(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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(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 that are unique to the country...
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His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was a real living Buddha in so many ways. His death was a great loss to Gaden Shartse Monastery, Gaden, Sera Drepung, Gelug Lineage, Buddha dharma of Tibet and for Tibet on the whole. I have written more extensively on Rinpoche on another post. Kyabje Lati Rinpoche passed away...
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One of my heroes since the 80’s from when I was in Los Angeles is Mother Teresa. I saw a documentary film in LA on her in the cinema and cried throughout most of the film. She still is one of my heroes…I went again and again and took friends to see the documentary...
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If your angersome, it means you are spoiled. If you want things to be given to you, then you want others to do your work. If you complain without doing, it means you want an easy way out. If you have no integrity, it means you have never earned respect. If you are always...
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It is heartbreaking to see this video. This dog is sad, lost and disorientated. His owner died. Yet he stays nearby laying next to his beloved owner. I sincerely hope someone will take this dog in and give him the love he deserves. I hope he will not be alone. This dog obviously has...
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While spring cleaning through my personal items, the Ladrang staff and I sorted through several cards (greeting cards, birthday cards etc). One of them had a beautiful photo of Samantabhadra with his white consort that a student of mine gave to me a while ago. The style was very simple and earthy…very very beautiful....
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We move ahead a few steps, then we go back a few steps… we find it hard to battle the ‘inner demons’ within ourselves fighting all the time… we find the secret struggles never end… it almost seems futile… we find transformation so difficult. Does it get any easier? It doesn’t get easier. The...
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I was hanging around on the beach having a great time when this dude named Buddha showed up and said I was suffering. ~ Tsem Rinpoche
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Kechara Paradise’s new location in SS2 recently opened its doors to the public. Kechara Paradise SS2 is our first Dharma store that wa established in the year 2000, a few years before the opening of our Dharma centre, Kechara House. It has now move to a bigger location and on ground floor. We were...
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“Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.” ~ Tsem Rinpoche
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Dear everyone, for the sake of all the animals killed and eaten, please for them, watch this video. For them spread this video around as much as possible. For them create awareness. Nobody wants pain..not even a chicken. Please create awareness. Please find the compassion within you to never eat meat. Love, Tsem Rinpoche...
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My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The story of the Fat Monk is interesting. It originated from China and is supposed to be the future Maitreya Buddha. The story goes that a young handsome man took the percepts and became a monk but because he is so handsome even being hairless and clean shaven he was still...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) During my birthday in 2010, two student’s of mine from Indonesia surprised me with a lovely birthday present: Betsy Ciaputra and Valentina Suhendra felt that my teachings, especially those regarding Lama Tsongkhapa’s, were helpful in their lives and that they had benefited in some way. It made such an impact in...
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This is the 4th Panchen Lama’s hat that is currently on auction at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York. One of my students found this on the Internet. What’s interesting about it is that if you take a look at the “Pre Lot Text” (i.e. the owner of the item on auction) it is...
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