The 1st edition of The Promise was published in 2012 and the recently launched 4th edition carries many more details that have arisen as the result of further interviews and conversations with people who have known Tsem Rinpoche and who have come to experience his tremendous kindness. Of particular note is the Foreword which...
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Dear friends around the world, The world is scrambling to get on the good side of superpower China in order to broker more economic deals to benefit their individual countries. China being the biggest economy in the world has vast economic benefits for many depressed economies around the world. World leaders, dignitaries and royalty...
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche dan Martin Chow) Prolog Ketika pemerintahan Tibet mengeluarkan larangan terhadap praktik Dorje Shugden lebih dari 20 tahun yang lalu, alasan utama yang mereka kemukakan adalah bahwa praktik Pelindung ini dianggap mengancam nyawa Yang Suci Dalai Lama ke-14 yang sangat dicintai. Mereka juga menyatakan bahwa Dorje Shugden mengganggu upaya masyarakat Tibet...
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(By Matthew Sinclair) Dear friends, Everyone knows that I am a devoted practitioner of Dorje Shugden. Everyone also knows that I hold His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the highest esteem and have always encouraged my students and friends to practice seeing things with equanimity and not judge in terms of good or bad....
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On 21 December 2015, Reuters published a special investigation of the Dorje Shugden issue titled “China co-opts a Buddhist sect in global effort to smear Dalai Lama”. It was supposed to be an unbiased investigation into the Dorje Shugden movement and its alleged links to China. The report has since reverberated throughout the world,...
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There are many people from around the world who would have liked to meet Rinpoche and experience what it was like to be in his company especially up close and personal. Due to my good fortune of having proximity to Rinpoche...
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Dear friends, I was pleased to be informed that The Huffington Post (HuffPost) just published a third article on the Dorje Shugden conflict. I can only guess that after the initial articles by HuffPost on this issue in mid-November 2017, the writer Mr. Martin Desai was intrigued to dig deeper into the matter. And...
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Dear friends around the world, I came across this article written by Justin Whitaker. The points he brought up are logical, well thought out and important for both Dorje Shugden practitioners and also those who do not practice Dorje Shugden. As a Buddhist scholar, Mr. Whitaker has shown us the results of an unbiased...
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TEXT – Chinese government response: The Dalai Lama’s ‘religious tyranny’ Source: Reuters – Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:26 GMT Author: Reuters (This is the text of the full Chinese government response to the Reuters Special Report: China co-opts Buddhist sect in drive to discredit Dalai Lama) BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Editor’s note: The...
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Before the unethical ban against the spiritual practice of Dorje Shugden, all the teachers are friendly, they are in contact and support each other. There was much harmony and everyone was focused on bringing the Buddha dharma to many. They often met up with each other, or in communication and even attended each...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David Lai) Shakyashri Bhadra, who is known to the Tibetans as Kache Panchen (Mahapandita of Kashimir), was one of the last great Kashmiri masters to have arrived in Tibet from India during the transmission of Buddhism into the Himalayan country. Regarded as one of the previous incarnations of Dorje...
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In my life, I can safely say that there are only two people I totally and completely trust and that is my Root Guru His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, and my Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. Since Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is no longer around and I cannot seek his advice, I have relied on Dorje...
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It has been 58 years since His Holiness the Dalai Lama trusted Dorje Shugden with his life and made a perilous journey out of Tibet. The spread of the glorious Dharma in the past half century could not have happened without the 14th Dalai Lama.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline Woon) Introduction Geshe Lobsang Tayang (1867-1937 CE), also known as Jetsun Lobsang Tayang or Jetsun Lobsang Tamdin, was born in 1867 in an area within the Gobi desert, an arid region between northern China and southern Mongolia. Known for his vast knowledge of Buddhism, Geshe Lobsang Tayang...
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(译文请往下阅读) This video has two parts. The first part was filmed in Gaden Shartse Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka State, South India, and the second part was filmed in Europe. In the past, Gaden Monastery was home to a very well-known and extremely powerful oracle by the name of Choyang Duldzin Kuten. He was the official oracle of Gaden Monastery and a layman. He was not learned in the Sutras or Tantras, yet he served the monastery very well in his capacity as an oracle. He took trance of various powerful Dharma Protectors of the Tibetan Buddhist ...
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Dear friends around the world, Rejection is something most of us have experienced from time to time. I guess my life is a bit different because from the moment of my birth, I have been rejected by everyone who is supposed to love me. It started with my birth mother who gave me up...
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Language is a tool for communication, but it can also be a barrier to one who wishes to learn the Dharma if the teachings are not in a language he or she understands. Many people around the world need the Dharma and need the assistance and blessings of the Great Protector Dorje Shugden but...
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(译文请往下看) Kechara is very fortunate to have H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche as our Spiritual Advisor and Dorje Shugden as our Dharma Protector. Understanding how fortunate we are to have connected with a supreme and qualified teacher in this life, we should therefore put as much effort as we can towards keeping a good relationship and good samaya with our Guru. The advice below was recently given to the Kechara Forest Retreat team by the Protector Dorje Shugden. As Dorje Shugden is an enlightened Buddha, all the advice he gives is none other than th...
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As we approach the time of His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche’s 3rd parinirvana anniversary, Kechara Forest Retreat is abuzz with preparations for a month of events and pujas. Led by the Abbot Emeritus of Shar Gaden Monastery His Eminence Kensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Phende, visiting sangha will be engaging in a series of rituals to...
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One of the things history has taught us is that the rise of the noblest of men and women and the advent of the most epochal and pivotal events that have benefited mankind, have always been preceded or at least accompanied by the presence of the greatest evil. The Buddha was holy and faultless...
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