我已在马来西亚居住20多年了。这么多年来，马来西亚文化与风俗习惯中所蕴含的多样性令我十分欣赏，于是我想针对这个国家的丰富文化多写一些文章。 早在英国殖民马来亚以前，印度人就已开始迁移到本区域来，希望借此开拓贸易网、扩张影响力及推广他们的信仰。

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, I have always been very attracted to Buddhism since young, although my parents forbade me to engage in it fully. I would always look for secret opportunities to do my sadhanas (daily prayers) and would be beaten severely if I were caught in the act. It...

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There will be times when horrible things happen to our family and friends, or when we see someone we know in deep pain and grief. When this happens, most of us may not know what to do or what to say to make the other person feel better. Human nature makes us innately want...

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One of today’s most pressing environmental issues is the dwindling sea ice, the result of man-made global warming. In turn, the thinning Arctic ice has created new opportunities for oil companies to exploit the environment through offshore drilling. Previously, I wrote briefly about Shell’s expedition to the Arctic and strongly encouraged all my readers...

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Dear friends around the world, The amount of waste mankind creates on a daily basis is overwhelming. If we think carefully, we are in fact the most dangerous species on earth, hiding behind the guise of ‘mankind’ thinking that we can get away with things because we are more ‘superior’. This mindset and way...

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Dear friends around the world, Those who know me will know that I have always liked Japan. It is a country that I find to be very peaceful, neat and safe. I love Japanese architecture and the small quaint towns there. No matter how rural or small, Japanese villages are very aesthetically pleasing, timeless...

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Dear friends, It is very important to always keep the household clean and free of unwanted pests. When the area is clean, pests are less likely to enter as they do not have places to hide or food to eat. Furthermore, a clean and pest-free household is more likely to be a happy and...

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Dear friends around the world, Having a pet is like having a child. It is our responsibility to take good care of them especially in their old age. We should not abandon them just because they are old and have become “useless” or something of a nuisance and burden. Pets should never be an...

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(Tsem Rinpoche)   Introduction One of the major festivals celebrated in Malaysia is Hari Raya Aidilfitri, also called Hari Raya Puasa. Hari Raya literally means “day of celebration” whilst Aidilfitri is the Malay term for Eid ul-Fitr, which means “festival of breaking the fast”. Celebrated on the first day of the 10th Islamic month...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) རང་ཉིད་ལུས་ཕུང་དང་མ་བྲལ་བའི་སྔ་རོལ་ན། འགྲོ་བ་སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་དོན་དུ་བྱམས་སྙིང་རྗེ་དང་དྲིན་དྲན་བརྩེ་བ། བཟོད་སྲན་ལྟ་བུའི་ཆོས་དང་མཐུན་པའི་རྒྱུ་བསག་པར་འགྱུར་ཅིག། ལས་བཟང་པོ་འདི་སྐྱེ་བ་ཕྱི་མར་ངས་མཉམ་དུ་ཁྱེར་ནས་འགྲོ་ཐུབ་ཀྱི་ཡོད། སྐྱེ་བ་ཕྱི་མ་ལ་ཡག་པོ་ཡོང་རྒྱུའི་ཆེད་དུ་ལས་ངན་ཐམས་ཅད་འཇོམས་པར་འགྱུར།

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Malaysia is a beautiful country with diverse cultures and a rich history. People from different ethnic backgrounds have distinct sets of traditional attire that reflect their cultures. I wanted to share with you just how varied and beautiful clothes in Malaysia can be. Here are some of the more common ethnic costumes worn by...

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（译文请往下阅读） (By Tsem Rinpoche) STOP DANCING WITH THE CORPSE When my time has come to leave this world, may I have spent my life cultivating my kindness, compassion, love and tolerance and have done works to have benefited others. These deeds can be taken with me in the form of good karma within my mind to benefit myself in future births. May I have purified my karma and therefore not take anymore negative minded misguided rebirths. If I have to take birth again, may I take birth in places where Lord Buddha’s teachings shine brightly and I live in...

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During my time in the monastery, I closely associated with many great Buddhist masters and one thing I noticed about these wise men was that you would almost never find an elderly monk with dementia! The same can be said for depression, Alzheimer’s and the host of other mental illnesses that modern society seems to...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Early Years Bill Porter was born on 3 October 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His father, William A. Porter, was a convicted bank robber who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Michigan in the 1920s. During this unfavourable time, William’s sisters Pearlie and Pauline moved to Michigan to be...

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Dear friends around the world, I have always been a strong advocate of animal welfare, rescue and vegetarianism; it breaks my heart to see animals suffer. I do my utmost to ensure all animals that come into my environment have a happy, healthy and harm-free life. Animals are sentient beings with feelings and they...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, It is with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of such a learned master and close friend of mine, His Eminence Kensur Konchok Tsering Rinpoche. We had been friends for many years and it was truly my honour. He was not my teacher...

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I have lived in Malaysia for over 20 years. During this time, I have developed a great appreciation for the cultures and customs that exist in Malaysia, which have inspired me to write more about the rich cultures of this nation. Indian people have been migrating to this region even before the British colonised...

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Dear friends around the world, The belief that some races are inherently superior to others is an incorrect perception fabricated thousands of years ago. People of different ethnic groups especially the Africans have been heavily discriminated against in the Western world and that is where the term “white racism” is derived from. We may...

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With the advanced scientific studies of this era, we often read and hear news that presents the various benefits of observing a vegetarian or vegan diet. This has been proven by extensive scientific research done by hardworking and kind researchers who believe in their work and its benefits. Observing a vegan diet does not...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This short but well rounded article is a great read for everyone, whether you are new or have been exposed to Buddhism for a long time. It sums up the core concepts of Tibetan Buddhism succinctly enough for the beginner Buddhist to grasp, yet is deep enough to hint at the...

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