A inexpensive way to get around in Bangkok. At night, it's relaxing to travel around in this... I like it...
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A inexpensive way to get around in Bangkok. At night, it's relaxing to travel around in this... I like it...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I came across this very beautiful and exquisite pictorial biography of Buddha Sakyamuni in a book produced and printed by the Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple in Penang.
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Imagine being taken away from your mother when you’re a few months old… having an iron corset strapped around your stomach… being placed in a cage where, as your body grows, the metal bars start pressing hard against your body… Twice a day someone comes, sticks a 4 inch needle into your stomach and...
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Lai has just been hired as a freelance compositor/ editor for our Paranormal blog section!...
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On the 30th of July, it was the official opening of Viva Home mall, Cheras. At the same time, both Kechara Paradise (KP) and Kechara Oasis (KO) had their official opening!...
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Below is a competition that the blog team has come up with. It’s fun and everyone will love the prize! If you are coming to this post as a matter of chance, you MUST complete the steps on my Facebook fanpage in order to be eligible for the contest… and don’t forget, you only...
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Dear All, Here are some new pictures of me at a beach in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. We came to see some very large Buddha statues that I did not know we had in Malaysia until I were sent some information from my friends. Naturally I just had to come see them for myself....
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Dear friends, Today I visited four large Buddhist Temples here in Kelantan State in East Coast Malaysia. Afterwards the blog team and I went to the Beach (August 8, 2011) to film a Paranormal episode, teachings on the Yoga of Tsongkapa in abbreviated commentary and also a story about the attitude behind Dharma work...
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Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was such a convincing and powerful lama. It was very hard to say no to him. He was my guru and he use to push me to do things that I wouldn’t want to or even dream of… I was in my idyllic peaceful Monastic life in Gaden till one day...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Concentration is important in both Dharma practice and ordinary life. The Tibetan word for the practice of concentration is zhi-nay (zhi-gNas). Zhi means peace and nay means to dwell; zhi-nay, then, is dwelling in peace or being without busyness. If we do not carefully watch the mind it may seem that...
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Earlier I sent some of my students to go and film Kechara Oasis Viva Home. I wanted to do this to promote KOVH, and I will shoot more videos like this in the future to promote the departments because my liaisons and students and friends work very hard to make our departments a success....
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Dear all, I came across this post (http://thesravaka.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-we-have-lulled-ourselves-into-false.html) and I have extracted it to share with everyone. I thank Martin, the blog owner for his good work and I would like to send traffic to his blog thesravaka.blogspot.com. Tsem Rinpoche MONDAY, 14 MARCH 2011 Of late, I have come to realize that one of the greatest...
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Here is an update from our study group in Johor Bahru (Southern most state in Malaysia). The Kechara Southern Jewel Chapel (KSJC) is very much a part of the Kechara family. Whenever we have an event in KL, there would definitely be someone from KSJC who would come and join in. The chapel members...
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There is no right and wrong religion for you to personally follow... whether it be Buddhims, Islam, Taoism, Shintoism, Jainism, Sikkh, Christianity, Hinduism etc...
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Ask Your Doctor About Meat™ is a video made by Ollie Hallowell Productions. It is an amusing parody about eating meat in the style of a TV commercial. Ollie Hallowell Productions was started by James Hallowell, who is a Harvard graduate and has been inducted into the Association of Multi-Media International’s prestigious “Producers Hall...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Daibutsu (or 大佛/大仏) means ‘Great Buddha’ or ‘giant Buddha’ in Japanese. It can also be used informally to refer to a big Buddha statue. One such statue is in Kamakura, Japan. The Daibutsu is a statue of Amitabha Buddha and is called The Great Buddha of Kamakura...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Angulimala’s life story is especially famous within the Theravadan school. His story shows how it is possible to change your life for the better...
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In a Chinese wedding, there are usually 2 distinct parts: a tea ceremony and a wedding dinner (reception) where family, relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates of both the bride and groom are invited...
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The term “wax” in ‘wax meat’ doesn’t literally mean that they use wax to prepare the meat. After the preparation of the desired meat, the finished product has the glossy appearance of a meat covered in wax...
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