Talk on relational karma & international Sangha at Kechara
(By Tsem Rinpoche) Yesterday, a long time student of mine Irene informed me she was hosting a group of Sangha members for dinner at Kechara Oasis (KO), Jaya One...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Yesterday, a long time student of mine Irene informed me she was hosting a group of Sangha members for dinner at Kechara Oasis (KO), Jaya One...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Tan Sri has 3 children and the shocking news is his only son is a monk!
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Ajahn Siripanno (Ajahn Siripanno gives an enthralling Dhamma talk on the timeless teachings of Ajahn Chah. The talk was given at the Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (译文请往下阅读) November 9, 2010 Turkey Swamp was a large park with huge lake around 3 hours bicycle ride from my childhood home in New Jersey. If you went by car it’s around 45 mins or more. One of my relatives took me there once and I loved it as a kid. I asked my childhood frie...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The scenery here appears to resemble one of the Buddha's True Land paradises, with its tall towers and graceful pavilions...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Beishan Grottoes are part of a series of rock carvings found in the Dazu County located on steep hillsides in the Chongqing Municipality in China....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Several months back, I painted a Dzambala for my long time student Girlie Ooi as a special gift for all her hard work and devotion towards...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Swee Keong's altar in his home is so beautiful. In Gaden the monks always have a Je Tsongkapa set like this with Gyaltsab Rinpoche on the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I would like to share this teaching on Offerings by Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche with my students and friends as it would be most benificial for us...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Bordered on the Yangtze River in the north and overlooked the Yeloow Mountain in the south, it covers an area of 100 square kilometers southwest of...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) History According to historians, it was said that Emei Shan (Mount Emei) has been inhabited since 10,000 years ago. The first Buddhist temple in China was built on the summit of Mount Emei in the 1st century. It was named the Guang Xiang Temple, however in 1614 it received...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I wanted to share this article about Renunciation by Lama Yeshe with all of my students and friends as it is so well explained. One can...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The mission of a spiritual organization is to spread the message of peace taught by its founder and to bring relief to others through its various...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Animal liberation is an expression of compassion for other living beings that cannot protect themselves. Due to wrong view and ignorance, human beings have been using...
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Buddha means “The Awakened One” or “The Enlightened One”. Although there are many Buddha’s, nowadays when people say “Buddha” they are usually referring to Buddha Shakyamuni...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Fanjing Mountain, 2,572 meters above sea level, is situated in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. Having the best preserved ecological system, it has been designated as a...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Taking Refuge By H.H. Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche The One Hundred and Fifty Verses of Praise says: Take refuge in whomever Has absolutely no shortcomings, Absolutely no...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Recently, BBC aired a fascinating documentary about the travels of historian Bettany Hughes. In this documentary, she introduces BBC viewers to the seven wonders of the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Thai forest monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu, a frequent contributor to Tricycle, sends the following: It never ceases to amaze me that scholars—who should know better—keep repeating the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Thich Nhat Hanh is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam on October 11,...
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H.E. Tsem Rinpoche Visits Wat Pho Thailand! I love Wat Po and have visited numerous times. I use to come here in the quiet of the day to...
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This picture says it all…How kind our mothers are to us. How kind our fathers are to us. How kind our teachers are to us. All of us have...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) If you are in Bangkok, please go visit the most exquisite Lord Buddha in Wat Traimit. This Wat (Temple) is in Bangkok itself...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I came across this very beautiful and exquisite pictorial biography of Buddha Sakyamuni in a book produced and printed by the Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple in...
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You know we were driving to Wat Po, the Royal Palace area and it took us around 1.45 hours for a normally 25 min ride due to very heavy...
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Dear friends, Today I visited four large Buddhist Temples here in Kelantan State in East Coast Malaysia. Afterwards the blog team and I went to the Beach (August 8,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Concentration is important in both Dharma practice and ordinary life. The Tibetan word for the practice of concentration is zhi-nay (zhi-gNas). Zhi means peace and nay...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Angulimala’s life story is especially famous within the Theravadan school. His story shows how it is possible to change your life for the better...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Last week, I was invited by the Buddhist Maha Vihara Malaysia to attend their special Dana ceremony in celebration of Venerable K. Sri Dhammaratana’s 63rd birthday....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I’ve just received a multimedia message from Susan and I’d like to share this news with you. Susan and a few of my students have recently...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The lineage of the Lamrim originated from Buddha Shakyamuni himself. Buddha Shakyamuni taught the profound stages of the path (the wisdom of emptiness) and the extensive...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This is my very precious image of the most powerful person in the Universe-Vajra Yogini. I’ve had this sacred image for nearly one and a half...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) As a child and teenager, I use to spend hundreds of hours painting the Buddhas, mountains, caves, forests and meditators in forests… I loved painting them....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This article was sent to me by a Dharma friend. When I read through it, I thought it is VERY PRECIOUS. Any teachings by His Holiness...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) In the evening after Gen Losang taught how to do pujas to consecrate mantras for insertion, he taught our Kecharians how to do Dakini Dance for...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear blog friends, Earlier at Tsem Ladrang Ven. Gen Losang taught our group some more pujas. Today it was how to consecrate mantras for insertion into precious statues. After...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I am so happy to see this… my student Susan Lim from Kechara Media and Publications (KMP) is creative and decided to take the teachings I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Our very first children’s comic book is out! This is our first children’s book written by a dear student of mine, Shirley Maya Tan, and it...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Soon Kechara House will be having a Lamrim retreat in our gompa. At my request, Liaison Yap Yoke Fui has very kindly brought together a committee...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Rinpoche, I have a picture of tangka of the Medicine Buddha from your site and I’m very interested about any information about the wrathful forms...
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Wesak 2011 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Yesterday was Wesak Day, a national holiday in Malaysia. Malaysian Govt recognizes the important spiritual holidays of all religions…it’s beautiful. Wesak Day was the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Machig Labdrön (ma gcig labs sgron, 1055-1153) was an inspiring 11th century Tibetan yogini whose practice of Chöd profoundly influenced Tibetan Buddhism. Chöd is literally the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A question from my blog: Rinpoche, why did you choose Setrap for kechara House to practice? I heard that when you were young, you really...
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Arya Tara (or Jetsun Dolma) means ‘rescuer’. She is aptly called Tara as she rescues us from the 8 personal obstacles that binds us to samsara: pride, ignorance, anger,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Tonight, in part of my talk at Kechara House’s Setrap Retreat, I explained about Setrap and why we make wrathful offerings to Dharma Protectors. Setrap is...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I will be glad to mail out a poster of Tsongkapa to anyone who wishes. I will send by normal mail. If you are interested to...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) By Chatral Rinpoche I bow down before the Lama, Buddha Amitayus, And the bodhisattvas in training. I shall now in brief describe the benefits Of freeing...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (译文请往下阅读) Suffering is my Protector How many years have gone by, pursuing this and that empty of tangibility, Yet all I have is a sense of voidness dancing in the peripherals of my thoughts, In the past I always had a warm lover by my side, now my companion is exchanged for sickne...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Sherry, Everyone has different approaches and methods to do dharma work. If someone is detrimental in their approach then you must think, HOW CAN I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A few years back I approached one student to open a restaurant for KECHARA. But the student declined citing various reasons. There are people who find...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) As a Vajrayana practitioner, do you not partake of meat at vajra feasts? I am a great admirer of the late Kalu Rinpoche. Now in Sukumvati....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (译文请往下阅读) My dear blog friends I am so glad you can join me here to read information I share with everyone. Blogging is not something I look forward to…but I blog as part of my practice, and to achieve a bigger goal I have in mind….whether I can achieve the goal or not...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Thailand is an amazing place, where spirituality is still practiced by a large percentage of the population. This has resulted in an abundance of spiritual places...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I do not remember nor recall what I did or who I was in my previous lives. I was told I am a reincarnation of the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) About 2 months ago, it was decided by the Kechara Education Committee that they wanted to step up their education classes. They wanted to hold classes...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) VERY HOLY AND SACRED. I was presented with this beautiful Tsa-tsa of Lord Maitreya Buddha a short while back. The clay of this tsa-tsa is...
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