My kind of Architecture….
On the cover of this magazine shows one of the types of houses I like.
I like the geometrics, smoothness, not too colorful, lots of glass, and cement. If I can, this house would be in the hills with lots of trees and neighbours not to close would be ‘heavenly’. I would love to have a butterlamp chapel too.
I like sparce furniture inside, but big, comfortable and sturdy items.
I like alot of space in the rooms without congestion and lots of wires that are NOT visible. Heheeh. I don’t like to see wiring all over sloppy and exposed.
I love shade, trees, green, lots of flowers and growth that IS NOT TIME CONSUMING TO MAINTAIN.
Just a small sample of what I like.
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Everyone’s dream home is different. Buying a house is everyone’s dream simply because that is how we have been mentally and socially conditioned. All happiness moments start with family under the roof. Having simple and spacious house surrounding by greenery environment would be wonderful for me.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing and thoughts of a dream house.
Everyone’s dream home is different and often includes some pretty crazy features or has a design that’s fantastic in a fictional sense. To me I rather chose one simple and comfortable concepts. Beautiful and simple makes a perfect place to live in. The design concepts as mentioned by Rinpoche is simple , spacious with greeneries surrounding ,making it more comfortable as to sit there to have a quiet moments to ourselves.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this architecture design.
1984 Los Angeles-Left to right: Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, monk assistant to Zong Rinpoche and the 18-year-old Tsem Rinpoche prior to ordination. Read more- https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/me
Tsem Rinpoche at Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong, Malaysia
I like this concept too. It is very simple and modern. Everything looks so clean cut and straight forward! I do not like house to be complicated in design.This type of architecture design has become more and more popular nowadays. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this article 🙂
I agree with what my friends said about Rinpoche in the above posts. Rinpoche has diverse interests and is quite knowledgeable about subjects like architecture, landscape, interior design, etc. I notice that Rinpoche buys books on architecture and interior design in order to have more concrete ideas about what he wants. He studies them and then tells his students what he likes. Rinpoche is a Builder with a capital “B” and he is going to build KWPC which requires a lot of planning and innovative ideas. These are very exciting times. It is exciting to be part of the pioneering group that will help Rinpoche realise his vision.
Rinpoche does speak to us sometimes about the kind of place he would like to live in – among the hills and greenery, and with lots of space. He’s shown us several pictures too of the kind of houses he likes, such as in this example.
But then again, what is most striking is the fact that Rinpoche has always lived, almost throughout his entire life, in places that he has not chosen himself. First in a predominantly white neighbourhood (where Mongolians were a minority) during his childhood, then in the heart of a metropolis in L.A., a cowshed in India, and then from one place to another to another in Southeast Asia, wherever was most convenient and affordable at the time, though not necessarily comfortable or pleasant.
With Rinpoche, no matter where he’s living and no matter how squalid and difficult the physical conditions may be, it never stops him from doing what he wishes so passionately to do – which is to help others and bring benefit to others.
Even now, the entire Tsem Ladrang – in all its magnificence and beauty – has been planned for Dharma work and for the benefit of his students. Very little space within that whole building is for himself. Homes, for Rinpoche, is just a means to an end, a place from which he can do his work and bring more Dharma to more people (how different this is from most of us who spend most of of our lives fixing up our dream homes and paying off mortgages, only to realise 5 years down the line that we want another bigger house, a better neighbourhood… )
I’ll never forget this lovely story from one of rinpoche’s friends in monastery, called nakpo, who told us that once, Rinpoche visited his room in the monastery. Upon seeing that Nakpo’s roof was leaking, Rinpoche immediately set out to find sponsorship to fix up his room and make it more comfortable. Nakpo was surprised to find out, a few months later when he visited Rinpoche’s room in the cow shed, that Rinpoche’s own place was far worse than Nakpo’s had ever been. He had thought first to fix Nakpo’s place than his own, choosing instead to suffer sleepless nights with leaking roofs and mosquito infestations.
I agree here absolutely 200% with what Ngeowchin said about Rinpoche. It is his diverse knowledge of almost everything on earth that he can strike a conversation with you on any subject just like that. Yes, just have a look at the subjects posted on his blogs, that itself tells a story already.
I believe Rinpoche has all the good reasons for the materials he posted on the blog. Different subjects attract different crowds, it is another skilful means to bring Dharma out.
For instance, I love designs, architects and anything to do with aesthetics. Topics on these will definitely pull me in. Rinpoche works tirelessly around the clock to think of methods and ways to bring Dharma to people’s lives in order to benefit them. Have you ever seen a lama who spent hours and hours on his lab top to post on his blog?
And I agree with Ngeowchin again that it is becaucse Rinpoche cares to benefit others more than we do.
Dear Rinpoche, thank you for sharing what you like with us. I like this concept too. It is very simple and modern. Everything looks so clean cut and straight forward! I do not like house to be complicated in design. This one looks very spacious whereby many of us can get together to do puja, to have dharma talks, party etc! Heheh.. This type of architecture design has become more and more popular nowaday. Hhmm.. I want this to be the new look for my new house. I find it great and cool to have a house like this! Imagine I will have a huge geometry altar made by cement and glass with plants around it! Yeah..
Rinpoche’s knowledge of so many non spiritual subjects never fail to amaze me- from science, the supernatural,animal care and behaviour,landscaping,business strategy, politics,psychology,art, poetry,human behaviour,fashion,cinema and performing arts,etc etc.
Now even architecture and aesthetics.
What is so incredible is that it seems so easy for him to learn these things to such a level in a short time that it was enough to put even the professionals to shame.
Rinpoche said this was because he cared to benefit others more than we do.
If we cared for our enlightenment we will be very focussed with our practice right now to learn all the stages of the path and give up all worldly pursuits quickly.
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
Wowie! Looks like much of the listed description is what I am into about houses as well except probably the butterlamp chapel thingy though I wouldn’t mind converting one room into a Chapel.
“I love shade, trees, green, lots of flowers and growth that IS NOT TIME CONSUMING TO MAINTAIN.”
I can relate to this as I have a mom who is an avid gardener but at one time she used to bring back all kinds of plants and the ‘Maintenance Manager’ was me… LOL
Thank You for sharing…
This is very nice 🙂
It reminds me of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water”
If you haven’t seen that, you might like a look 🙂
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