and looking at the pictures I feel so so relaxed. I guess its relaxing when we read about the truth and can see the beauty of this planet of ours.
Thank you Rinpoche for your creativity and blessing us with so many beautiful scenery images.
Thank you, Rinpoche for sharing these stunning pictures of possible future retreat houses. They are very beautiful and serene. They are perfect for people to engage in deep retreats of their Yidam and live a happy, peaceful and useful life. The picture that Rinpoche had painted for us is alluring and made the readers are eager to engage in a life long retreat with their own Yidam.
This is the Kechara Forest Retreat that we are working towards here. I can imagine these small retreat hut spouting everywhere in Kechara Forest Retreat when Kecharians engaging in deep retreats in them. Everyone will live harmoniously and support each other.
What a beautiful community to be in the rest of our lives. I understand Rinpoche’s vision on building such a place now. It will be a spiritual and conscious community where everyone is spiritual and engaging in spiritual activities. Living harmoniously along with each other and support each other on our spiritual path. It will be a Vajrayogini’s Kechara paradise on earth.
Very interesting each pictures tells us a beautiful stories of occupants staying in the mountains. Beautiful , quiet healthy living environment such as in the mountains is the way we should have live in. A clean and healthy environment in the forest is part and parcel of the wealth and quality of life. A wonderful place for us to mediate and living in such a greener pastures has many health benefits. Scientist have discovered living in the forest is beneficial for our brain and health.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing your thoughts with us.
This is very beautiful and enjoyable. Now I’m going to send a very beautiful book of poems to Rinpoche by a monk who lived in the mountains hundreds of years ago. Perhaps he will enjoy it so much that he will write about it too! I hope so. Not many people know about this book, but the poems are like blessings! I will post it tomorrow so Rinpoche can share it with you if he likes!
Although the captions are the imagination of Rinpoche, I do hope it’s for real. It’s like a vision for us to materialise it. Reading it all the way till the last picture of Mother Tara makes me feel warmth and happy.
In one of the captions, Rinpoche mentioned about Alexander Neel’s and Arya Nagarjuna’s works and it reminds me of them too. Looks like I have some reading to catch up. Thank you Rinpoche.
Lovely and relaxing beautiful stories with beautiful pictures to relax a stressful mind. I guess some of the stories are related to some Kecharians. It’s also very inspiring to read these light and entertaining stories. Thank you very much Rinpoche and blog team for this lovely write up??☘️??
Nowadays people are busy with secular work rather than spending time in the spiritual growth. Even if we wish to excel in our spiritual path, no matter how strong the will is to practise the dharma, we need an environment or a supporting community to fulfill our spiritual path.
Thank you Rinpcohe for sharing with us your thoughts.
Looking at the beautiful scenery pair together with Rinpoche’s imagination, it is as if i am actually living in one of the houses in this spiritual community, which i wish very much _/\_
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This is kind of hard to believe and shocking to imagine the weirdest addiction of people in this planet, they are extremely strange. People can become addicted to actions, feelings, or behaviors, not just substances. There must be something behind of every addiction, I don’t think they are crazy or mentally ill, it’s their weird enjoyment for a short time.
I had a friend in my primary school who eats mud during rainy days, she told me, it smells good and she enjoys doing it during her play time. I found it strange but has she grow up in different environment she forget about her addiction. So, I strongly believe, all behaviors can be changed when the person gains self-awareness and actually wants to change. Thanks for the interesting sharing and recall of my childhood friend.
nteresting read of this history of how Dorje Shugden practice came into light . Since Dorje Shugden was introduced into the Sakya tradition, there have been many Sakya throne holders that practiced Dorje Shugden. Out of the 42 supreme throne holders throughout the history of the Sakya tradition, six of the thrones holders are confirmed to have practiced Dorje Shugden. They have built chapels to him, composed prayers and pujas (kangsols) to him and even propagated his practice amongst their disciples. They cannot be wrong and in fact as confirmed by the 39th Sakya Trizin Dragshul Trinley Rinchen Dorje Shugden is an enlightened being. Dorje Shugden kangsol (prayer) to invoke the blessings of Dorje Shugden composed by him is still widely used today. Dorje Shugden must be a powerful Dharma protector that Sakya tradition have been long relying. It has proven that Dorje Shugden is not a minor practice. Interesting read , may more people read this post to understand better.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this post .
Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe. It looks very delicious, healthy and nutritious. I can’t wait to try making it has the ingredients are easy to purchase and methods are simple. I wonder what it taste like.
There are lots of people have more than one reason for choosing vegetarianism. Many people choose a vegetarian diet out of concern over animal rights or the environment and others may be based on religious beliefs or even for healthier lifestyle.
Regardless of whether you choose a vegetarian way of life, it’s always a healthy idea to eat a wide variety of foods and try out new foods when you can.
Thank you for the sharing and compiling the list of vegetarian restaurants and organic shops in Klang Valley. I am glad to know whereabout and hoping to try them.
Begtse Chen, a deity of alien origin, was incorporated into the pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism as a protector of the Dharma. This Proyector is one of the eight famous Dharmapala in Tantric Buddhism. Also known as red Mahakala and is especially revered in Mongolia where the origin of Begtse Chen can be traced to a pre-Buddhist deity in 16th century. It has become the mainstay of Protector practice in Mongolia. Interesting read.
Thank you for this sharing .
Interesting read of Kunkhyen Choku Ozer was a lineage master of the Manjushri Namasamgiti Tantra. He became known as Kunkhyen Choku Ozer due to his ability to penetrate the meaning of the great Buddhist treatises merely just by glancing at it. He could memolised texts just by reading it once. Reading this post and information at least I can know he is also a part of Dorje Shugden’s incarnation lineage. He is also famed for establishing the ancient monastery of Dakpo Tsele.
Thank you Pastor David for this sharing as many of us would not have known this GREAT Lama was part of Dorje Shugden’s incarnation lineage.
Thank you Rinpoche for the teachings on Dorje Shugden and explanation on retreat. Learning and practicing this Dorje Shugden’s practice have indeed benefited many people. And more so when to do a retreat. . We are all very fortunate to be given an opportunity to meet Tsem Rinpoche and learning, practicing all these precious teachings coming from a pure lineage that can be traced back to the time of the great Lama Tsongkhapa. A very detailed explanation on why we need the retreat and the way to do the retreat.
Thanks again Rinpoche with folded hands.
Tsem Rinpoche had been working tirelessly teaching Dharma in his whole life, giving many opportunities for us to learn , practice Dharma teachings. Whatever goes wrong we should admit it as our own fault and not our guru. Rinpoche ‘s love to spread Dharma teachings and nothing else. He had followed his advice of his guru to come all the way from India to teach in Malaysia. Reading all those meaningful quotes and sayings in this article tells us a thousand words of truth which we should not take it lightly. We could in fact learn from it and stop blaming others.
Thank you Rinpoche for this profound teachings.
HH the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso , the highest spiritual leader of Tibet, who is a living Bodhisattva, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara. Blessing to have a change looking at this rare picture taken years ago of Dalai lama on the throne . Dalai Lama is well known as a Buddhist Advocate for Peace and Freedom.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.
Tibetans all over the world celebrates Losar, or Tibetan New Year with the beginning of Lunar year. This year it falls on the 12 February, every one will be looking forward to this day. A new year a new beginning , where the Panglung Oracle will take trance of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. As usual every year the Panglung Oracle will give advices, offering guidance, for the year ahead to everyone of what to do and so forth. Whatever advices given should not taken lightly. The Panglung Oracle as Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden will also give teachings and blessing . For this year Dorje Shugden gave a very powerful teachings and messages.
Thank you for sharing this precious message.
Interesting read , even though short but at least knowing the home Monastery of H E Tsem Rinpoche’s previous incarnation, Gedun Nyedrak. The monastery was called ‘Tsem’,where a custodian of a tooth relic of the great Lama Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Thank you Pastor David for this sharing.
News of UFO always fascinating to me . There are many UFO sighting hotspots exist across the globe, it has long since scientist have a keen interest to investigate further. UFOs has become a modern sensation for hunters , scientist and so forth. There was only the ambiguous testament of witnesses so far all happen and appeared mysteries without any substantial evidence. But the Japanese government has admitted and believes definitely they the UFO exist. Well the Japanese government has even made a statement about alien spacecraft appearing on Earth. Many people have denied the existence of UFOs, but with so many UFO sightings they cannot denied it after all. Sound interesting.
The Buddha has once said that we are not the only beings in existence and we are not alone on earth. Interesting videos to watch.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.
Khuton Choje and Pandita Akaramati were both great disciples of Atisha. Pandita Akaramati was a great Buddhist master, scholar and also the abbot of Solnak Thangpoche Monastery in the Yarlung Valley of central Tibet. He did played a significant role in the fusion of the old Buddhist curriculum existing in Tibet. While Khuton Choje who is well known for the special teachings he requested of Atisha. He is known to have composed a commentary to Atisha’s Satyadvayavatara.
Thank you Pastor David for this sharing of GREAT Lamas.
Thank you for the sharing, fishing is an extremely cruel hobby that causes immense suffering and damage to fish, even when they are released back into the water. However human does not realize what karma befalls but they have great time, fun going fishing.
I believe children are always eager to learn fast as they grow but parents has to monitor their child’s activity and behavior is especially important when they begin to demand for their choice.
Thank you for the inspiring posting, of the little Christian and his amazing determination to help children with cancer. This kind hearted boy has to go through a lot of hassle to fulfill his mission. I felt so proud for Christian and also to his great parents to guide the little boy towards the development of kindness and a good attitude from an early age.
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Tsem Rinpoche
About Rinpoche
Name
H.E. Tsem Rinpoche
Root Guru
H.H. Zong Rinpoche
Ordained by
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Affiliations
Pukhang Khangtsen, Gaden Shartse Monastery
Founder and Spiritual Advisor, Kechara House Buddhist Association Malaysia
President, Tsem Rinpoche Foundation, Inc.
Honorary Doctor of Psychology, The Open International University
Hear the holy voice of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche giving advice on the practice of Dorje Shugden to those who had received the life-entrustment initiation. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche wanted to make sure those present received the maximum benefits from their practice, and that they kept their practice well. LEARN MORE >>
In Tibetan Buddhism, it is always said that whatever we practice must come from an enlightened source to be beneficial in our spiritual journey. As such in this video, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche shares with us the history and reincarnation lineage of Dorje Shugden to explain how great this Dharma protector is through the examples of his previous lives, showing us his powerful spiritual attainments. LEARN MORE >>
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
"If you say you don't have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House
"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!"
~ Lama Yeshe
"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create different results for TOMORROW."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
SPIRITUAL QUOTES
“Meditating on Dorje Shugden while reciting his mantra will open the gateways to higher dimensions, blessings and protection.”
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”
~ Pabongkha Rinpoche
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."
~ Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral
"Things in samsara always go wrong. That's its nature. Don't be surprised."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
LIFE QUOTES
"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems.
To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."
~ Angeline Francis Khoo
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."
~ William Shakespeare
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
~ Maya Angelou
Devotional Songs
Sung by Mary Fewel Tulin, these mystical songs in praise of the guru originate from the Sikh tradition. Yet, they are applicable to all traditions for those who want to venerate their guru.
The Known and unknown are both feared,
Known is being comfortable and stagnant,
The unknown may be growth and opportunities,
One shall never know if one fears the unknown more than the known.
Who says the unknown would be worse than the known?
But then again, the unknown is sometimes worse than the known. In the end nothing is known unless we endeavour,
So go pursue all the way with the unknown,
because all unknown with familiarity becomes the known.
~Tsem Rinpoche
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According to legend, Shambhala is a place where wisdom and love reign, and there is no crime. Doesn't this sound like the kind of place all of us would love to live in? https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=204874
1 year ago
108 candles and sang (incense) offered at our Wish-Fulfilling Grotto, invoking Dorje Shugden's blessings for friends, sponsors and supporters, wonderful!
1 year ago
Dharmapalas are not exclusive to Tibetan culture and their practice is widespread throughout the Buddhist world - https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=193645
1 year ago
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
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Fragrant organic Thai basil harvested from our very own Kechara Forest Retreat farm!
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
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
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
One of the most recent harvests from our Kechara Forest Retreat land. It was grown free of chemicals and pesticides, wonderful!
2 yearss ago
Third picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
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Second picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
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First picture-Standing Manjushri Statue at Chowar, Kirtipur, Nepal.
Height: 33ft (10m)
2 yearss ago
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
2 yearss ago
Very powerful story! Tibetan Resistance group Chushi Gangdruk reveals how Dalai Lama escaped in 1959- https://bit.ly/2S9VMGX
2 yearss ago
At Kechara Forest Retreat land we have nice fresh spinach growing free of chemicals and pesticides. Yes!
Fresh eggplants grown on Kechara Forest Retreat's land here in Malaysia
2 yearss ago
Most Venerable Uppalavanna – The Chief Female Disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni - She exhibited many supernatural abilities gained from meditation and proved to the world females and males are equal in spirituality- https://bit.ly/31d9Rat
Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha.
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Mahapajapati Gotami, who was the first nun ordained by Lord Buddha. She was his step-mother and aunt. Buddha's mother had passed away at his birth so he was raised by Gotami.
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Another nun disciple of Lord Buddha's. She had achieved great spiritual abilities and high attainments. She would be a proper object of refuge. This image of the eminent bhikkhuni (nun) disciple of the Buddha, Uppalavanna Theri.
2 yearss ago
Wandering Ascetic Painting by Nirdesha Munasinghe
2 yearss ago
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
2 yearss ago
This is pretty amazing!
First Sri Lankan Buddhist temple opened in Dubai!!!
2 yearss ago
My Dharma boy (left) and Oser girl loves to laze around on the veranda in the mornings. They enjoy all the trees, grass and relaxing under the hot sun. Sunbathing is a favorite daily activity. I care about these two doggies of mine very much and I enjoy seeing them happy. They are with me always. Tsem Rinpoche
Always be kind to animals and eat vegetarian- https://bit.ly/2Psp8h2
2 yearss ago
After you left me Mumu, I was alone. I have no family or kin. You were my family. I can't stop thinking of you and I can't forget you. My bond and connection with you is so strong. I wish you were by my side. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
This story is a life-changer. Learn about the incredible Forest Man of India | 印度“森林之子”- https://bit.ly/2Eh4vRS
2 yearss ago
Part 2-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
2 yearss ago
Part 1-Beautiful billboard in Malaysia of a powerful Tibetan hero whose life serves as a great inspiration- https://bit.ly/2UltNE4
2 yearss ago
The great Protector Manjushri Dorje Shugden depicted in the beautiful Mongolian style. To download a high resolution file: https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
2 yearss ago
The Mystical land of Shambhala is finally ready for everyone to feast their eyes and be blessed. A beautiful post with information, art work, history, spirituality and a beautiful book composed by His Holiness the 6th Panchen Rinpoche. ~ https://bit.ly/309MHBi
DON'T MISS THIS!~How brave Bonnie survived by living with a herd of deer~ https://bit.ly/2Lre2eY
2 yearss ago
Global Superpower China Will Cut Meat Consumption by 50%! Very interesting, find out more- https://bit.ly/2V1sJFh
2 yearss ago
You can download this beautiful Egyptian style Dorje Shugden Free- https://bit.ly/2Nt3FHz
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Beautiful high file for print of Lord Manjushri. May you be blessed- https://bit.ly/2V8mwZe
2 yearss ago
Mongolian (Oymiakon) Shaman in Siberia, Russia. That is his real outfit he wears. Very unique. TR
2 yearss ago
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
2 yearss ago
Manjusri Kumara (bodhisattva of wisdom), India, Pala dynesty, 9th century, stone, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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1 years ago
Pig puts his toys away
Animals are so intelligent. They can feel happiness, joy, pain, sorrow, just like humans. Always show kindness to them. Always show kindness to everyone.
2 yearss ago
Always be kind to animals-They deserve to live just like us.
Whales and dolphins playing with each other in the Pacific sea. Nature is truly incredible!
2 yearss ago
Bodha stupa July 2019-
Rainy period
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Cute Tara girl having a snack. She is one of Kechara Forest Retreat’s resident doggies.
2 yearss ago
Your Next Meal!
Yummy? Tasty? Behind the scenes of the meat on your plates. Meat is a killing industry.
2 yearss ago
This is Daw
This is what they do to get meat on tables, and to produce belts and jackets. Think twice before your next purchase.
2 yearss ago
Don’t Take My Mummy Away!
Look at the poor baby chasing after the mother. Why do we do that to them? It's time to seriously think about our choices in life and how they affect others. Be kind. Don't break up families.
2 yearss ago
They do this every day!
This is how they are being treated every day of their lives. Please do something to stop the brutality. Listen to their cries for help!
2 yearss ago
What happened at Fair Oaks Farm?
The largest undercover dairy investigation of all time. See what they found out at Fair Oaks Farm.
2 yearss ago
She’s going to spend her whole life here without being able to move correctly. Like a machine. They are the slaves of the people and are viewed as a product. It’s immoral. Billions of terrestrial animals die annually. Billions. You can’t even imagine it. And all that because people don’t want to give up meat, even though there are so many alternatives. ~ Gabriel Azimov
2 yearss ago
Our Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir speaks so well, logically and regarding our country’s collaboration with China for growth. It is refreshing to listen to Dr. Mahathir’s thoughts. He said our country can look to China for many more things such as technology and so on. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
This is the first time His Holiness Dalai Lama mentions he had some very serious illness. Very worrying. This video is captured April 2019.
2 yearss ago
Beautiful Monastery in Hong Kong
2 yearss ago
This dog thanks his hero in such a touching way. Tsem Rinpoche
These people going on pilgrimage to a holy mountain and prostrating out of devotion and for pilgrimage in Tibet. Such determination for spiritual practice. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
Beautiful new casing in Kechara for Vajra Yogini. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
Get ready to laugh real hard. This is Kechara’s version of “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane!” We have some real talents in this video clip.
2 yearss ago
Recitation of Dorje Dermo‘s mantra or the Dharani of Glorious Vajra Claws. This powerful mantra is meant to destroy all obstacles that come in our way. Beneficial to play this mantra in our environments.
2 yearss ago
Beautiful
Beautiful sacred Severed Head Vajra Yogini from Tsem Rinpoche's personal shrine.
2 yearss ago
My little monster cute babies Dharma and Oser. Take a look and get a cute attack for the day! Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
Plse watch this short video and see how all sentient beings are capable of tenderness and love. We should never hurt animals nor should we eat them. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
Cruelty of some people have no limits and it’s heartbreaking. Being kind cost nothing. Tsem Rinpoche
2 yearss ago
SUPER ADORABLE and must see
Tsem Rinpoche's dog Oser girl enjoying her snack in her play pen.
We were told by Uncle Wong he is very faithful toward Dorje Shugden. Dorje Shugden has extended help to him on several occasions and now Uncle Wong comes daily to make incense offerings to Dorje Shugden. He is grateful towards the help he was given.
2 yearss ago
Tsem Rinpoche’s Schnauzer Dharma boy fights Robot sphere from Arkonide!
2 yearss ago
Cute baby owl found and rescued
We rescued a lost baby owl in Kechara Forest Retreat.
2 yearss ago
Nice cups from Kechara!!
Dorje Shugden people's lives matter!
2 yearss ago
Enjoy a peaceful morning at Kechara Forest Retreat
Chirping birds and other forest animals create a joyful melody at the Vajrayogini stupa in Kechara Forest Retreat (Bentong, Malaysia).
3 yearss ago
This topic is so hot in many circles right now.
This video is thought-provoking and very interesting. Watch! Thanks so much to our friends at LIVEKINDLY.
3 yearss ago
Chiropractic CHANGES LIFE for teenager with acute PAIN & DEAD LEG.
3 yearss ago
BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN NEW YORK STATE-AMAZING.
3 yearss ago
Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the meat Industry with real action.
3 yearss ago
Do psychic mediums have messages from beyond?
3 yearss ago
Lovely gift for my 52nd Birthday. Tsem Rinpoche
3 yearss ago
This 59-year-old chimpanzee was refusing food and ready to die until...
she received “one last visit from an old friend” 💔💔
3 yearss ago
Bigfoot sighted again and made it to the news.
3 yearss ago
Casper is such a cute and adorable. I like him.
3 yearss ago
Dorje Shugden Monastery Amarbayasgalant Mongolia's Ancient Hidden Gem
3 yearss ago
Don't you love Hamburgers? See how 'delicious' it is here!
3 yearss ago
Such a beautiful and powerful message from a person who knows the meaning of life. Tsem Rinpoche
3 yearss ago
What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit.
Sick animals are more profitable... farms calculate how close to death they can keep animals without killing them.
That's the business model.
How quickly they can be made to grow, how tightly they can be packed, how much or how little can they eat, how sick they can get without dying...
We live in a world in which it's conventional to treat an animal like a block of wood.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
3 yearss ago
This video went viral and it's a must watch!!
3 yearss ago
SEE HOW THIS ANIMAL SERIAL KILLER HAS NO ISSUE BLUDGEONING THIS DEFENSELESS BEING.
This happens daily in slaughterhouse so you can get your pork and Bak ku teh. Stop eating meat.
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Sandra asked:After making a food offering to the three jewels (which we will eat for lunch etc), should we think of it as a blessing and partake? pastor answered:Hello Sandra,
When making food offerings to the Three Jewels, which you eat yourself, when you recite the prayer and make the offering, you should visualise that the Buddhas receive your food offering and because you have made an offering, they are very pleased. It also fulfills one of the Refuge commitments, which is to offer the first portion of whatever we eat and drink to the Three Jewels, while remembering their kindness. You can then partake of the meal and consider it a blessing from the Three Jewels.
Alternatively, you can set out a plate (which you reserve for this purpose) of food, which you can offer on your altar. Similarly, once the food has been left on your altar for a while, you can later remove it and consume it as a blessing. I hope this helps. Thank you.
February 19, 2021 04:33
Sandra asked:Is intovertedness a bad quality? Since Buddha is so altruistic and this is the opposite trait, it must be bad. How do you think one should lessen introverted tendencies? pastor answered:Dear Sandra,
Introvertedness is not a bad quality. Altruism and compassion are different from being an introvert or extrovert. Introverts are generally quieter people, less expressive of their emotions, while extroverts are the opposite.
Buddhist practice is not about expression of emotion. Rather the altruistic and compassionate teachings are more about how you help other people and sentient beings, physically or emotionally. If the qualities of introverted-ness are stopping you from developing these, then they need to change. But this may not be necessary, depending on the qualities that you are talking about.
You can do simple meditations to building up the energy of compassion in your mindstream and you will see that you actions will automatically start to be more compassionate and altruistic. I hope this helps. Thank you.
February 18, 2021 03:28
Sandra asked:How should one behave when negative karma is being purified? How can we know if bad karma is being purified? Do we accumulate positive karma simultaneously when doing purification practices? Many thanks for your response. pastor answered:Hello again Sandra,
There are two ways in which karma can be purified, the first is through our own efforts alone and the second is through our own effort, combined with a purification practice.
Through our own efforts: this means that you transform your mind enough to not react negatively in any situation and only react in a positive manner. For example, you may have the karma to get angry. So you get into situations which makes you angry. If you react normally, then you will get angry again, this will only lead you to create more karma of being angry. But if you make the effort not to get angry in those situations then you do not create or multiply that karma. The original karma you have may lead you to be in those types of situations again, but if you do not get angry then after a while you start to purify that karma.
Through your own efforts, combined with a purification practice: as you are working on transforming your mind, you can rely on the practices that help you to purify your karma, such as the practice of Vajrasattva or the 35 Confessional Buddhas. This boosts your ability to purify negative karma, based on the enlightened energies of the Buddhas. This however is only truly effective when combined with the Four Opponent Powers. You can read more about that here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/the-35-confessional-buddhas.html
In general, when karma is being purified then you should remain level-headed and not act out of emotion or habit, but from your understanding of the workings of karma and the Dharma. But actually, this should not only be when karma is being purified. You should act and behave in this way all the time according to the Dharma, then you are, up to a point, always purifying karma. It is one of the reasons that so much emphasis is placed on refraining from negative actions and engaging in positive actions using your body, speech and mind, because these are the three means or 'doors' with which you interact with the world.
At our level, we cannot tell if karma is being purified or not, only those who are more highly attained can tell. However, that is one of the reasons the Buddhist texts advise study of and belief in karma. If there is karma, then it can be purified, and the way to do so is transform your mind and invoke upon the enlightened beings. So if you are doing both, you can rest assured that you are in fact purifying your karma.
When you purify negative karma, whether just through your own efforts or combined with a purification practice you collect merit, not positive karma. If you simply do a good action, you collect good karma. But if you are practicing the Dharma with the intention of achieving enlightenment, you take refuge, engage in the practice, and dedicate at the end, then you develop merit, not positive karma. If you want to read more about how karma works and how to purify it in more detail, I suggest you read a Lamrim text such as Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, which you can order from your local bookstore or get online here (https://www.vajrasecrets.com/lamrim-liberation-in-the-palm-of-your-hand).
February 17, 2021 23:06
Sandra asked:Hello pastors, thank you for your response to my earlier question. Do divination predictions change frequently? Why does that happen? pastor answered:Dear Sandra,
Thank you for your question. Divinations, compared to astrological predictions, are much more accurate. There are many types of divination, but those based on the practice of enlightened beings are very accurate. Three of the most well-known in Tibetan Buddhism are the divination practices of Manjushri, Palden Lhamo and Dorje Shugden. You can read more about Dorje Shugden's dice divination here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugdens-dice-divination.html
Questions that are asked during divinations are much more specific than the types of topics that astrological predictions can help with, therefore are based on very specific types of karma. This means that if you asked a divination question twice, without taking remedial actions in between, then the answer would most likely be the same, given that all the prerequisites have been held by the diviner and the divinations are genuine.
However, if a divination is done and then remedial actions recommended, such as various practices or pujas, and these are done to the letter, then if the question is asked again, then the results would differ. This is because when engaging in these practices or pujas, either you generate the merit necessary to overpower the negative effects of the karma, or you purify the negative effects of the karma creating the situation. This however, is generally not done. You wouldn't ask the same question twice or over and over again. The reason for this is because one of the factors that comes into play when seeking divination is faith. This is faith in the fact that the remedial actions recommended will help whatever situation you are facing.
Having seen H.E. Tsem Rinpoche do countless divinations for people, I can attest to this. Those who have faith and follow through with the advice, see a great improvement in the situation that led them to ask the divination question in the first place. Those that did not follow the advice either at all or not fully, did not see any improvement. And this makes sense, because they did not purify the effects of the karma enough, or generate enough merit. I hope this helps. Thank you.
February 15, 2021 04:09
sandra asked:How much importance should we give to astrological predictions or chart readings? Are these readings susceptible to change all the time,i.e, in the context of planetary movements? Can our own effort/actions supercede what is predicted in our birth chart? pastor answered:Dear Sandra,
Thank you for your interesting question. You are absolutely correct about the universal principle of change. According to Buddhist practice, astrological predictions are based upon a fixed point in time. Take for example, your moment of birth, which most astrological readings take as the main point of reference. At that specific moment, there would have been various energies or planetary alignments, etc. Combined together, they are said to give an accurate prediction of what will occur to a person throughout their life. This however, is based on one's birth karma, to be born at that specific point in time and location.
This birth karma also provides the driving force behind what will occur in a person's life, if that karma is not changed somehow. Hence, that is why astrological predictions can give very accurate readings on someone's personality, as well as life events. Birth karma provides the main force behind all other karma to come into play. That is why it is given importance in astrology. There are also more advanced methods to take into account planetary and energetical movements to give even more detailed and precise predictions that can even be made down to the month, day or hour of a person's life.
In Buddhism, however, we believe that karma can be changed. It can multiply, be purified or exhausted, or the effects of that karma can be overpowered by another karma or spiritual merit. In these cases, the outcome will change. The way in which this happens is varied. It can be as simple as doing some prayers (to generate spiritual merit) or changing your behaviour, environment or location, the way you think, and the ways in which you react in various situations.
That is why in Buddhist astrological systems, emphasis is placed on remedial measures to counteract negative outcomes. For example, someone may be born with an angry disposition from an astrological point of view. If this person goes through life acting from this anger, then the predictions based on the time of birth will occur. However, a remedial action can be undertaken, such as the person pracitising Chenrezig, who is the Buddha of compassion, or the person doing some form of charity work. These remedial actions generate compassion in the mind of the person, which counteracts the anger. As this happens and the karma is changed, then the person no longer needs to feels the negative effects of any bad astrological (or more correctly - karmic) situations.
There are even some practices that specifically help to counteract negative astrological influences and help you to change things. Such an example is Black Manjushri. Within Tibetan Buddhism, according to your time and date of birth, you also have what is known as a 'Birth Buddha'. This is basically an enlightened being that you have an affinity with in this life. General remedial actions include making images of this particular Buddha or engaging in this Buddha's practice. This combined with a change in how we live - otherwise known as Mind Transformation in the Buddhist context - changes astrological outcomes. However, if we continue living without controlling our actions, words and thoughts, the predictions made using astrological readings will most likely still occur. I hope this explanation helps. Thank you.
Dan asked:Dear pastors, some vegetarians said egg can eat. While some say no. What is your opinion on this. Thank youpastor answered:Dear Dan,
Thank you for your question. There are differing views on eggs as part of the vegetarian diet. Some people would say that since eggs we get these days are not fertilized, then they are vegetarian since there is no life involved at that point. His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche was vegetarian but consumed eggs, as long as they were free-range and organic, because Rinpoche was against the battery farming system which produces the majority of eggs these days. There is a lot of animal cruelty involved with battery farming. Most people who do not include egg in their vegetarian diets do this because of the harm is causes the hens during the farming process, and also because they can view eating eggs as taking a life.
That being said, within Buddhism, there are certain practices that strictly prohibit the consumption of eggs, as with other types of food. This can be for a number of reasons, which are too long to be discussed here.
I would say that most people in the Kechara organisation eat eggs although vegetarian, but that may also be a cultural thing. Some people however, have taken the extra step and live a vegan lifestyle, which definitely does not include egg, as an extension of their practice of compassion for other sentient beings. I hope this explanation helps. Thank you.
December 5, 2020 00:25
Bradley asked:Would offerings or prayers like Sangsol offering be more potent if we had the prayers translated to the language of a given geographical area? Example in England where Celtic was once spoken? Would the local deities or spirits be pleased we took the time to do so? They are far older than us. pastor answered:Dear Bradley,
Thank you for your interesting question. Actually the sangsol prayers will be effective when done in any language. There are two main reasons for this.
The first is that when you recite the sangsol prayer, you are actually invoking upon an enlightened being first, in this case, it is Dorje Shugden. Therefore, when you make the requests of the local deities to accept the offering, be calm and improve local circumstances etc, it is not coming from you. You are actually beseeching Dorje Shugden to help you in this matter. Hence, it is Dorje Shugden who is communicating with the local deities, not us.
Secondly, deities and gods, as they do not have physical bodies, do not require ordinary language. Language as we know it is actually linked to our physical bodies. Local deities and gods, etc, because they don't have the same type of physical form as us, actually recognise our prayers through intention and effort rather than language.
Therefore, prayers such as the sangsol prayers are effective no matter which language they are physical recited in. I hope this makes sense, if it does not, please let us know and we will clarify further. Thank you.
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Update on Empowerment cookies, special holiday packaging. The bakers are most grateful for the overwhelming support of 834 tubs ordered, with a big order of 314 tubs from a group of friends. Thank you to those cookie lovers who couldn’t get enough of it. Watch out for the next update. Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
2 months ago
Thank you, generous and kind donors, made possible by Alice Smith School's Official Site through their Build Kindness Campaign. The whooping amount of RM63,000 will provide much needed food to 25 poor families for the next 12 months. On behalf of these families, thank you! Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
2 months ago
The global pandemic hasn't been easy for all of us. Some find it diffucult to find a job to support the family. Despite that, we are still delivering basic food pack to our recipients nationwide. Thank you to our volunteers, donors, and sponsors. Without your support, we would be unable to reach out to many families. Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
3 months ago
Thanks to Yap Optometry for gifting Robert a new pair of glasses to see better. We wish him many clear and bright days ahead. Thank you to all sponsors. - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
3 months ago
Donation received to date: RM33,468.00 Yes! We've achieved the target for the #TamanNegara project. Fundraising is closed for this project. Thank you to all donors, 113 Orang Asli families will benefit from it. Stay tuned! #kecharafoodbank #kecharaempowerment #kecharasoupkitchen - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
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FRESHLY BAKED by Kechara Empowerment trainees - Chocolate Chip Butter Cookies - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
3 months ago
In memory of Wilson Lee, one of our most dedicated volunteers in Penang. Our heartfelt condolences to Wilson's wife, Tze Ling, family and friends. Our thoughts are with them for their loss. Thank you for your kindness and service to KSK Penang. From all of us in KSK.
4 months ago
Last weekend a Soup Kitchen activities @ Penang, Johor & Kuala Lumpur. Hot food, water, masks, biscuits, buns & fruits. This is what we give out to our friends living on the streets. Thank you to our sponsor & volunteers that make it happen. Come spread more love by being a volunteer at our activities. WhatsApp us today at 010-333-3260! See you soon! #kecharafoodbank #kecharaempowerment #kecharasoupkitchen - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Kechara Earth Project 13/9/2020
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Thank you Domino's Pizza Malaysia, Kasih & Piza campaign for sponsoring 85 boxes of pizza to our friends who live on the streets. Your flavourful pizzas have put a smile on their faces. Thank you! - Vivan @ Kechara Soup Kitchen #kecharafoodbank #kecharaempowerment #kecharasoupkitchen #KasihdanPiza #ItsAllAboutYou
6 months ago
Thank you Novo Nordisk! Your kind monetary donation and 1,320 boxes of masks will benefit many needy families under the Kechara Food Bank Program. Thank you! Much love from the needy families ~ Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen #kecharafoodbank #kecharaempowerment #kecharasoupkitchen #novonordisk #novonordiskmalaysia
6 months ago
We were graced with the presence of Tengku Zatashah & The Alice Smith School Foundation yesterday. 130 homeless were blessed to be served by them. RM 20,000 donated by Alice Smith School Foundation will benefit 100 families registered under Kechara Food Bank Program. Thank you! Much love from the needy families ~ Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen #kecharafoodbank #kecharaempowerment #kecharasoupkitchen #alicesmithschoolfoundation #alicesmithschool #volunteerism #homeless
8 months ago
Thanks to the effort of our outstation team, we were able to mobilise food provisions to 600 families living in Kelantan, Penang, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and Johor during the Raya period with each of these families receiving RM200 worth of provisions. Adding onto the current 368 families in Klang Valley, a total of 968 families were benefitted from this. Special thanks to the sponsors who have contributed especially Hong Leong Foundation and partially from Tesco Malaysia (where we also ordered the provisions from). ~ Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
8 months ago
So glad that our soup kitchen operations are back in full swing. Good to see the clients are observing the SOPs. Some of them lost their job during MCO and ended up on the streets. Special thanks to our sponsors and volunteers for the great support! - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
9 months ago
From serving cooked food to the homeless clients on the streets to mobilising provisions to the needy individuals in PPRs and shelters, we thank everyone of our Johor Bahru team for their kind contributions and effort to make it for the needy despite all the challenges! - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
9 months ago
More photos taken from our "Hari Raya Hampers" distribution this week. Making sure everyone of our clients have something to be cheerful about. Apart from food, daily used items such as hygiene products, kitchen utensils, assorted fabric items, stationary items and toys were also included into our hamper bags making it extra heavier this month! Food items alone were about 35kg per family! Taking this opportunity to wish everyone of our Muslim volunteers, friends, supporters and clients a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin. No doubt this year's celebration will be very different but appreciate everyone is safe and protected from the pandemic. We are in this together and let's work to fight this pandemic together! Thanking all sponsors and donors for the generous support enabling us to continue serve the needy with food, love and care. Big shoutout too to our wonderful team which already depleted by our very own strict SOP. All of you who worked tirelessly behind the s
9 months ago
Our team have been working extra hours for the past few weeks to deliver provisions and hamper goodies to the needy families before Hari Raya! Heart warming to see the smiling faces of our recipients upon receiving 3 bags full of food and daily used items. Thanks to everyone of you who have contributed to our foodbank enabling us to give all our recipients (especially those celebrating) a Raya to remember! - Vivian @ Kechara Soup Kitchen
9 months ago
Thankful to all donors and those who have been committed in contributing not just money but time over the past testing weeks to help us ease the work of our frontliners and also the livelihood of the needy, their struggles over this pandemic period seemed a little easier to bear with because of your contributions! - Vivian @Kechara Soup Kitchen
9 months ago
KSDS Level 2 virtual class, Lin Mun KSDS
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KSDS Level 3 virtual class. Lin Mun KSDS
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11 months ago
Recycle today for a better tomorrow. KEP-Serena
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Today we are having recycling at Kechara Soup Kitchen. Do drop by here if you would like to get ride of the recyclable items from home. KEP - Serena
11 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: Seen here is Bam, Vajrayogini’s seed syllable and also Kechara's logo. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
11 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: More melted butter was offered. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
11 months ago
H.E. Zawa Rinpoche in deep concentration. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
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Geshela is seen here wearing ceremonial hat called tsoksha. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
11 months ago
The Shize Fire Puja was performed according to scriptural sources. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
11 months ago
To find out more about the substances offered during jinsek/fire puja, have a read here: http://bit.ly/WhatIsFirePuja - shared by Pastor Antoinette
Amongst all pujas, the fire puja is considered the king of all Pujas. It is the most powerful of all pujas within Tibetan Buddhism and its purpose is basically to remove all obstacles and its stains to enlightenment.
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Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: Graceful hand mudras were also part of the ritual. - shared Pastor Antoinette
12 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: One by one the offering substances were offered accompanied by traditional Tibetan recitations. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
12 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: JP Thong ensuring that Geshela's ritual items are within easy reach. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
12 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: Pastor David Lai & Frederick Law were also on hand to assist with the puja ritual substances. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
12 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: Pastor Niral Patel assisting H.E. Zawa Rinpoche during the puja. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
12 months ago
Highlights from the Shize Peaceful Fire Puja: Peaceful fire pujas are excellent to remove inauspiciousness, problems that might be coming to our lifespan, wisdom, wealth, growth of Dharma. - shared by Pastor Antoinette
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Rinpoche includes someone he loves in his dream home, I feel peace and simple happiness through reading all the captions he wrote. Especially the first one, “There’s lots of nagas but they are the friendly sort and they stay right inside the tree on the right.” This is so cute, like i’m watching a fairy tale but I do believe there are a lot creatures that we cannot see with eyes.
Then the second captions, he was hoping there are no snakes to attract his beautiful chickens, makes me laugh when think about its often to see snakes around KFR now.
When I walk in KFR, sometimes I feel its good to have friends to walk with. The walkway pictures that Rinpoche chose feels harmony, I imagine I see Rinpoche walk down the road with a few colleagues that I know, they are having smiley faces. I wish I could join their discussion and deep conversation! I love it. I read some biography about Alexandra David-Neel, her story is interesting. I look forward to discuss this with Kecharian, also surrounding by the nature when doing this. Life is great and meaningful!
Then not far away from us, we can feel the presence of bigfoots. We pretend not seeing each other but enjoy the silence accompany. I have learn to leave apples out for them and chant mantra on it.
I’m blessed to stay in this quiet, harmony and sustainable community. I like mountain very much, I should collect the pictures and visualise it like Rinpoche too 🙂
I love how you do this. I also caption the photos of my upcoming homes in the present tense, as thoughts become things. Thank you.
I do not know much of Buddhism or meditation. I did love seeing the beautiful land you live in and hearing about your community. It sounds so wonderfully peaceful and fulfilling to live with the land and honor and help your neighbors. I wish our whole world would learn to look at the world in this way. I felt a bit of piece just reading through all of your comments about your land and your community.
thank you, Faith
Generally, human prefers love, kindness, peace, calm and tranquility. We do not need to know a lot of Buddhism in order to achieve what we wanted. We just need to make that choice. Outwardly, we are like living in a world of chaos. Go inward. Find calm in the chaos. ☺️
This quote was shared by my Lama (Guru) before I hope it makes sense to you. Be happy…
Words coupled with imagery has so much power. I found that just reading the words and looking at the pictures I feel so so relaxed. I guess its relaxing when we read about the truth and can see the beauty of this planet of ours.
Thank you Rinpoche for your creativity and blessing us with so many beautiful scenery images.
Thank you, Rinpoche for sharing these stunning pictures of possible future retreat houses. They are very beautiful and serene. They are perfect for people to engage in deep retreats of their Yidam and live a happy, peaceful and useful life. The picture that Rinpoche had painted for us is alluring and made the readers are eager to engage in a life long retreat with their own Yidam.
This is the Kechara Forest Retreat that we are working towards here. I can imagine these small retreat hut spouting everywhere in Kechara Forest Retreat when Kecharians engaging in deep retreats in them. Everyone will live harmoniously and support each other.
What a beautiful community to be in the rest of our lives. I understand Rinpoche’s vision on building such a place now. It will be a spiritual and conscious community where everyone is spiritual and engaging in spiritual activities. Living harmoniously along with each other and support each other on our spiritual path. It will be a Vajrayogini’s Kechara paradise on earth.
Very interesting each pictures tells us a beautiful stories of occupants staying in the mountains. Beautiful , quiet healthy living environment such as in the mountains is the way we should have live in. A clean and healthy environment in the forest is part and parcel of the wealth and quality of life. A wonderful place for us to mediate and living in such a greener pastures has many health benefits. Scientist have discovered living in the forest is beneficial for our brain and health.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing your thoughts with us.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
It is such a beautiful and peaceful place to stay and medidate.
Wish to live in such a peaceful environment and near to mother earth.
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This is very beautiful and enjoyable. Now I’m going to send a very beautiful book of poems to Rinpoche by a monk who lived in the mountains hundreds of years ago. Perhaps he will enjoy it so much that he will write about it too! I hope so. Not many people know about this book, but the poems are like blessings! I will post it tomorrow so Rinpoche can share it with you if he likes!
Although the captions are the imagination of Rinpoche, I do hope it’s for real. It’s like a vision for us to materialise it. Reading it all the way till the last picture of Mother Tara makes me feel warmth and happy.
In one of the captions, Rinpoche mentioned about Alexander Neel’s and Arya Nagarjuna’s works and it reminds me of them too. Looks like I have some reading to catch up. Thank you Rinpoche.
Now that Rinpoche has temporarily left us, these little massages are even clearer and make more sense to me.
We look forward for Your swift return, Rinpoche. 🙏
Lovely and relaxing beautiful stories with beautiful pictures to relax a stressful mind. I guess some of the stories are related to some Kecharians. It’s also very inspiring to read these light and entertaining stories. Thank you very much Rinpoche and blog team for this lovely write up??☘️??
Nowadays people are busy with secular work rather than spending time in the spiritual growth. Even if we wish to excel in our spiritual path, no matter how strong the will is to practise the dharma, we need an environment or a supporting community to fulfill our spiritual path.
Thank you Rinpcohe for sharing with us your thoughts.
Looking at the beautiful scenery pair together with Rinpoche’s imagination, it is as if i am actually living in one of the houses in this spiritual community, which i wish very much _/\_