Dear students and friends, I came across this article about how a monastery in China was overloaded with applicants wanting to become ordained! The surge in traffic to the monastery's website caused it to crash!...

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Just a few days ago, Mr Paul Yap, my long time student and CEO of Kechara House sent me an interesting update. He told me that he was having dinner with three Kechara Paradise staff as an appreciation for hitting their sales target for 2013.

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This is a very interesting video of a young lady, Naima, who had her life improved after embracing Buddhism and all this in America...

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About two weeks ago, Pastor Loh Seng Piow (my student and personal attendant) offered to me a few Chinese books that was published by Kechara Media & Publications.

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I have always liked reading biographies of successful people, especially those who have changed their lives for the better through spirituality… people such as Tina Turner and Boy George have pulled through very difficult personal experiences by engaging in spiritual practice. By studying Buddhism, they were able to better deal with their experiences and from...

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I found this article online rating the 20 Most Peaceful Countries in the World according to the Global Peace Index. Many of the countries on the list have good urban planning, incorporating a lot of greenery even within their major cities. I thought that I’d share with you this article which shows pictures and...

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  China’s Social Entrepreneur Wu Shihong One of my students, Pastor Shin sent me this article about this powerful lady, Juliet Wu Shi Hong… someone with no strong family background, no tertiary education, and on top of that, a woman, which in some parts of China is considered an inferior gender within the Chinese...

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On 13 April 2014, Kechara House organised a special prayer session to pray for the recent disappearance of flight MH370. Over 300 people attended the prayer to give their spiritual support to the families and friends of the passengers on MH370. Amongst them was YB Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai (President of MCA), Tan...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, Below is a very good article that asks a list of questions for other fellow senior Buddhists to reflect on. It is primarily based around the topic of whether Malaysian Buddhist organizations are reaching out to the youths of today in the best possible way. The article first seeks...

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I just read the news and found out that Singapore's best actor has taken ordination vows! Wow! I am so amazed!

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) We drove two hours from Bangkok to the world famous Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. There are many floating markets not far from Bangkok, but this one is the original...

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Last year when we started Kechara Forest Retreat, we had nothing on our land except for two slabs of cement on the ground. I wanted to live in KFR to personally oversee the construction work, so I decided to live in a container as it can be brought over to the land quickly and...

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Dear friends, I am not very familiar with Mingyur Rinpoche and today I came across all these letters on the internet by accident. I read through them and thought I must share these with a wider audience. The letters are very self explanatory. In this day and age to do what he has done...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Brief and simple practices for Buddhists to engage in to dispel black magic, spirits and unnatural disturbances. Homage to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and all my great Gurus who have kindly guided me for years. I’ve been visiting this wonderful country of Malaysia for over eight years now (this was...

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I would like to share with you a talk about wealth vases which I gave a few years ago. It was recently transcribed by one of my students. Wealth vases are very auspicious to have. They are powerful in attracting energies of wealth and increase... and are especially effective if you want to increase...

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Dear friends, This is a powerful book with powerful messages. Please share with your friends. Appreciating what we have and to not find excuses to fail is so important. This can be instilled in us now and better yet from a young age. When people understand what they have and don’t have, it helps them...

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Dear blog friends around the world, I have just purchased ten of these books to give away as gift because the message is very powerful. Whatever circumstances we want to believe that put these people in their predicaments is up to us but the fact remains we need to know their story. Perhaps to do...

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Dear Friends, You have to view this video. It is fantastic. It is inspiring and very necessary to watch and learn as part of our spiritual journey. We all need good examples and powerful inspirations to help us along the way...

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    Devotion to the Buddha and Three Jewels is accomplished through useful activity towards society, that is responsible, consistent and completed. This devotion facilitates the perfection of the individual. Otherwise work towards the perfection will not be accomplished. ~Tsem Rinpoche (Explanation: Devotion is faith, trust, understanding that arises from study and observation. Perhaps from a guru. Useful activity towards society can...

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  Wow! I LOVE this. I am always surprised by your upbeat way to deliver Buddha to everyone, and your innovation, of course! Thanks for keeping us all in the dharma. Thanks to you and your blog, which I was so attracted to, I found my teacher, Namnang Mingjo Dorje Rinpoche, I am so...

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