As Buddhists, we believe that in order to progress on the spiritual path and the fruition of our meditation and practice, we require a lot of merits. When we make a lot of offerings, especially like what you see on Rinpoche’s altar here, we generate a meritorious field of energy, so that we when...
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Red Dzambala (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Red Dzambala, White Mahakala, Gyenze, Yellow Yamantaka, Dorje Shugden and Namtose. Dzambala and the other deities surrounding him personify the acquisition of wealth. However, due to their enlightened nature, wealth is not merely defined within the context of materialism but also on the generation of spiritual wealth...
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Extremely Secret Hayagriva (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Red Ganapati, Kurukulle, Hayagriva, Begtse Chen and Dorje Shugden. Tamdrin Yangsang or Extremely Secret Hayagriva is a tantric practice that originates from the Nyingma tradition. This special practice is both yidam and protector and is said to be highly blessed in purifying karmas that lead to...
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Death is near, no time to think. Death is near, no time to waste. Death is waiting, no time for excuses. Change is a choice, others are more important, than oneself, this is the ultimate truth. As long as we keep identifying our aggregational attachments as the real us, we are in prison. Change...
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Why Pleasing Our Guru Creates Merits Earlier today Tsem Rinpoche gave a teaching to those who were in Dukkar Apartments in Kechara Forest Retreat. A monk friend sent Abby a video of monks debating with each other in Tibet and asked her to show the video to Rinpoche as it would please Rinpoche very...
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How wonderful the perfect Buddha revealed so many practices to improve the various facets of our lives in accordance to our karma: Lady Blue Buddha Ucchusma is very powerful to remove defilements of the mind, deluded mind, negative thinking, broken promises resultant karma, illness, faulty memory, memory issues, body pollution and negative energy. Rely on her short mantra for everything mentioned. Rely on her long mantra to increase memory and memory capacity. Do her long mantra daily to increase the power of your memory. Tsem Rinpoche &...
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COMPASSION at its best: His Holiness the Dalai Lama explained in Ladakh, 31 July 2018 “Usually at the beginning of an empowerment there is a ritual to drive away interferences. But I no longer feel it’s consistent to regard some beings as evil forces. At the start of each day I cultivate altruism, but...
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A simple incident that took place early in my refugee life (from Tibet, over the Himalayas into India) made a strong impression on me. With some friends, I had arrived in Kalimpong, a nice town in the Himalayan hills of India. At the top of a hill, near a cemetery, we stopped to make...
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Machig Labdron (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Padampa Sangye, Tromo Nagmo, Machig Labdron, Dorje Shugden, Chang Shon and Palden Lhamo. Machig Labdron was the famous 11th century awakened Tibetan yogini who received the Shije (Pacification of Suffering) teachings from the Indian master and yogi, Padampa Sangye. Machig Labdron is believed to have been the...
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Kalachakra (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Kalachakra, Vajra Vega, White Tara and Dorje Shugden. Kalachakra means Wheel of Time or ‘time-cycles’ and is also a Tantric deity or yidam of Vajrayana Buddhism. The name also represents complex meditation practices contained within the Kalachakra Tantra literature. The meditations contained in this tantric system...
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This is the famous praise to Avalokitesvara (Chenrezig) written by the realised Nun Palmo who attained Buddhahood and cured herself of leprosy through her austere practices based on Avalokitesvara and Nyung Nay (fasting retreat). This prayer is filled with great blessings. Below that is the long dharani (mantra) of Avalokitesvara which is good to...
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If we are big achievers in early life, we are afraid to lose our big achiever status and many fail later in life. For example if we did well in high school in sports, or competition or whatever and we get praises. We get praises from family or friends and we like the praises....
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Dear Kecharians and friends around the world, Last night, I gave a teaching to a group of people who were in Kechara Forest Retreat. I shared with them the correct way to pray for our loved ones and why we shouldn’t “demand” Dorje Shugden with fulfilling our wishes but let Dorje Shugden decide what...
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Medicine Buddha (Main figure) Lama Tsongkhapa (top tier), Green Tara (2nd tier), White Umbrella (3rd tier), monk representing sponsor offering mandala (bottom left), Dorje Shugden (bottom, rightmost) Medicine Buddha made a vow during another aeon that all beings who suffer from sickness if they call up on him, he will heal them. Illness are...
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H.H. The 4th Zhabdrung Jigme Norbu Rinpoche (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Guru Rinpoche, Four-Armed Chenrezig, Talo Sangngak Choling Monastery, H.H. the 4th Zhabdrung Rinpoche Jigme Norbu and Dorje Shugden. A thangka of H.H. the 4th Zhabdrung Tulku Jigme Norbu and Dorje Shugden, the Dharma Protector he promoted to the people of Bhutan. Above...
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Vajravarahi (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Vajravarahi, Vajradhara, Four-Armed Mahakala, Mahakala Bernagchen and Dorje Shugden. In Tibetan Buddhism, Vajravarahi or Dorje Phagmo in Tibetan is a semi-wrathful form of Vajrayogini, who in turn is associated with the Chakrasamvara Tantra. In terms of iconography, she is the female counterpart of Heruka Chakrasamvara and is widely...
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Dear Kecharians, Now that we have more time, please go for your walk daily without miss. Circumambulate around our beautiful blessed statues especially Nagaraja (near EF) for purification as he is the embodiment of the 35 Confessional Buddhas, Tara for success in transformation of our minds, Vajra Yogini stupa to create causes to ascend...
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Amitabha (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Guru Rinpoche, Amitabha, Four-Armed Chenrezig, White Tara, Guru Dorje Drolo, Four-Armed Mahakala, Dorje Shugden and Palden Lhamo. Amitabha Buddha can benefit beings on many levels especially by transforming the desire energy into that of enlightenment. The highest level of practitioner of Amitabha will gain enlightenment during the time...
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Four-Armed Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama, Amitabha, Four-Armed Chenrezig, Six-Armed Mahakala, Dorje Shugden and Tsangpa Karpo (peaceful Setrap). His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama Choekyi Gyaltsen is widely regarded as the emanation of Buddha Amitabha and for many lifetimes, the Panchen Lama line of incarnations had...
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I don’t know exactly who was available or not, but those I saw or thought were around were invited for a spontaneous talk just now. We just had a nice short sharing on the form, purpose and ultimate goal in practicing of the Headless Vajra Yogini tantra and the significance of her iconography....
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