Dear friends, From the age of 15 to around 22 or 23 I used to live in Los Angeles (L.A.). I arrived there alone from New Jersey and had to work many jobs to sustain myself. That was back in the 80’s. Los Angeles was a big scary city for a young kid like...

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Le Vénérable Guéshé Tsultrim Tenzin, érudit et enseignant, est de Gaden Jangtse et moi, de Gaden Shartse. Les deux collèges forment le monastère de Gaden. Quand j’étais au monastère, je n’avais pas de relation personnelle avec Guéshé Tsultrim...

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Within the Buddhist faith there is a strong tradition of building large Buddha statues, and this practice is actually one of compassion. Large Buddha statues have many benefits, they calm the environment and promote harmony, they plant imprints of enlightenment in the minds of all that see them, they bless animals and unseen beings, and they provide excellent representations of the Buddha’s body to make offerings to. As China has a powerful Buddhist culture they have many sacred sites where Buddhist practitioners of the past engaged in de...

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At Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, Malaysia we are growing organic vegetables free of pesticides and chemicals. I hope to grow them in large amounts so that we can partly sustain our food consumption in the near future. The father and son team of Chon Kong and Liang Jing are working and cultivating the vegetables, taking care...

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Vertigo is a type of dizziness where someone feels a sensation that either the person themselves or the environment is spinning, moving, falling or tilting, although there is no actual physical movement. A person suffering from vertigo may also experience nausea, loss of balance, vomiting, and so on. One of the most common types...

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Victor’s Way (formerly Way Victoria), located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a remarkable private meditation garden known for its black granite sculptures. The 9-hectare property includes a number of small lakes and wooded areas. A plaque at the entrance indicates that the park is dedicated to the cryptographer Alan Turing. The park closed...

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Located in Gansu Province, Langmu Monastery (Tibetan: Lhamo Setri) is home to approximately 560 monks. In the area, Langmu Monastery is one of the largest to practise Dorje Shugden; in the same province, there are seven other smaller monasteries which also rely on Dorje Shugden of around 100 monks each, as well as a small...

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Nicknamed the “Roof of the World” for its towering peaks, Tibet is famous for its stunning landscape made up of the Himalayan mountains and its heritage of Tibetan Buddhism. Before the 1950s, Tibet was largely isolated from the rest of the world. As there is no central repository of Tibetan films, those that shed...

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Animals show love for humans! Cow, lions, apes, dogs, bears, parrots and more can all be very affectionate and show surprising emotions when it comes to expressing their love for people. An emotional animals hugging humans video. The video above was sourced from a legitimate video-hosting service offering this video for free download. It...

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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....

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My very holy, wise and attained lamas told me over 30 years ago that Dorje Shugden is Manjushri. I’ve had many lamas and they tell me the same thing. He can benefit many beings during this time and age because our distractions are so many. We need a special protector who can ‘push’ through...

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Remember, the money we have will be gone, taken, used, stale in savings or abandoned eventually. Our partners, our lovers, our ‘soulmates’ will leave us eventually or we leave them. How strongly we feel about them or them for us now, is temporary. Then all the time, efforts, sacrifices we put towards this will...

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This section features a selection of snippets from H.E. Tsem Rinpoche’s Dharma teachings, as well as Rinpoche’s thoughts and views on various issues. For each snippet, a link to the original full video is provided should you want to learn more. Do return to this page often as we will bring you more snippets of teachings and sharings from Rinpoche.   For more interesting information: The Promise – Tsem Rinpoche’s inspiring biography now in ebook format! 詹杜固仁波切的精彩传记《承诺》电子版面世 Tsem Rinpoche Images (Free Download) Free Downloads: Texts, P...

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A Buddha statue or image symbolises the enlightened body of a Buddha. The practice of creating Buddha images started over 2,500 years ago as it was first started by the Buddha himself. In general, Buddhists believe that making Buddha images generates great merit because it brings benefits to so many sentient beings. The sight of Buddha...

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Dear friends around the world, I was extremely happy to read this article. I hope other states and countries will follow this example and have something similar in the very near future. It breaks my heart to see animals that are abandoned, abused, hungry and in pain. I myself have experienced hunger when I...

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Black Tara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Black Tara and Dorje Shugden Deity: Black Tara (English) Alternative name: Tro Nyer Chen Ma (Tibetan) Tara is known as Jetsun Drolma in Tibetan and she is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is known as the ‘saviouress’ and is considered the embodiment of the...

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Mahasiddha Tilopa (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Mahasiddha Tilopa and Dorje Shugden Figure: Mahasiddha Tilopa (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Drubchen Tilopa (Tibetan) The Mahasiddha Tilopa was one of the earlier lineage masters of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was Indian and was ordained as a monk at the temple of Somapuri in Bengal....

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Guhya Manjushri (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Guhya Manjushri and Dorje Shugden Deity: Guhya Manjushri (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Jampel Sang Den (Tibetan) Manjushri is the patron Buddha of Wisdom. The text that he holds is symbolic of his practice granting wisdom, insight and merit. Both the main figure and the smaller figure above is...

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Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa (Main figures) (Top to bottom): Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden Figures: Five Visions of Lama Tsongkhapa Alternative name: Je Zig Pa Nga (Tibetan) It was said that after Lama Tsongkhapa entered clear light, Khedrub Je would often make requests to him for guidance and inspiration. On...

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Sukkhasiddhi (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Sukkhasiddhi and Dorje Shugden Deity: Sukkhasiddhi Vajra Yogini (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Kha Drod Kar Mo (Tibetan); Sita Kechari (Sanskrit) The Vajra Yogini Tantras originally arose from within the Chakrasamvara Tantras and across time as well as great lineage masters, there have arisen various Vajra Yogini lineages like the...

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