(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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(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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My Thoughts After Visiting My Parents’ Graves On October 25, 2013 I visited the gravesite of my parents. I hadn’t seen my parents since I left for India to become a monk in 1987. Since then they have both passed away. They disowned me after I became ordained. I was not fine with this but I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I have always wanted to visit Salem, Massachusetts. It has a rich history for USA and also for persecution. Religious persecution was the very reason Salem was set up (I’ve included some background information on Salem below). The original settlers of Salem left England to escape religious persecution. The tenants of their...
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We were driving along from New Jersey to Pennsylvania yesterday (November 6, 2013) and this place along the road caught my eye. We stopped over to gaze at the amazing produce, natural food products, vegetable and fruits. The whole ambience of the store is old world in a good way and the staff and owners very friendly and helpful....
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Last Saturday, 19/10/2013, marked as a very auspicious day for Kechara. It was Kechara's 3rd Pastor Ordination Ceremony, and 6 Kecharians were officiated as Pastors! The 6 Kecharians who took on Pastorship vows were: Ong Moh Mei, Martin Chow, Khong Jean Ai, Jay Jae Chong, Shin Tan, Adeline Woon...
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I recently read the news about how Pakistan has massive ancient Buddhist sites and archaeologists are uncovering more everyday!
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On 1st October 2013, Kechara opened its doors for clients in Dataran Pahlawan Megamall's food court known as 'Food Paradise'!...
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