I gave a short but indepth teaching to a few that were in the room with me. I was inspired to speak about this subject. I asked them to write what they had learnt from the teaching, and below are their mini articles. Excuse the grammatical and spelling errors… they wrote their articles in an hour!...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Buddhist grottoes at Baodingshan, 20km northeast of Dazu, were carved during the Southern Song Dynasty under the direction of monk Zhao Zhifeng between 1179 and 1249 AD.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, It’s important to understand what our religious directions are. What we should expect out of religion and what we should be expected to do if we accept a religion. There is nothing judgemental here or I am making criterias, but simply expressing how I feel we should apply our religious faiths for the benefit of ourselves, people around us and our planet. It is said religion can create heaven or hell within our world by some, but I think it’s not the religion but our expression of it. Our expression of our...
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I came across this interesting article where a 2,000 year old Indian Buddhist document is found and is currently being analyzed by experts from the Indological Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich.
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Earlier yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise from one of my student, Jill Yam. She presented me a basket filled with healthy organic offerings along with a sincere hand written card to inform me she has completed 100,000 water bowl offering.
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On March 15-24, a 9 foot tall (2.6 meters) “Jade Buddha for Universal Peace” will be arriving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! The Buddha Shakyamuni statue was carved out from an incredible boulder of nephrite jade, discovered in 2000 in Canada. It was 18 tonnes, and many experts called the jade boulder a bonafide rarity...
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HOW FORTUNATE I AM My Lord Manjushri, How blessed I am to spend my days and nights serving others, How my good merits have borne fruit I can see the difference Between selfish and selfless! How fortunate I am able to hear the dharma, Meet the Buddhas and serve the sangha! How rare And...
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I was informed by Liaison Paul Yap that a group of Dharma practitioners from Singapore visited Kechara House yesterday. This group of practitioners were led by their teacher Venerable You Wei.
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Update 6 December 2012 Here’s a picture of smiling little Gabriel taken this afternoon. Gabriel’s mom Ellena shared that when she massaged Gabriel sometime this week and for the first time in 1 year, Gabriel was able to make a sound! Pastor Susan Lim went to visit Gabriel today. She gave blessings,...
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A generation ago little or nothing was known in Europe of this great faith of Asia, which had nevertheless existed during twenty-four centuries, and at this day surpasses, in the number of its followers and the area of its prevalence, any other form of creed. Four hundred and seventy millions of our race live...
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Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo Jampa Tenzin Trinlay Gyatso was one of the greatest masters of the 20th century and one of the most influential teachers in Tibet. He had acquired the teachings from the Sakya, from the Nyingma, from the lineage of Ganden Tendzin** and Ngulchu Dharmabhadra, and collected other valuable teachings from various...
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Few years back, I gave a series of teachings on the different roles in Dharma centres, the Guru, the disciples, sponsors, how do you know which centre is good for you and many other subjects that a modern day practitioner must know.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Today, my personal attendant, Liaison Pastor Loh Seng Piow showed me a few pictures of Fo Guang Shan monastery in Taiwan. I have heard about this monastery before, but these pictures beautifully highlighted the scale of the monastery...
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It is an article about the discovery of a statue of Vaisravana, a Buddhist Deity made from meteorite. The statue was found by a Nazi expedition in 1936, predicted to be 100o years old.
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Aug 16, 2010 (By Tsem Rinpoche) I recently found out from Jamie that her mother, Datin Jeniffer Khoo, who has been very instrumental in taking care of rescued puppies/ dogs under the Kechara banner, has been doing Setrap practice very sincerely. She has completed over 1 million Setrap mantra to date. Datin does serkym...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A few days ago, a few students and I went to Viva Home for a shopping trip. I was browsing around a few Oriental shops and came across a few nice items… In one of the shops, they had this beautiful 1000-arm Avaloketishvara (also known as Kuan Yin or Chenrezig) statue....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (Beautiful painting by talented Keith Dowman) This Mahasiddha is Kukkuripa (the dog lover). He loved dogs so much. When he meditated in the cave he had his doggie with him. She had kept him company for years in his cave. They shared bedding, food, water and company. When he gained high...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I love interfaith harmony. It is my hope these videos so beautifully produced will contribute to interfaith harmony, understanding and peace among all living beings.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) THIS IS A INTERESTING SHOW ON BUDDHA’S LIFE STORY. Adults would find it refreshing, and children would find it a nice way to learn. Please take do enjoy the learning. I have provided on my blog a wide variety of subjects to explore, read, learn, and think about. You literally have...
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This photo was taken at Thubten Dhargye Ling centre in Los Angeles in 1984. I had promised to take ordination and go to Gaden Monastery. HH Zong Rinpoche told me to live in his house(Zong Ladrang) in Gaden. I agreed to everything. HH Zong Rinpoche cutting a strand of my hair and blessing me...
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