How Buddhism spread throughout the Mongol Empire provides an important insight into the cultural and political situation at the time, and illustrates how many high lamas worked skilfully to benefit the Mongols...
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H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche is a recognised Tulku and an ordained monk in the great tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa.
With a Mongolian-Tibetan heritage, a childhood in Taiwan and America, and intensive study and meditation in Gaden Shartse Monastery, Rinpoche is one of the rare, precious teachers with the unique teaching ability to bridge East and West.
Based in South East Asia since 1992, Rinpoche’s teachings are based on logic and universal human values, free of the limitations of dogma, culture and individual background, and have led many to enter the sacred path of study, contemplation and meditation. Great benefit has been predicted for this region, including china, through his Dharma activities.
Renowned for his charitable works such as building schools, hospitals and providing assistance and food to the poor and underprivileged, Rinpoche’s organisation, Kechara, continues to bring benefit to the world through its many initiatives.
With a Mongolian-Tibetan heritage, a childhood in Taiwan and America, and intensive study and meditation in Gaden Shartse Monastery, Rinpoche is one of the rare, precious teachers with the unique teaching ability to bridge East and West.
Based in South East Asia since 1992, Rinpoche’s teachings are based on logic and universal human values, free of the limitations of dogma, culture and individual background, and have led many to enter the sacred path of study, contemplation and meditation. Great benefit has been predicted for this region, including china, through his Dharma activities.
Renowned for his charitable works such as building schools, hospitals and providing assistance and food to the poor and underprivileged, Rinpoche’s organisation, Kechara, continues to bring benefit to the world through its many initiatives.
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Buddhism in the Mongol Empire
काठमाडौं, नेपालमा रहेका भगवान् दोर्जे शुग्देनका पूजाहल
(Bhagawan Dorje Shugden Chapels in Kathmandu, Nepal!) नेपाल मुलुक मलाई अति नै मनपर्ने ठाउँ हो । विगतमा मैले धेरै समय यस स्थानमा व्यतित गरिसकें र मलाई यहाँका पवित्र स्थानहरूका बारेमा राम्रो जानकारी छ ।
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A Lost Underwater City Has Been Found 1,700 Years After It Sank
Dear friends around the world, I recently came across reports of the discovery of an underwater Roman settlement off the coast of Tunisia. For almost a decade, archaeologists have been searching for the Roman city of Neapolis, which was believed to have been sunk by a tsunami 1,700 years ago. The ruins of the...
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Odiyan Retreat Center-Beautiful!
(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, When I was growing up in America, I had the good fortune to study under two great masters of our time. My first teacher was the great Sera Mey Abbot Emeritus His Eminence Kensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tharchin, who lived 10 minutes away from me in Rashi...
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Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s Explosive Special Message
This special message from Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje was played during the 35th Kagyu Monlam festivities held in Bodhgaya, India. While this is not unusual, the meaning behind his message was. The Karmapa is the highest incarnate lama and the head of the Karma Kagyu sub-sect of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism; and...
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Dorje Shugden’s Advice for the New Year 2018 | 多杰雄登护法2018年新春开示 | ཆོས་སྐྱོང་ཆེན་པོ་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན་གྱི་ལོ་གསར་བཀའ་སློབ་ཕྱི་ལོ་༢༠༡༨
（译文请往下阅读） Dear friends around the world, The advice below was recently given by the Protector Dorje Shugden during the Lunar New Year of 2018. This year, the Tibetan New Year (Losar) and the Chinese New Year fell on the same day, February 16. On that same day, the Protector Dorje Shugden kindly gave the following advice via His Eminence the 7th Panglung Kuten in trance. This is not the first time Dorje Shugden has given advice. Over the years, I have consulted him numerous times and every single time, Dorje Shugden answers patiently, with compa...
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Gong Xi Fa Cai To All Malaysians
For Chinese New Year 2018, I was given the opportunity to share on the essence of prosperity and spirituality with The Star, a major Malaysian national newspaper. Many people believe that wealth and spirituality are at odds...
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D.T. Suzuki: Introducing Zen Buddhism to the West
(By Tsem Rinpoche) Professor Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (18 October 1870 – 22 July 1966) was a prolific Japanese writer known for his translations of important Zen (Chan) and Shin (Jodo Shinshu or ‘Pure Land’) Buddhist texts. His work was instrumental in igniting widespread interest in Buddhism in the West, and was a significant catalyst...
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The Magnificent One and His Disciple
Buddha Shakyamuni (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Lama Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Buddha Shakyamuni (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Sangye Shakya Tupa (Tibetan) Buddha Shakyamuni is the current and historical Buddha who was born a prince in the region of Lumbini (in what is now Nepal). He left the palace, became a wandering...
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The Indian Pandit, Chandrakirti
Chandrakirti (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Green Tara, Chandrakirti and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Chandrakirti (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Dawa Drakpa (Tibetan) Chandrakirti was born into a Brahmin family living in Samana, South India. At birth, he was presented to a soothsayer who prophesied that he would become a great Buddhist master when he grew up....
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The Mother Who Saves from Death: Ten-Armed Kali
Ten-Armed Kali (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kali and Dorje Shugden Deity: Kali (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Lhamo Tromo (Tibetan) Kali is a Hindu goddess whose name means ‘she who is black’ or ‘she who is death’. However, she is also known by other epithets and has many forms. For Hindus, she embodies the very...
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The Lady of Control, Kurukulle
Kurukulle (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kurukulle and Dorje Shugden Deity: Kurukulle (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Rigchema (Tibetan) The sublime Kurukulle is a female deity who is red in colour. Her practice is one that invokes upon the activity of control and magnetisation. She is in dancing posture and has four arms holding a bow,...
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Protector of Compassion: Six-Armed Mahakala
Six-Armed Mahakala (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Six-Armed Mahakala and Dorje Shugden Deity: Six-Armed Mahakala (English) Alternative names: Shadbhuja Mahakala (Sanskrit); Gonpo Chagdrugpa (Tibetan) Six-Armed Mahakala is an emanation of Avalokiteshvara and propitiated as the protector of the Highest Scope of the Lamrim or the Graduated Stages on the Path to Enlightenment. He is...
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The Scholar Monk Shantideva
Shantideva (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Shantideva and Dorje Shugden Deity: Shantideva (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Shiwa Lha (Tibetan) Shantideva was a great scholar, monk and saint from Nalanda Monastery in ancient India who was the head of over 500 pandits. Having mastered the teachings, he practised them internally, without any outward display of high...
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Dorje Shugden, The Protector of Our Time
Dorje Shugden (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Dorje Shugden Deity: Dorje Shugden (Tibetan) Alternative name: Vajra Rudra (Sanskrit) Dorje Shugden is an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. He took the form of a Dharma Protector in order to safeguard the Buddha’s teachings, especially the important teachings on the Middle Way View. Reminiscent...
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The God of Who Preserves: Vishnu
Vishnu (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Brahma, Vishnu, Lakshmi and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Vishnu (Sanskrit) Alternative name: Khyabjuk (Tibetan) Vishnu is part of a Hindu trinity known as the ‘Trimurti’, together with Brahma and Shiva. They are said to govern the universal processes of Creation, Maintenance and Destruction respectively. Vishnu is known as the...
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The Ancient Protector: Four-Faced Mahakala
Four-Faced Mahakala (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Four-Faced Mahakala with consorts and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Four-Faced Mahakala (English) Alternative names: Chaturmukha Mahakala (Sanskrit); Gonpo Shel Shi (Tibetan) Four-Faced Mahakala is a Dharma Protector associated explicitly with the Heruka Tantras and is propitiated by Heruka practitioners for spiritual protection and for the granting of material...
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The Fierce One: Yamantaka
Yamantaka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Yamantaka, Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden. Deity: Yamantaka (Sanskrit) Alternative names: Vajrabhairava (Sanskrit); Shinje She (Tibetan); Dorje Jigje (Tibetan) Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava is the manifestation of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Stainless Wisdom. From amongst the many lineages of practices to enter Tibet, two translators Ra Lotsawa and Mal Lotsawa...
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Merry Christmas To All Malaysians
Giving in its truest sense extends beyond just pretty presents under a beautifully decorated Christmas tree but giving generously of ourselves without any agenda or expecting anything in return...
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घेशे केल्साङ् ग्यात्सो रिन्पोछेबाट एउटा उपहार
(A Gift from Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche) सत्तरीको दशकमा, जब म बौद्ध धर्ममा आए, त्यहाँ धेरै अनुवादित पुस्तक
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The Kechara Forest Retreat is a unique holistic retreat centre focused on the total wellness of body, mind and spirit. This is a place where families and individuals will find peace, nourishment and inspiration in a natural forest environment. At Kechara Forest Retreat, we are committed to give back to society through instilling the next generation with universal positive values such as kindness and compassion.
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How To Clear Disturbances by Pastor Niral - Monday 8. July 2019 at 9 30pm in Kechara House, Jalan PJU ...
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Kechara Pastor Tat Ming is conducting a blessing prayer for a traveling tour bus at our holy place, Kechara Forest ...
Kechara Pastor Tat Ming is conducting a blessing prayer for a traveling tour bus at our holy place, Kechara Forest ...
Kechara Pastor Tat Ming is conducting a blessing prayer for a traveling tour bus at our holy place, Kechara Forest ...
Kechara Pastor Tat Ming is conducting a blessing prayer for a traveling tour bus at our holy place, Kechara Forest ...
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1st January of 2026 Hanging of prayer flags at Kechara Kuantan... Kechara Kuantan Study Group sam
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Truly majestic! Taken on 20th Dec, 2025. Our altar is the sacred space that serves as a focal point for us practice. That's end of our reporting for the month of December. Do join us in the year of 2026, every Saturday @3pm. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Our altar! It was colourful and neatly arranged because it's a way for us to accumulate merit through offerings. All the items on the altar are deeply symbolic, representing enlightened qualities that practitioners aspire to develop. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Last puja for the year, 27th December 2025. Thank you to all the members and sponsors. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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20th Dec. Looks like it's another ordinary weekly puja held by the members. Nope, you're wrong! Actually it was filled with love, calm and serene but powerful day of DS puja cum Namasangiti recitation. By Jacinta, Kechara Penang Study Group.
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Indeed, moments like this, where families coming together for a puja are truly heartwarming and reflect a beautiful sense of unity and shared faith. Sharyn and her son, with Sharyn's sister Swee Bee. Uploaded by Jacinta from Kechara Penang Study Group.
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13th Dec 2025, puja attendees for the week! Photo taken by William. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Plenty of food & flowers offered by sponsors who have taken our initiative of having weekly puja packages. While sponsoring and collecting merits, it also creates a cause for others to be connected with Rinpoche and Kechara. Picture uploaded by Jacinta.
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Final reporting from Kechara Penang Study Group for the month of December. On 6th Dec, we had carried out our weekly Dorje Shugden Puja as usual. Uploaded by Jacinta.
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Kechara Ipoh Study Group has dedicated our prayer and mantra recitations for His Eminence The 26th Tsem Rinpoche's long life and good health. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Mr. Dared Lim was offering water bowls on behalf of all members in Kechara Ipoh Study Group. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Our young lady Min Rui was helping to clean the altar prior to the prayer session in Ipoh centre. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Kechara Ipoh Study Group has carried out Gyenze Prayer & Mantra recitation on Sunday (21st Dec) in Ipoh. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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18th December completed weekly Dharma Sharing followed by DORJE SHUGDEN Puja. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Throwback 14th December Celebration of Lama Tsongkapa's day at KFR, Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Kechara Ipoh members were preparing for the puja offerings arrangement on the altar prior to the puja. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Kechara Ipoh Study Group has completed our Dorje Shugden puja today in Kechara Ipoh centre. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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11 December completed weekly Dharma sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja. Kechara Kuantan Study Group..Sam
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7th December releasing hundreds thousand of lives back to nature. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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We're on last leg of the month of November, completing our final week of DS puja cum recitation of 'A Concert of Names of Manjushri'. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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By offering plentiful, beautiful, and sumptuous offerings to the Three Jewels each week, we sincerely supplicate for their blessings, attainments, and protection—for ourselves and our sponsors—and for the complete fulfillment of their noble dedications.
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Another photos taken during one of the week in the month of November. Pastor Seng Piow came and gave us Dharma Sharing ~ precious moment! Thanks Pastor for your sharing. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Reporting from Kechara Penang Study Group ~ November. Dorje Shugden puja were conducted relentlessly by the Penang members every Saturday 3 pm, at Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown. As usual group photos were taken before puja started. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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4th December had Dharma sharing followed by DORJE SHUGDEN Puja.Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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27th November dharma sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja completed.Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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20th November Dharma Sharing followed by DORJE SHUGDEN Puja. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Dared Lim offered incense on behalf of all in Kechara Ipoh Study Group. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Andrea Lai & Mannance Wong were arranging the puja offerings purchased by the generous sponsors. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Dared Lim & Glian Sim were preparing for the offerings prior to the Dorje Shugden puja in Kechara Ipoh centre. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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Kechara Ipoh Study Group has completed our Dorje Shugden puja in Ipoh today. So Kin Hoe (KISG)
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13th November had our weekly dharma sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja. Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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Here's another update of our weekly DS puja @ month of October, 2025. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
2 months ago
For the past month (October) , Kechara Penang Study Group has consistently completed Dorje Shudge puja weekly @3 pm, every Saturday at 49, Jalan Seang Tek, Georgetown. Uploaded by Jacinta
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9th November animals liberation activities.Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
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6th November evening had our Dharma Sharing and DORJE SHUGDEN Puja Kechara Kuantan Study Group by Sam
3 months ago
15th October 2nd day of Dharma Sharing by Pastor Seng Piow.Kechara Kuantan Study Group by the
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14th October Blessed evening Dharma Sharing by Pastor Seng Piow Kechara Kuantan Study group.sam
3 months ago
Joyful hearts, open minds! This retreat group shines with shared purpose, laughter, and the light of Rinpoche's practice. Spot any differences? Join us again next time. Penang retreat 4-5th Oct 2025. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
3 months ago
Yoga breathing exercise by Choong Soon Heng. Breathing in calm, breathing out clarity, an integral part for a successful retreat. Kechara Penang Study Group by Jacinta.
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Glowing gently with butter lamp offering. This embodies the warmth of devotion and the light of awareness for all sponsors and retreatants. Penang DS Retreat 4-5th Oct, 2025. Uploaded by Jacinta from Kechara Penang Study Group
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