Kechara Village
Artwork by Cynthia Lee of E-Division
I had given a description to Cynthia as to ideas I had of a Kechara village. A place of practice, calm, work and natural living. I described to her what I saw in my mind’s eye and she kindly illustrated it for me.
I would love to have a piece of land and as you enter you see a beautiful Chapel to let’s say 1,000 armed Buddha Avalokitesvara or any other Buddha that blesses the land and environment. Then next to it you have chill out cabins where guests and inhabitants can meet, talk and relax. A place to catch up on the latest. Then to the right are the cabins of my Private Office (PO) people to do their work with good internet and also maybe tv/videos too… cabins of my assistants who would stay on the land with me.
Then you have the guest cabins. Where hardworking people from the various Kechara depts can visit on weekends for walking retreats, clean up retreats, volunteer in candle-making, working in the organic garden or just enjoy the fresh air and forest. Then we’ll have a pond for all my fishes especially Dorje the fish. I love her. She is a special fish I have. Don’t forget the Tara chapel where you can light candles, burn incense and commune with Mother Buddha Tara. Not far away is the Buddha stupa containing relics and holy items related to attained beings. I also have an aviary housing all the many birds I have. I love them and want them to have nice clean environment to live in also.
Then we have my cabin and with me are Mumu, Oser, Dharma and our other dog guests… Zamkar and Gizmo of course.. Not far yonder, will be our medium sized organic garden where we have tomatoes, ladies fingers, pumpkins, cucumbers, onions and other much loved vegetables bursting with nutrients and vitamins to nourish our bodies. Vegetables ready to be plucked daily for us to cook up to satisfy our needs. Fresh and natural. Throughout the property will be many types of outdoor stone Buddhas to be seen everywhere. Buddhas dotting the land blessing all therein. The land is immersed with trees, shrubs, flowers and profusions of herbs growing too. I would love the greens, the flowers and the growths so much.
Cabins are trailer homes or in Malaysia we call them containers. They are safe, economical and not expensive. We will use containers throughout the land to live in in this magical place I call Kechara Village. To connect with nature, the forest and to live a life of working for others but in a healthy environment. I wish for such a place. I asked Cynthia to graphically conjure up such a place so I can visually share with you… enjoy my little spiritual shire or Shangrila. This would be my private residence with invited guests and visitors.
I hope to have such a place to live in soon and not be in the city much anymore…
To help in my little vision, contribute or inquire more on this place that I would like to see manifest soon, please contact JP* who is in charge of this project.
Tsem Rinpoche
Sample of a container that would be economical to have on our Kechara Village land. A place to detox, unwind and spiritually charge up… a place I would like to live soon…
*JP’s contact is jpthong@yahoo.com or mobile 012-207-3503
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Kechara Village, I still remember before things are finalized, we have been searching for different place and finally it is decided to build in KFR.
It is so excited to see KV materializing in KFR, on progress, one at a time, now Enchanted Forest, it is completing very soon, next… hehe, Kechara Village
kechara village is going to be amazing i cant wait to help out there.maybe play with mumu…hehe. please enjoy kechara village when it comes up Rinpoche.
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Kechara Village is so well illustrated by creative Cynthia Lee,just by looking at it you can feel the serenity and bliss and pray that this will manifest soonest possible so that Rinpoche can stay there as long as he likes.
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This is Rinpoche’s pure land in samsara! How fortunate are those who strive for this project and practise on the land!
A wonderful experience to be able to live here amidst fresh and green surroundings.A restful seclusion,pretty and practical.Thank you Rinpoche.
Thanks to Rinpoche to have a such wonderful ideal. Love it.
Cynthia is a very creative person. Even by looking on the arts, I feel the bliss and peacefulness. This serene place is very suitable for Dharma activities.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing
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The cabin idea is very beautiful. Is a easy and a simple fast done up for the land. But yet it looks fantastic.
A dream place to live in,surrounded by natural scenery and fresh air.
Rinpoche have it all well planned! There are mountains,trees,animals and birds.Rejoice to those who will be staying or even visit Kechara Village.A ideal place for our spiritual practice.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this wonderful news.
Soon, very soon…..
Lovely,
What a great place to enjoy and connet with nature. A great place for nature lover to enjoy the green and peaceful environment.
Love the name of Kechara Village and the cabin idea is fabolus .
Thanks to Rinpoche for this great sharing and also to Cynthia ibeautiful illustration .
From the descriptions and drawings of Kechara Village, you have truly identified a “Heaven on earth” spiritual private place of practice in Malaysia. Such a unique place will have to come with a piece of land immersed with trees, abundant bushes, shrubs and flowers, coupled with meandering streams, or a river flowing through a mountainous ridge to provide clean fresh water fill-ups for your lovely dorjes fish ponds. It would certainly make a great and wonderful weekend getaways to high places, like Camereons or Frasers Hills for private practice for our Kechara’s community. Cynthia really did a good job on the drawings of Rinpoche’s spiritual Shangrila. May we pray hard that we’ll be granted the good blessings to achieve the above realisation.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing your vision with us.I would certainly hope this vision would materialise soon ,as I can not wait to see the lovely artwork of Cynthia Lee transform in to reality to benefit all who visit Kechara Village.
I’ve heard of a similar community in Dobbstown, Sarawak.
Kechara Village… I love it! I can imagine already how much the Rinpoche will feel at home near the forest and the mumus running at the wide space. =)
Dear Rinpoche, I like your concept very much… can’t wait for it to be ready..
Nature combine with spirituality, this Kechara Village. What a great getaway! Thank you Rinpoche and Cynthia for the nice illustration.
Wow this is like a pureland on Earth, Rinpoche has such a great vision of Kechara Village. Can’t wait for this to manifest.
So nice the idea, must be superb to meditate under the stars and moon. So good can be back to nature, pluck the fresh veges, eat them raw or cook directly in an open air kitchen, so nice. Most importantly without much noises of cars and polluted air.
Thanks Rinpoche for sharing and Cynthia for illustrate the idea.
Kechara Village…..I love the name and I love the place. It looks so friendly and homely. I love the cabin style accommodation. It is like the version of caravan stay and reminds me of camping, campfire and picnics. It will be great if there is a canteen or cafeteria there as well where organic/vegetarian food is served. I also loved the two deers and dharma wheel. It reminds me of our 1st logo for Kechara Paradise.
May this Village manifest soon!
May Rinpoche Dharma works growth as fast as possible!
It is such a wonderful concept and will come into reality soon. THe idea of containers are so cool and it could be cosy to live in. WIth the cool weather in the forest, surely every Kecharians would want to go there to hang out and do retreats. I love this idea!
Very nice illustration of Kechara Village by Cynthia. I can already see how beautiful it is. Very simple, but super cosy and surrounded by nature. Definitely is a peaceful and very calming place to be in!
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May Kechara Village manifest very soon with the support from everyone.
Great Idea, I love this cabins concept very much. To stay in a container like home, can be very cosy and also cost effective.
Thanks Cynthia for the illustration.
Wow..I want to get involve and help in Kechara Village Rinpoche.
I love the the design of Kechara Village, Its is like back to basic, beautiful!! I love the cabin idea. I always wish to live in a cabin hehehe. Cynthia did a great job! Thank you Rinpoche for the beautiful idea. I wish Rinpoche’s wishes fulfil 🙂 and Rinpoche can stay in this beautiful Kechara Village soon 🙂
Dear Rinpoche, thank you so much for sharing Your vision with us! I love the cabin concept very much, it is very Eco-friendly and very close to nature as well. I am very happy to see there will be a chapel there which we can pray, a stupa to circumambulate. Further more, we can plant vegetables and trees for Rinpoche and help to take care of all the animals! We won’t get tired if we do Dharma work with a pure and good motivation. I don’t wish to go Kechara Village just to recharge myself but to work with other Dharma brothers and sisters to serve Rinpoche.
Thank you Cynthia for the wonderful sketch! Because of your hard work, we are able to visualize how the Kechara Village would be. 🙂
Thank you Rinpoche & Cynthia !!
I love Our Kechara Village !! I want to bring my family & friends to go there ! To do something , to keep some beautiful memorial ! I hope they all can have some beautiful picture in their life before they pass away!
My friends ,
For your long weekend , you want to go shopping or visit our Village ?
I want to visit our Kechara Village AND also go shopping in our wonderful Kechara Paradise and Kechara Discovery. Is that too much to ask for??? 🙂
Big clap to Cynthia! This illustration has helps us to have a better visualization on Kechara Village!
This is a wonderful place to stay and recharge energy to gain positive energy!
Thanks rinpoche!
This is just so wonderful to see Rinpoche’s vision slowly unfold before our very eyes. I am sure Rinpoche would be so happy to be amongst the green trees and sweeping views of mountains and so forth. This is such a fantastic idea for our Kechara community. It would be so nice to perform pujas and little teachings out in the open and under the awnings while enjoying the views and so forth.
Beautiful place to be in. It is always so thoughtful of Rinpoche to include everyone into this dream village.
I pray that one day, Kecharians will be able to offer to Rinpoche a private and exclusive retreat place solely for Rinpoche alone.
Do I sound selfish to wish that for Rinpoche, not in accordance to my motivation. Rinpoche thinks and provides for us all the time and to my mind it would be nice to have a place where Rinpoche can be in solitude and free from all work that is always done for all sentient beings.
My wish for the day. Sorry if my wish is offensive or unbecoming.
Very wonderful idea 🙂 Thank you Cynthia of coming out with the illustration. I like this style of illustration very much, very imaginative way visualizing the place.
This is really cool…Many Thanks to our Guru and his kindness to Benefit so many beings. I am very touch by Rinpoche’s kindness and conceptualise all these for us and all beings. Initially I didnt understand why must do all these but now I slowly being to understand. Thank you very much Guru and also all the sponsors
Rinpoche’s vision of Kechara Village is so nice. Lush with greens and flowers, with organic garden, pond and all the beautiful Buddhas around. Serenity….a place where u can hear your thoughts and connect with the self. I see all those satellite dishes on the cabins, so still within touch of modernity to continually benefitting those in the outside world. It would be even better if set higher in the mountain or hill to enjoy the cool air. I sincerely hope that Rinpoche’s wishes will quickly manifest and I have the merits to be volunteering there sometimes.
green forest and fresh air,organic garden,fish pond,Tara chapel…
I like the name Kechara Village and the concept, is a best place for everybody.
Thanks Cynthia for the illustration. Oh the place is so nice! Relaxing and calming, Dharma in the nature, very good combination!
I can see all the mumus will enjoy the place very much with fresh air and bigger space.
I wish this place manifest very very soon!
Dear Rinpoche, i love the name of this place. It automatically sets a very calm and serene mood when it is read together. Cynthia is very talented with her drawing, for sure i can’t draw like her…may i suggest we have some dining tables and chairs to be set up facing the organic garden so that Rinpoche and guest can enjoy the view while having hot pot.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this concept. Cynthia’s illustration is very beautiful. I like everything that is on this illustration especially with Rinpoche leaning on the rail and the organic garden. The name Kechara Village is very friendly. I am sure many people will find it a meaningful place to spend their time be it for spiritual reasons, just to unwind or back to nature.
This is so cool. Do dharma and back in nature. It’s wonderful. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing your concept and vision together with us so that can bring benefits to all.
ah…Its very cute when Rinpoche leaning against the rails! I like the Dorje very much, Om Ah Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih…. Hope to see this soon, all in natural and peace with less entertainment and attachement.
Kechara village is going to be such a precious heavenly place to be at work and be at peace…I am so happy for Rinpoche and Kechara team to be able to create and live in such magical place. Wonderful change from the city! Great accomplishment!
Very cool lama leaning against the rails! It would be really wonderful to have corridors that link the cabins, so we can have less umbrellas lying around when it rains. I can imagine running from the bathroom back to the cabin all wet, hehe.
This is very good feedback. I like your suggestions very much. Thanks. TR
I love this concept so much!!