Lilyn Joins Kechara House Full-Time!
Dear students and friends,
One of our wonderful people has decided to go full-time with her Dharma work! I rejoice from my heart as Lilyn has been progressing in her Dharma practice since she started volunteering in 2010.
Always remember, Dharma work is not work – it is a spiritual practice. The motivation is to eliminate, if not reduce, the sufferings of others… I wish Lilyn the best and hope that she will remember my advice to her everyday, and do Dharma sincerely. I welcome her very much.
Tsem Rinpoche
Written by the blog team:
Lilyn Tan is one of our latest addition to our Dharma family whom joined our main temple, Kechara House on 17 September 2012. Prior to joining Kechara, Lilyn was the Assistant Manager of a large shipping company called The Bersatu Logistic. Lilyn has a vast experience is both secretarial and managerial positions which was put into good use while she was volunteering for Kechara.
According to Lilyn, she has never been spiritually inclined and had never come across Tibetan Buddhism before in her life prior to meeting Kechara. Despite not looking for a spiritual path, she had the great fortune to come across it by chance through a good friend of hers Nicholas Khoo, who volunteers in Kechara Soup Kitchen. It was roughly 2 years ago when she visited Nicholas, and he happened to be watching a Dharma teaching by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche on DVD. It was at this point when Nicholas introduced Kechara to Lilyn, and two weeks later, out of curiosity she ended up at the door step of the Kechara House temple!
Lilyn during her younger days…
Lilyn was so fascinated about Tibetan Buddhism that she immediately volunteered for 2011 Wesak Fair. This was the start of her volunteering in Kechara, and from this point forward, she have been involved in Kechara’s many activities. She started taking up more responsibilities as a volunteer and became extremely involved in pujas, monthly animal liberation coordinator, Kechara Care member database, road shows, and also fundraising for Grand Setrap Puja in 2012.
While volunteering in Kechara, Lilyn was being nurtured by liaison Nicholas Yu. He guided and taught her much about Dharma. Although she has been offered a position in Kechara many months before, she was still reluctant to join Kechara full time due to her commitments… however, it changed one day when it dawned to her that no matter what she does, commitments will always be there and there is never an ideal time to do Dharma if we don’t start now. So she resigned and requested Nicholas if she can joined Kechara full-time.
During the last few months being in Kechara, she believed she has learnt a lot spiritually and also found Kechara to be a very good training ground to push herself to do more. Although she does admit that there are times where she felt that times were difficult, but whenever she remembers about her Guru and the reason why she is in Kechara, she immediately feels much better and is able to carry on the huge responsibility that Kechara carries – which is to benefit others. Lilyn is now in charge of events and the maintenance of our beautiful Gompa.
Lilyn and her Kechara family!
Lilyn with Sock Wan and Helena in their new Kechara House uniform!
Very active in pujas… Lilyn always attends pujas done in Kechara. Great!
One happy Dharma family!
Lilyn and her friend, back in the days before she joined Kechara full-time.
Lilyn volunteered in Kechara, Kuantan study group last year.
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Welcome Lilyn! Rejoice for you on taking another level on your spiritual journey!
I love working with Lilyn. She is not only easy to work with, she is also very smart and proactive. On top of that, she is consistent. I’ve known her since she start volunteered in KC, she is available 24/7, whenever we ask for help from her, she will immediately drop whatever she is doing and come over. I’m so proud of her joining Kechara as a full timer. WELCOME Lilyn! May you continue blossom in your spiritual path.
Welcome to Kechara Lilyn!
May your association with dharma be long and fruitful!
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this wonderful news !! Congratulations to Lilyn by making the right choice to do full time Dharma career in Kechara.May u always be smooth in serving Dharma to benefit more peoples,your spiritual journey blossoms and always be blessed by the three jewels ^_^
Welcome to the Kechara family, Lilyn and rejoice on the continuation of your spiritual journey.
Congratulations Lilyn for taking this wonderful step in joining the Dharma, especially Kechara. You have made the right choice to further your journey in life. Welcome to the Kechara family! We are very lucky to have Rinpoche here to guide and teach us.
Congratulations to Lilyn! Welcome to our big family, may you be blessed and bring the blessings to more and more…
Rejoice for Lilyn and welcome to Big family.
Best Regards : Erickksiow
Congratulations Lilyn! The Dharma is always there. It is just waiting for us to grab and apply it in our lives and thus we achieve something that is lasting and that which is permanent not just the happiness of this life alone. Whatever we have been taught more often than not may be in conflict with the new Dharma knowledge we are learning. It just means we have reached our limit and it is time to move over those limit. Why is it happening now? Perhaps we are comfortable and don’t hit those limits as often in our mundane life. To those who are always hitting your limits and boundaries in whatever you’re doing now it is great because you can move on to greater capacity. Thank you Lilyn for doing Dharma for the benefit of you and others. 🙂 As they said you deserved so much, so do others.
Rejoice Lilyn, welcome to Kechara House big family…
May u always learn more swiftly, do more smoothly to benefit more others…
Congratulations Lilyn, you made the right choice i rejoice!
Dear Lilyn,
Rejoice for your decision to go full time with KH .We certainly appreciate your assistance at the Gompa. I met you 2 weeks ago, when the Gompa was about to close at 10 pm after the main door had closed.I was trying to get a room for my friend who arrived late to do voluntary work at the KH the following day .
You were very kind to help us out with such short notice.You were very sincere to make sure he was comfortable in his stay at the KH.
Thank you for your assistance and may spiritual path be clear of obstacles and gain merits along the way.
Welcome to Kechara Lilyn!
Oh I’m one of the lucky ones who get to work really closely with Lilyn. She is one of those people who will get things done without being pushed and is always ready to help when needed. It is through her kindness and hardwork that our beautiful gompa is well-taken care of.
Lilyn is very focus with her dharma duty in gompa and she can’t care less about it. She is normally one of the first to arrive and last to leave with no complain. She knows what needed to be done for others and her Guru Devotion is what keeps her going. Lilyn has so many pieces of Rinpoche’s photos on her working desk that no one can beat at the gompa, haha!
Welcome to our big family Lilyn and we love you for who you are, especially your generousity, kindness and openess! We are sure to be in this for a long time to come!
Dear Lilyn
May you always be happy and able find more spiritual fulfillment in your dharma work.
I’ve just briefly met Lilyn and got to know her recently through our (Un)expected Ladrang booth set up during our last big celebration on Rinpoche’s Birthday in KH. She was very stressed as she was put in charge to set up the whole event. She was tired, exhausted too but one thing I noticed about was that she was always helpful and polite every time you need her assistance no matter how crazy busy she was. I saw that strength in her and she did not drop the ball!
I also spoke to her for a bit and she actually complimented the Ladrang team, she has no idea how we can do it 24hrs, and I said well just change the view, it is not a job but life then you can do it too. It sort of gave her a whole new perspective and a light bulb moment on how to handle when things are tough. She realised one thing for sure, in Kechara it is really Dharma because of the many challenges one faces as one go through the process of being out of the comfort zones, pushing oneself to improve. Of course it is gonna be tough but this is where you apply the Dharma. Dharma work is not a place for just getting the job done externally but also internally you got to clean up all your inner mess. So it is very fortunate for Lilyn and all of us to have this wonderful opportunity to speed up our transformation.
Congratulations Lilyn for loving yourself and your family the right way and for taking the road less traveled that you know will eventually lead to a brighter end! Welcome to the Kecharian family and life!
Congratulations Lilyn! You’re now truly part of the Kechara family.But I actually thought you had been already, seeing the way you have worked and your commitment and strong sense of responsibility.You’re always the one to stay behind and lock up the gompa.
You have been consistent in your total involvement and deep commitment ever since the days when you were put in charge of Animal Liberation.
I rejoice for you and know you will carry your commitment to full-time Dharma work to greater levels.
Congratulations, Lilyn , for joining Kechara full time. Welcome to the Kechara family and may you gain much attainments in your spiritual practice:)
This is great news and I am happy for Lilyn. It is a very natural process for someone to go from discovering Kechara, then volunteering somewhat and eventually develop a wish to do Dharma on a full time basis. Dharma work as Lilyn has discovered fulfills a person in a way no other occupation can and you can literally see a person light up over time. Welcome Lilyn!
Dear Lilyn,
CONGRATULATIONS !!! A big welcome to you to the Kechara family.
This is truly fantastic news and you couldn’t find a more supportive and loving family as in Kechara.
Being in Kechara and committing to Dharma work full time is such a blessing to you and your family. How fortunate we are to have Rinpoche with us to guide us, love us, and care for us so much. And to have such great Dharma brothers and sisters with you always.
Lovely news and am so happy for you !!
Dear Lilyn ,
Welcome to our BIG FAMILY ! We are very proud to have you in Kechara !
Keep it up!
Congratulations Lilyn! It is always very inspiring when we read about people doing Dharma full time..
There are so many departments in Kechara for different talents to volunteer/full time/part time in. We just need to pick one which we can contribute our skills/talent and time to.
May your Dharma work be without problems and may you be protected by the 3 Jewels always! =)
Thank you for sharing, Rinpoche!
congratulations to you Lilyn !
Dear Lilyn,
Congratulations! I had worked with you a couple of times before and you sure is a pleasure to work with. No if, no buts, just pure work. Even before you joined full time you had been volunteering a lot. I can tell that you are very dedicated and hard working! Congrats once again and I wish you all the best in your Dharma career!
Congratulation! Lilyn joining Kechara big family.You are always devoted and working hard for the operation at Kechara House.I am happy can work close with you at the same department.
May you always happy and able find more spiritual fulfillment in your dharma work
Dear Dharma sister Lilyn,
Welcome to Kechara Family. I am very happy and rejoice to know about this super good news. You know, being able to be in Dharma together is our collective karma that we collected in the past. I got to know you when you came to help in KFR. I like to work with you in KFR because you are someone who work and get things done for what we need to be done not what you like. I like your attitude of not being selective but committed yourself fully when we needed you. You are lucky to have Nicholas’s care. Nicholas is someone I will always look up to when I am down because of his commitment into dharma, sincere and always give his best and no matter what fall on him, I always see him with a big smile.
Lilyn, I am looking forward to see you in KFR soon.
Love,
Julia
Lilyn is one of these silent pillars of Kechara House. She is pleasant and her personality is subtle, kind but hard-working. Even as a volunteer, she seems to do a whole lot more than others. She’s the type that does her work quietly.
I heard from Paul that she is one of the most reliable volunteers back when she was merely volunteering. It is truly amazing because very few people today value spirituality this much that she would be this reliable and careful with her work. I think that in her own right, she is inspiring her colleagues and also showing the world that one can have a career in Dharma and have the joy of seeing that our work benefit others.
Congratulations Lilyn for joining Dharma and welcome to your real purpose in life and that’s to do something meaningful and beneficial. No many people would do this and have the merits to sustain this kind of work. Feel fortunate, rejoice and welcome to the big Kechara family!
Hey Lilyn! Welcome to the family and congratulations on your full appointment to Kechara. You have been a wonderful addition to the Kechara team and I’m sure will continue to be so. The whole center lights up when you’re around and, with all the experience you bring with you, we can sure that things will run like clockwork with you there. Thank you for always being there with a big smile, with all your helpfulness, patience, giving heart and efficiency.
Here’s wishing you infinite success in your Dharma work and practice now and always xxxxx
Rejoice for Lilyn that she joined Dharma work full-time.Hooray!
Dear Lilyn
I am very happy for Lilyn for joining Kechara House Full-Time. Your choice will inspire many more people to join Kechara, you have taken wonderful decision which will definitely help you and others both in this life and in future lives. May you never get tired of what you are doing and progress well along the spiritual journey. It does not matter who we are, living with pure motivation to benefit others will make you fulfill your spiritual aspirations!
With warm regards,
Sam10
Congratulations Lilyn!
We met during my stay in October. I’m very happy for you.
Congratulations to you Lilyn for joining Kechara full time together many of your dharma brothers and sisters.
May you progress swiftly in your spiritual practice and be happy and healthy always.
Congratulations Lilyn! Welcome to Kechara’s family! I am so happy for you for finally joining Kechara. I totally agree with you about right timing! There will never be a right time for we will always have commitment and never ending problems. No matter how ‘hard’, we should persevere and do it! May you continue to blossom in your spiritual practices!
Dear Lilyn,
Congratulations on joining the big and getting bigger Kechara Family!!! It was very kind of you to quit your high stipend job to pursuit a new career in The Dharma.
It is amazing how every time i ask you to donate for any good cause you always never fail to donate. Take the recent times when you sponsored ABC and a few other campaigns to fund raise for Kechara.
Thank you Lilyn for your kind sponsorship towards a good cause and may your Dharma Work continue to benefit lots and lots of people!
Till Then
Jutika Lam
Rejoice for you on your life changing decision. Working to help bring dharma to others….what can be more rewarding. Great Choice!
Lilyn, welcome to our big family! 🙂
Congratulations Lilyn!
You came a long way….Happy to see you step in to the Kechara family. Seeing you learning and taking up responsibility is a improvement and you will be much happier serving others than only yourselves.
I’m glad to see you start nurturing people too and get more people to know Kechara as well as new family members as we are growing and more people needed especially when KFR ready.
Keep up the good work and be consistent with anything that you are doing.
Welcome to our Dharma family Lilyn! =)
Congratulation in starting your spiritual journey, may you gain much attainments from your practice.
Much care,
Sarah
Hey Lilyn!
Congratulations on joining full-time! It has been great seeing you working full-time for the past 6 months now and I hope to still see you when we’re older… all grey and doing retreats 🙂
I really like this part of her write-up: “… she was still reluctant to join Kechara full-time due to her commitments… however, it changed one day when it dawned to her that no matter what she does, commitments will always be there and there is never an ideal time to do Dharma if we don’t start now. So she resigned and requested Nicholas if she can joined Kechara full-time.”
There is never a “perfect” time to join the Dharma full-time. When have we ever had the perfect condition to do anything?
In our eyes, Buddha Shakyamuni had the perfect conditions to gain enlightenment. He was extremely wealthy, had a stable family and was born with the 18 opportune conditions.
Even so, it was not the perfect condition because his family was not in support of his Dharma and his father was extremely protective of him. So even when it’s “perfect”, it’s never perfect.
If we are fortunate enough to have met the Dharma, or are even reading this blog – this is your perfect opportunity to seize. Our life is short, why waste it on doing aimless, useless things? We have to do something in life, might as well do something good.
Congratulations again, Lilyn, on joining our Kechara family 🙂
Dear Lilyn,
Very proud and salute with your passionate of dharma work. May you always benefit with what you are doing now:) cheers..
Regards,
Venix