(By Tsem Rinpoche) Recently, the Ladrang team prepared a beautiful 17″ Vajra Yogini statue as a surprise gift for a certain someone who has committed to doing Dharma all the way… In addition to the statue, there was also a wooden cabinet with bells on the door! I found the special cabinet in a...
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The Malaysian International Gourmet Festival (MIGF) is a yearly event that started in 2001. It aims to increase the size of the local fine dining scene, and to establish Malaysia as an international culinary tourism destination of choice....
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“Save the Earth Now!” is the slogan for Kechara Earth Project (KEP), and everything that they do revolves around it… As a Kechara division that is keen to bring awareness to the preservation of the environment, KEP has been carrying out various recycling activities and awareness campaigns. KEP was formed on 25 April 2010...
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When I first requested Liaison Irene Lim, who is one of my oldest students and a friend for 19 years now, to open up a Vegetarian restaurant for Kechara, Irene took this assignment and went all the way with it. Irene had no hesitation to start a restaurant for us….. She first opened Kechara Oasis...
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Irene has been a long time student, friend and assistant for me for over 19 years. I have met her for the first time in Kuala Lumpur when I gave the Manjushri initiation. She has been with me loyally ever since. She has travelled with me to many holy places and visited Gaden numerous...
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I often send Kechara staff and volunteers to the movies or an outing to appreciate all of them. I really care about all the people working for Kechara. Last week, all 33 staff from Kechara Oasis (KO) went to the HBO cinema to catch the movie, The Dragon Lady. I thought that it would...
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By Sebastian Loh, 5/11/2011 Just about everyone was outraged over the recently uploaded Youtube video which depicted the bullying of a female school student. Now the bullies and even their parents have apologised. Just about everyone was outraged over the recently uploaded Youtube video which depicted the bullying of a female school student. Now...
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By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/11/2011 US computer security firm Symantec has said that Facebook accidentally left a door open for advertisers to access profiles, pictures, chat and other private data at the social network. Facebook leaked keys to account data: Symantec US computer security firm Symantec has said that Facebook accidentally left a door...
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My good friend and student of nearly 20yrs, Wan Wai Meng, has recently sent me an update. His pet project named Kechara Earth Project...
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Most people who buy meat give no thought to where it has come from or what the meat actually contains. For example, we may think that steak has simply come straight from a cow and into packaging...
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On the 17th of April, Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) held a charity dinner in Penang! Held at the E&O hotel, Patsy Gooi (branch manager of KSK Penang) hosted a dinner for 320 guests, including the Chief Minister of the State of Penang...
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By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/10/2011 YouTube is beefing up its roster of movies for “rent” online in the United States to woo viewers away from television and take on booming Internet service Netflix. “You’re spending just 15 minutes a day on YouTube, and spending five hours a day watching TV,” YouTube head Salar Kamangar...
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Eric showed our Kecharians how, with a little DIY, they can recycle their old fashion into something new and trendy. In this intimate class, Eric guided a group with little to no experience...
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Friday, May 6, 2011 Mumu and Oser (my two schnauzer doggies) brought something to my bed just a few mins ago.. They put it behind my back on my bed when I was typing. I didn’t pay attention…after a short while, I turned around and saw them intensely staring at this object on my...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Machig Labdrön (ma gcig labs sgron, 1055-1153) was an inspiring 11th century Tibetan yogini whose practice of Chöd profoundly influenced Tibetan Buddhism. Chöd is literally the “severance” or “cutting through” of the existence of ego. Being a Tibetan woman during the time when Buddhist masters were normally Indian and male, her...
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