Pastor David Lai’s book Tales My Lama Told Me contains very scintillating and riveting stories of Buddhist practitioners of the Mahayana tradition who have achieved the state of true inner peace, love and happiness called Enlightenment within one lifetime!
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(译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche and Admin) 1. Protector’s Presence Inviting a 3-feet Dorje Shugden statue, just in time for Chinese New Year! Message from the Pastors: “A 3-feet Dorje Shugden statue was invited by a family who love this precious protector very much. May Dorje Shugden provide protection and blessings to this family, lifetime after lifetime.” “一户很敬爱多杰雄登护法的人家迎请了一尊3尺护法圣像 ,愿多杰雄登护法生生世世保护和加持这个家庭.” 2. Young & Blessed It’s always an exciting time when you finally move out of your parents house and into your own. When you ...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Datuk May) Being of Chinese descent, the very thought of exhuming an ancestral grave causes great concern and superstitious fear of impending misfortune and inauspiciousness. The inevitability of having to exhume ancestral graves occurred twice before for me but somehow I was not that affected as someone else was going...
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Before I begin my story, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my guru, H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche for giving me this opportunity and platform to learn the Dharma. I was brought up with a Taoist background, and since I was a child, I was told to pray to get my...
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(译文请往下阅读) (By Tsem Rinpoche, Pastor David and Pastor Adeline) On 6 December 2015, Pastor David Lai gave a Dharma talk and workshop on the topic “Mandala Offerings & Dharma Attitude” in Kechara House. A total of 71 people attended the talk and listened very attentively as Pastor David gave a clear explanation on the correct way of engaging in the Mandala Offering of 37 Heaps, the significance of each offering and the accompanying visualizations. Besides explaining what mandala offerings are really about, Pastor David also covered...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Abby) 克切拉禅修林首个中文佛法讲座——《不知死,焉知生?》终于在2015年11月14日的下午五时圆满结束!
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Four years ago, we had our first pastorship ordination ceremony in Kechara House which is our gompa (main prayer hall) in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. At that time, I ordained four pastors. Now in 2015, we have 17 pastors of which 10 have requested to become fully ordained monks and nuns in...
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The pastorship role was conceptualized by His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche to preserve the Dharma and to give laypeople an opportunity to commit to benefiting others. The first Buddhist Pastors were ordained on 24th October 2011 and every year since then, more have made this commitment to bring the Buddha’s teachings to people in our...
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Dear friends, When we enter the dharma we should find every excuse and method to improve our minds, habits and thinking. We should always find excuses to succeed! We cannot enter dharma and be exactly unchanged year after year. We cannot keep asking for more time to change. After all, it’s not up to...
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Dear friends, I received this beautiful message from a student who has been with me for over ten years and she has come a long way. She has requested to be a nun years ago and I advised her to wait and train herself. Her sincere persistent wish to enter the nun-hood has never...
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Pastor Shin during a puja session Pastor Shin on Sin Chew Newspaper! Just recently, Pastor Shin Tan appeared in a local Chinese newspaper called Sin Chew Daily. I have known Pastor Shin since 2006, when she first attended a teaching I gave in Kechara House. She was very new to Buddhism at that...
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I thank the media for their kind and generous support of our activities. They really do not have an easy job and at times tedious, but they work hard to bring news and updates to everyone. Again I appreciate their support very much. Tsem Rinpoche Kechara House to hold pastor ordination event...
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Some very special requests I wanted to share with all of you here. Please send them your good wishes. They have already taken their vows on October 24, 2012. Tsem Rinpoche Dr Lanse Letter from Dr Lanse The letter reads: Dear Rinpoche, Hope Rinpoche...
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I just received an update from Liaison Paul Yap regarding Kechara House's Gompa revamps with pictures!
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Last night, Kechara House under the leadership of Mr Paul Yap held a Memorial Prayer for the late Mr Tan Kim Beng, the father of Joseph Tan.
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DO WOMEN MAKE GOOD PASTORS?? I created a system within Kechara where ‘ordinary’ people of all backgrounds, genders, orientation and lifestyles can share or teach the dharma to others. They are called Pastors. To me I chose the word Pastor because it is wonderful that lay people wish to do more but are...
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