Dear students and friends, I came across this very well-made cartoon about Buddha Shakyamuni. It's a 1.5 hour video that condenses Buddha Shakyamuni's life from the time He was born as Prince Siddhartha living in a palace, to the day He attained enlightenment. Watch the video on your next family weekend, it is a...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Chagdar Rinpoche Ngakpa Golok Chagdar Rinpoche Golok Chagdar Rinpoche (mGo log lCags mDa rin po che – the Iron Arrow of Golok) was born in Chagmo, Golok in the late 1860s. For reasons unknown, he left for Sikkim in his mid to late 30s and lived there for the reminder of...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) An ordinary person couldn’t ever survive if their head was severed. The body would just go lifeless. In this extreme symbolism, Vajra Yogini shows that by cutting off the ego, samsara goes lifeless. This rare form of Vajra Yogini expressed that divine life can be achieved even if the head is severed (ego). Homage to the Divine Lady, Whom out of compassion, emanates in myriads of forms in this degenerate age to subdue our various minds. Using the energy of desire, She attracts us to Her form, then brings us to full lib...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) These are my Dharma talk in 2006 of over 24 hours which lasted 3 days, I was inspired to reveal and debunk the many myths that surround spiritual practice, Gurus, Dharma centres and all the political games that are played behind closed temple doors. I talked about the ups, downs, benefits...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, This is one of the Dharma talks that I gave in the past which many responded that it had helped a great deal in their healing and to understand what true love is. Love has always been a human mystery it seems. We all want it, but when we...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) So anyways, some people asked some questions and I am going to talk about that. Alright. Malas. Malas or rosaries. Malas or rosaries are simply, on a conventional level, counters. They help you to count a particular amount of sacred words, which we talked about last year, mantras. The powerful effect...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I came across this wonderful article about how Tibetan Buddhism came to America and also a short history on the Kalmyks
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（中文请往下看） (By Tsem Rinpoche, Feb 21, 2012) Dear friends and those who want to go serious, You know I was watching a video on Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet Tour and also a Abba video on YouTube… and I got the idea that I want to talk on why we do preliminary practices. How preliminary practices lead to tantra. How it is connected. How Lam Rim, Three Principal Paths, four preliminary retreats support Tantra and lead to tantric attainments. It is so important to know these preliminary practices lead to tantric attainments and how so. Witho...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) In the Mahayana teachings, in order to take the ultimate essence of our precious human life, we should aspire to achieve full enlightenment so that we can lead all sentient beings out of the sufferings of samsara...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Benefits of Offering Lamps are: 1. One obtains bright, beautiful and good eyes. 2. One has proper understanding and views. 3. One will easily obtain the ‘heavenly eye’, and can see distant and subtle phenomenons. 4. One does not break precepts. 5. One’s wisdom is perfect, and will attain to...
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Dear all, A twitter follower of mine tweeted a link to an online article on LA Times... To my surprise, it was a letter that I had wrote in to the newspaper in 1987!! Back then, I was turning 22 and was still living in Los Angeles. At that time, I was just so tired...
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Oct 15, 2011 (By Tsem Rinpoche) The pictures above are the Fasting Buddhas in Tsem Ladrang……my home. I invited a 3 ft Fasting Buddha home today and on this auspicious occasion, I would like to share some information with you. Fasting Fasting is the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I was on the blog chat a last Friday and read about the Lamrim class taught by Pastor Susan happening in the Gompa. I was very happy that Pastor Susan was conducting the class as she is very qualified because she walks the talk.
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Yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise in my Ladrang mailbox, it was a letter from Annie Lennox! I am glad that she has received my gifts which was sent a few weeks ago. Annie Lennox OBE is a multi-award winning British singer-songwriter. She's also a philanthropist and champions many worthwhile causes, those which are...
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Look at how Google is harnessing the wisdom of Buddhism to enrich the lives of their users and staff.
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The picture above is a 7 month old pitbull named Nina. Just a week ago, she was safe and in the loving home of J.R. Reynolds in Petal, Mississipi.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, Below is an article about these 3 wonderful Theravada monks in Oklahoma, USA spreading Buddha’s teachings. The funny thing is, these 3 monks did not know each other prior to teaching in Oklahoma but got together for a higher spiritual reason. They each came from different backgrounds, have very...
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Another young and vibrant student has made Dharma his full-time career! According to Jimmy's colleagues at Kechara House, Jimmy is a very hardworking, committed and a great team player. I am very happy to hear that Jimmy is dedicated to bringing the Dharma to others. He is a great addition to our Kechara family....
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Many of my students and friends know that Halloween is my favourite holiday. When I was younger, I used to look forward to Halloween… to be able to dress up as different characters every year and then go out Trick-or-Treating with my cousins! I have never liked celebrations of any kind, but Halloween was special…...
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A man in the UK, Leighton Naylor, felt sorry for his goldfish when he became ill and unable to swim. Instead of discarding him, and getting a new fish... he made him a life jacket!
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