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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“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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Dearest Rinpoche, I am so blessed. I just wanted to try to connect with you in the way that I can. My mother is dying of small-cell carcinoma. Rebecca Hart is a single mother that suffered greatly at the hands of her husbands. She had my brother who is 41 now, and she had...
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Below is a wonderful message posted on my blog comment section from Raluca. It warmed my heart to read this and also how compassionate Sir Paul is!!! To use his fame to benefit something important on this planet. Just being rich and famous is nice, but if only WE enjoy it then that will not take...
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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) 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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Am I Tsem Rinpoche dreaming that I am a guy from New Jersey or am I a guy from New Jersey dreaming that I am Tsem Rinpoche??? I guess if I examine deeper, both do not have real identities and all are projected from my mind. From those projections I build and create my...
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I bow to the lotus feet of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. May His powerful presence continue to reside in our world. He gives us the hope, the courage and the faith that Enlightened Beings do exist. I from the humblest depths of my heart wish His Holiness a New Year that is beyond...
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This is the kind of place I WOULD DREAM TO LIVE. On top of a hill, with no surrounding villages or people. Green with lots of trees, prayer flags, wind, mountains, fresh air and simple housing. I would have wonderful large statues of Buddhas inside with perpetual abundant offerings offered daily. I would do...
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LOWER TRURO – “Couldn’t happen to a nicer couple. Such was the reaction of Dianne Hayman to news that her next-door neighbours – Allen and Violet Large – were the lucky winners in last week’s $11.2 million 6/49 draw. The retired Lower Truro couple picked up their winnings at Atlantic Lottery headquarters in Moncton...
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This woman in the video found this lion injured in the forest ready to die. She took the lion with her and nursed the lion back to health. When the lion was better she made arrangements with a zoo to take the lion and give it a new and happy home. This video was...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) This is the original that belonged to my Mom now with my sister. The painting is around 2.5 x 3 inches. It is small and portable. This is a small White Tara painting (Tzakaley) that was in the possession of my mother in New Jersey. Whenever she travelled she would take...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Friends, Our New Kechara Gompa (Hall) will have three images. Centre and main piece will be Lord Tsongkapa (12ft). The left side Vajra Yogini(8ft) and the right side Setrap (8ft). Our new Gompa finishes in around three weeks time and it will seat 700 people. That will be on the...
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Kechara is doing a book and creating a movie on my life story. Actually I’m not anyone special, but my teacher in the past around 8 years back (2002) insisted I do a bio book on myself in which I vehemently asked to be excused from doing..But my teacher insisted…But as time passes, many...
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This is a wonderful article sent to me by Sharon that I would like to share with everyone. Thanks Sharon for a wonderful and inspiring piece. Tsem Rinpoche Chinese Philanthropist Donates It All!! Mark MacKinnon Shenzhen, China — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 8:46PM EDT Last...
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I love the moon coming through the night clouds silhouetted by the mountains. It reminds me that although our lives are sometimes dark and full of apprehension, somehow we will be blessed if we believe and don’t lose hope… a light will come through. Not everything is permanent and things can change. We can...
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“…….The malignant male and female demons Who create myriad troubles and obstructions, Seem real before one has Enlightenment; But when one realizes their nature truly, They become Protectors of the Dharma, And by their help and freely-given assistance One attains to numerous accomplishments…….” -Jetsun Milarepa
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