World’s tallest man saves dolphins
In a late but very strong contender for the title of most curious animal story of 2006, two dolphins in a Chinese aquarium have been saved thanks to the...
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In a late but very strong contender for the title of most curious animal story of 2006, two dolphins in a Chinese aquarium have been saved thanks to the...
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Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke Thursday 11 November 2010 10.04 GMT Mary Poppins star feared death after apparently falling asleep on his surfboard but friendly sea creatures pushed him...
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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,...
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Today officially our Contractor Mr Ng has handed the keys of new Kechara Gompa to our Kechara President Datuk May and her committee. Today Kechara gompa is finished!!!! Very...
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Patricia Ng is the resident tailor in Kechara Saraswati Arts (KSA). She usually tailors brocades for thangkas, ritual objects, brocades and clothes for Buddha statues in Traditional Tibetan offering...
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More than 1,000 tigers have been killed in the past decade to fuel the illegal trade in parts of the endangered big cats, a report by a wildlife monitoring...
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Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians from the sporting...
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source: http://news.malaysia.msn.com/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4445877 In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, Indian paramilitary soldiers play with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a paramilitary base in...
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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...
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How sweet of our study group in Southern Malaysia. Kuantan group are growing and becoming more committed. Good for them. Tsem Rinpoche
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Below are photos of Buddha statues, thangkas and artefacts permanently exhibited on 5th Avenue, New York! The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits...
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Kechara Oasis Canapes I think there’s a huge variety of delicious vegetarian food if you just make the slight effort. Eating vegetarian is good for the earth,...
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Although I have a policy of not celebrating my birthday, it is actually a good day for students of any lama to get together and do prayers on their...
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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...
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Exclusive by: Sean Poulter | Last updated at 6:58 AM on 4th November 2010 This is the reality for millions of chicks in Britain every year. Fluffy yellow youngsters...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Our beautiful 8 feet Vajra Yogini has arrived in our new Kechara prayer hall (Gompa). Here you can see our dedicated group from Kechara Saraswati Arts dept...
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I met Ven Anila Kunsang on Twitter. I’ve never met her in person, but from her posts, I can feel she is special. She is one of the sangha...
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Kechara InMotion is one of our depts headed by Ms Han. This dept does filming, videos and subtitlting. Most of our videos distributed are done by this dept. They...
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It has been fulfilling three week trip to the USA for research into my growing up years in different parts of the USA. My past has become our future...
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Dear everyone, I have put some links here for you to take a break and LAUGH. It’s some of my favourites. Enjoy. So in between the mantras, sadhanas, work,...
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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....
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Monlam has been working hard to get his license and he is now ready to drive his own car. He does a lot of running around for the ladrang...
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I was driving with a friend in my 1972 Volkswagon bug in LA and Madonna came on the radio singing BORDERLINE. I ask my friend who is this? Is...
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Since the late 1950s, Tibetan Buddhism has spread all over the world. These ancient teachings contain a multitude of methods to benefit sentient beings and alleviate their suffering, but...
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I was facebooked this and I AM TOTALLY AMAZED, MOVED AND TOUCHED. Look what this dog is doing..take a look. Even in animals you have selflessness. And you know...
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A few days ago I came across these 4 photos of Milarepa’s cave. This cave, also known as Namkading, is part of a monastery called Nyelam Pelgye Ling. This...
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It’s universally known that what goes around comes around. In Buddhism, it is believed that whenever we perform one action, according to the law of karma, it creates the...
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As most of you all know by now, Kechara Media & Publications is the publishing arm of the Kechara Organization. Kechara Media & Publications is also affectionately known as...
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My World According to David.....YOU CAN READ DAVID'S CONCLUSIONS ON MY LIKES....I SAW THIS IN HIS BLOGSITE. I MUST SAY HE IS PRETTY ACCURATE, Tsem Rinpoche
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I really like Krishnamurti. I use to read his books back in Gaden Monastery on my free time. I read him voraciously. It makes sense, it speaks to your...
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“On our last morning in Howell, we had a surprise interview with Dawn Giordano Garofalo, who was Rinpoche’s classmate. She was very sweet and warm, even though it was...
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Monks doing Puja & cremate earthquake victims in Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China The 2010 Yushu earthquake struck on April 14, 2010, and registered a magnitude of 6.9, killing...
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My Dearest Lama, On this auspicious day (your birthday 24 October 2010), Betsy and I would like to offer you the first ever Indonesian – English Lama Tsongkhapa site. Please...
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A birthday gift from the President of Kechara House Datuk May Phng to me on my birthday today. How thoughtful and sweet. Thanks. Tsem Rinpoche
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My thoughts: Andrew went the extra mile and overcame his fear of heights to get these picturs as close angle. He went up on the crane to get...
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A mini celebration was help for our respected Kechara President Datuk May Phng. Her family & some friends celebrated her birthday at the Ladrang and Kechara Care. Very nice. It was...
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Dear Helen, Thank you for your gift. The little figurine you sent holding a dog looks like me. I like it. It reminds me of myself holding my mumu....
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Sometimes I wonder if people would understand the Dharma as many choose to be stuck in their projections. But then I think again, if I don’t try, what kind of person am...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Heart Sutra Body is nothing more than emptiness, emptiness is nothing more than body. The body is exactly empty, and emptiness is exactly body. The...
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“If one’s thoughts towards spirituality were of the same intensity as those towards love, one would become a Buddha in this very body, in this very life.” -From the...
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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. ~ Mother Teresa
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something...
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Six Thoughts Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try...
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“The world around you is a reflection of your reaction to the world around you.” – Dalai Lama.”
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) May I be a guard for those who are protectorless A guide for those who journey on the road; For those who wish to go across...
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Fantastic! Such a successful intelligent athlete and champion he turned out to be. Do take his advice…his body performed the best on what diet?? Take a looksie…. 9-Gold Medal...
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Leong Li li has kindly offered 108 copies KMP’s latest published book! 108 ways to grab my Apples! It’s of 108 tweets of my teachings that my students compiled...
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Dear everyone, Do take your time and watch this video. It has a very strong and clear message. Pass this video around. Make sure as many people as possible...
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Introduction Namgyalma (Tibetan: rnam rgyal ma; རྣམ་རྒྱལ་མ།), also known as ‘Ushnisha Vijaya‘ in Sanskrit, is one of the three Long Life deities commonly practiced within the Gaden Nyengyu tradition. She is a special emanation of the Supreme Healer Vairocana. Engaging in Namgyalma’...
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Introduction Tara (Tib: rje btsun sgrol ma; རྗེ་བཙུན་སྒྲོལ་མ།) is known by many names, amongst them the “Savioress” and the “Mother of Liberation”. She is a universal mother who nurtures and protects all sentient beings, making her the most beloved and popular goddess within ...
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Introduction Manjushri (Tib: ‘jam dpal dbyangs; འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས།) is the Buddha of Wisdom and revered as the patron of the sciences and arts. Centuries after people first heard of his holy name, Manjushri remains a deity beloved by Buddhists of all traditions. Today, his practice has spread thro...
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Introduction Vajrasattva (Tib: rdo rje sems dpa’; རྡོ་རྗེ་སེམས་དཔའ) is a male meditational deity within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who symbolizes the inherent purity of all the Buddhas. Vajrasattva is widely practiced to purify one’s negative actions. Combined with application of the Four ...
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Introduction Shakyamuni (Tib: rgyal ba shAkya thub pa; རྒྱལ་བ་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།), the founder of Buddhism, is popularly known as the historical Buddha of this aeon and the compassionate one who turned the Wheel of Dharma in this fortunate time. Benefits Removes obstacles and hindrances Purifies neg...
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Introduction Shakyamuni (Tib: rgyal ba shAkya thub pa; རྒྱལ་བ་ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།), the founder of Buddhism, is popularly known as the historical Buddha of this aeon and the compassionate one who turned the Wheel of Dharma in this fortunate time. Benefits Removes obstacles and hindrances Purifies neg...
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Introduction Vajrapani (Tib: phyag-na rDo-rje; ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།) is the physical representation of the power of all the Buddhas and is practiced in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He represents the energy of the enlightened mind, which is the energy to break through the deluded mind, and his mantra i...
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Introduction Vajrapani (Tib: phyag-na rDo-rje; ཕྱག་ན་རྡོ་རྗེ།) is the physical representation of the power of all the Buddhas and is practiced in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He represents the energy of the enlightened mind, which is the energy to break through the deluded mind, and his mantra i...
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