I love this surrealistic photo of a aged senior monk passing down wisdom to a novice in the forest where he meditates and resides. I love forest monks. May they all live long and fulfill their spiritual goals. Tsem Rinpoche
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I love this surrealistic photo of a aged senior monk passing down wisdom to a novice in the forest where he meditates and resides. I love forest monks. May they all live long and fulfill their spiritual goals. Tsem Rinpoche
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Dear friends, Empathy and compassion can only arise when we realize the sufferings of another being. When we comprehend how others suffer. To understand that we all can be hungry, beaten, abused, hated, despised, thirsty and starved and feel the pain bonds us as one. One what you may ask. One whole is the...
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This is an amazing story... can you imagine that this man actually recognized his dog's voice over the phone?
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4 MAY, 2015 – 01:13 by HARVEY KRAFT Ancient Persian Inscriptions Link a Babylonian King to the Man Who Became Buddha Dramatic evidence has revealed the presence of Siddhartha Gautama, the man who became Buddha, as far west as Persia. Family seals and records found at Persepolis, the ancient capital of the fourth Persian...
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When I was in my teens in Los Angeles back in the 80’s, I came across a picture book on Tibet. There were many pictures in black and white of the Tibetans of the past and their way of life. I kept flipping through the book and I came across a picture of a...
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Dear Students and Friends, When we invite a Buddha statue home, it is customary to have the statue filled with mantras, blessed items from lamas, and other holy objects. However, has it ever occurred to you that a mummified monk could also have been inserted into a Buddha statue? Doctors did a CT scan...
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In today’s world, social media is such a huge distraction in our lives that some people and even experts have expressed concerns. We may feel we are more connected but in reality, it’s just an illusion. At the same time, I have also seen the good that social media platforms like Facebook can bring...
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Hong Kong’s newest monastery is located in the lush hills on the outskirts of the city and was funded entirely by tycoon Li Ka-shing. The $193 million monastery will be open to the public next month, and here are 6 reasons why you might like to visit. It features the world’s second tallest...
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Dear friends, I am always on the lookout for interesting articles, information and tidbits to give you more understanding, perspectives or even just trivia information. Information can be helpful at times. I found this article to be very interesting how Buddhist words and Buddhism can make a person feel more compassionate and happy. Tsem...
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Once we are legally employable, many of us work our blood, sweat and tears to hopefully one day be in a position where we are financially independent. We want to be able to buy a house, a car, afford luxury holidays, afford weekend shopping days, pay for our future children's education and upbringing, pay...
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I enjoy receiving updates on the various Dharma activities that takes place in the different Kechara departments and study groups. Recently, I received news on our study group in the Southern most state of Malaysia, Kechara House Johor Bahru (KHJB). They had invited a Dorje Shugden statue to their center so that the people...
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Dear friends, Education really can open some people up. If they are ‘trained’ to learn from young, they perhaps would be open to learning the whole of their adult lives. You can see interesting school rankings throughout the world. Is your country in the rankings? Tsem Rinpoche Asia tops biggest global school...
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Dear friends, We hear so little about this region. I find this very interesting and thought I would just share it here. Tsem Rinpoche Siberia’s resurgent shamanismOne of the world’s oldest spiritual belief systems has attracted new followers since the fall of the Soviet Union. Jassim Mater | 27 Apr 2015 10:56...
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Feb 5, 2013 Dear friends, I thought I give a short video talk on change and how to integrate dharma into our lives now and immediately. We like to make excuses and justifications of why we can’t… how about if we start to say we can and produce results… Love and care, Tsem Rinpoche...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, As humans we are always inspired to read what others have done and perhaps it gives us the hope we can too. We all need hope very much. We like to set limits on ourselves projecting them as solid, permanent and fixed when in actuality they are just easily changeable. We...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) You know what??? Sitting around and not doing anything is FAILURE. If you try, you have a chance to make it. If you don’t try, then you give no chance to winning. The time is going to pass anyway, so why don’t you let it pass achieving something really meaningful. One...
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Dec 29, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Sometimes dharma talks may touch something sensitive or deep within us, but do not be stuck on the superficial meanings and changes required, but think deeper. Dharma is not something to fear or to judge yourself by but for inner contemplations. To help you to have knowledge to...
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Dec 30, 2012 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Henry, I am happy to see your practice. It’s ‘funny’, but at the time of death, considering all of our activities in our lifetime, the ‘activity’ below are the ONLY ACTIONS that will help you at the decisive moment of death. When you do your daily practices as...
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Dear friends, Please take a moment out of your day to see this and read what is happening. It is not too long and yet it is very important and meaningful. When you have finished reading, may I humbly ask you to click on the link and sign this petition. Please STOP THE BOILING...
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Dear friends, The Dharma protector Dorje Shugden arose out of great enlightened compassion to benefit sentient beings during our time. His line of previous incarnations stem all the way back to Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom. In each of his previous lifetimes before arising as Dorje Shugden, he made a strong and lasting contribution...
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