(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 to organise this retreat. The goal is for 8000 recitations of the Lamrim to be completed by the first quarter of 2012. The Lamrim is...
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List of Prayers A Short Daily Sadhana Eight Verses of Training The Mind Offering The Mandala Other Preliminary Prayers Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta The Four Immeasurables The Nine Attitudes of Devotion to the Guru Advice from Atisha’s Heart Light Offering Prayer General Prayers 50 Verses of Guru Devotion Long-life Prayer by Kensur Konchok...
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Stay pure living in this muddy sea in this dangerous and murky time… The richness that was gained and kept madly will lose its value and will turn into the special poison… Having studied the material life dispassionately, begin to practice “The Ten Good Deeds” today, without delay” – Hambo-Lama Ityghelov In the 20s...
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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 of the Medicine Buddha depicted below Him. Can you tell me please their names and practices or any information about them? Can their practices or...
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For most of us, it is a daily battle simply to find the time and motivation to meditate and to do our practice. Then, there are individuals like Liao Ran. Liao Ran was a monk who not only found the time and perseverance to adhere to his monastic vows but also managed to find...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Kechara Sarawati Arts Dept’s Pat working hard on a 2ft Vajra Yogini I placed an order for. It’s the first of it’s kind. We didn’t have a VY this size at all. Many people will like this size as it’s not too big and not small. I have requested them to...
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I requested KECHARA CARE dept headed under Liaison Su Ming to arrange a dinner for our volunteers, staff, liaisons and friends who worked so hard to make Wesak Day such a successful day. I was just amazed how beautifully everything was done. So I asked Su Ming to offer everyone a wonderful THANK YOU...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Few aspects of Man’s nature showcase his ingenuity more clearly than his talent for cruelty and conflict. Fortunately, another of those aspects is his capacity for compassion and forgiveness. It is from roots borne of these two diametrically opposite traits that the Pokhara Shanti Stupa – and 79 other Peace Pagodas...
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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 date Lord Buddha chose to take rebirth, enact enlightenment and also enter Paranirvana. It is the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar. I had the...
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Yesterday, we had our annual Wesak Fair! It was held at a park within the same community as our Kechara departments and gompa. I have asked one of my students to do a little write-up for the blog… and have added some pictures below the article. Do take a look at another one of...
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Kechara Paradise (KP) under the leadership of Liaison Henry Ooi has spread its wings to Viva Home Mall. They have been looking for many many months since 2010 for the right location to open another KP outlet since 2010. This is because during their many road shows, they have come across many customers who...
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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 “severance” or “cutting through” of the existence of ego. Being a Tibetan woman during the time when Buddhist masters were normally Indian and male, her...
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Below is the same video but with Chinese subtitle My Dearest and Holiest Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, I have heard you have decided to manifest a stroke. I was very shocked, concerned and scared all at once. Such a great teacher like you takes many years to manifest and you should not think...
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“Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama 2011 South East Asia Teaching. Shantideva's A Guide To The Bodhisattva's Way Of Life
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I’ve always admired Master Cheng Yen for her true Buddhist spirit that translates into action. She is like the “Mother Teresa of the East” and her work has always inspired me… especially her work that shows Dharma in action. Masters like her do not only teach Buddhism but they also put it into practice...
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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 like Pelden Hlamo. So why do you give Setrap to all of your students? From Losang B Dear Losang, This is a really good...
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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 the Dharma Protector of Gaden Shartse, and also Kechara House. He is the wrathful emanation of Buddha Amitabha so as an enlightened Being, all of...
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Dear friends, When you practice generosity at first, it is about you and the recipient. How the recipient responds greatly affect your motivation to do more or less…in the beginning I stress. Everyone likes to be appreciated of course. But as you progress, it is not so much about the recipient. It is about...
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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 reasons to win and some do not. So I approached Irene and asked her to open and without hesitation she said yes. Irene has never...
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