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I have previously blogged about a dog named Hachiko. The golden-brown Akita (a breed of dog) was made famous because of his extraordinary loyalty towards his owner...
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I have previously blogged about a dog named Hachiko. The golden-brown Akita (a breed of dog) was made famous because of his extraordinary loyalty towards his owner...
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Below is a very thoughtful gift from Datin Sirina Abdullah for my birthday. It’s a cake of a big building on top of a hill… called KWPC...
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On the 24th of October, in conjuction with my 46th Birthday, Kechara House celebrated the first ever Buddhist Pastor Ordination Ceremony! It was a full day...
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October 17, 2011 I woke up from a very vivid dream today. I was in South India on a road on the way to Sera Monastery. I came across vast tracts of land very green with beautiful lively mountains in the background. Behind the mountains was a large clean river. The mountains were not...
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This evening I received gifts from the staff of Kechara Discovery, Kechara Saraswati Arts & Kechara Blooms. They work under the direction of Liaison Paul Yap, who is one of the pioneers to work full time for Kechara when we first started. The staff worked very hard and recently I gave them some gifts...
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My friends, Years ago I was at home (early 80’s) in New Jersey flipping through the channels on the TV and came across Saturday Night Live (a big big show back then). I didn’t really appreciate the show, but watched it out of boredom. It was years later when I got older I realized...
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Dear friends, I have recently read up more and more on quotes and thoughts from Steve Jobs. To me they sounded very Buddhist. Whatever he was saying had a powerful logical and spiritual tone to it. And now I see why. He is a Buddhist. His thoughts and philosophies for work and life come...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Recently, BBC aired a fascinating documentary about the travels of historian Bettany Hughes. In this documentary, she introduces BBC viewers to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world… and these are some of the most spectacular monuments built by Buddhists across the globe. Although seven is not near how many more...
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You know, it’s strange, I’ve been saying this most of my life… and the good thing is, it’s applicable in whatever situation and to whatever background we come from religious or not. But I am so glad Steve Jobs says the same thing… he has wisdom. In the end, it is what we have...
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How much you suffer is how selfish you are. ~Tsem Rinpoche How much you transform for the better is how much you realize you are dependent on all those around you.~ Tsem Rinpoche Changing is not hard, you just have to amend your perspective.~Tsem Rinpoche How much you can endure is up to your compassion. ~Tsem Rinpoche...
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Our very own Dato’ Ruby Khong, President of Kechara Soup Kitchen, was nominated for the Prime Minister’s Award for Woman Social Activist! Not expecting to win anything… she came out as the Top 5...
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While I was in Bangkok on the train you can obeserve this. In every major city you have subways, LRT, intercity trains for public transport. You have special signs suggesting to give seats to pregnant women and the elderly. In Bangkok you have the same but also signages to please offer seats to monks...
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I thought I would add this sudoku game to my blog so that you can sometimes take a break from your work for a few minutes and relax with a game of sudoku. Enjoy...
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Dear blog friends, you can submit your photos to this section by sending an email to tblogpics@gmail.com. Include your message in the “Subject” field (up to 250 characters only). Be sure to include your name in the subject field too! These are the photos submitted on year 2012 and earlier. Click here for latest photos, or...
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Dear blog friends, you can submit your photos to this section by sending an email to tblogpics@gmail.com. Include your message in the “Subject” field (up to 250 characters only). Be sure to include your name in the subject field too! These are the photos submitted on year 2013. Click here for latest photos, or click here for photos in...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Thich Nhat Hanh is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam on October 11, 1926. He joined a Zen monastery at the age of 16, studied Buddhism as a novice, and was fully ordained as a monk in 1949....
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As the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 1964, I now have the pleasure of proposing to you the name of Thich Nhat Hanh for that award in 1967. I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than this gentle Buddhist monk from Vietnam...
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I did a post a while back called “Yesterday I Experienced True Generosity” and in the comments section Kevin wrote a nice story about Buddha, a lamp and old lady. Here is the post. Thanks Kevin, Tsem Rinpoche From Kevin Tan on Sep 11, 2011 at 1:45 am This old lady reminded...
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I listed some of the people I admire, find interesting, respect, etc… Next to them, I list a few of the qualities I perceive that draw me to them or make me respect, admire them or both or just find appealing. Some of the people I have met or some I have not met,...
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