Lentang Forest Recreational Park (Malay: Hutan Lipur Lentang) is a recreational forest reserve in Bukit Tinggi. The Benus River (Malay: Sungai Benus) feeds into the rainforest landscape, providing pools, cascading waters and even a waterfall at the distant edge of this nature park. Hikers delight in the hilly terrain which is perfect for jungle trekking,...

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Please view these wonderful large statues built around the world. They commemorate something close to people’s hearts. Something that brings hope, inspiration or a reminder of something people wish to aspire to. The human spirit is uplifted when they see something that gives meaning to them in large splendour. I hope you will be blessed by some of these images and I wish you blessings always. Tsem Rinpoche   Click HERE to see many more beautiful statues around the world. They will truly give you a sense of grandeur and awe. Enjoy!   F...

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Dear friends, There are many reasons why need to clear our spaces of negativity and invite prosperous energies into our lives. Pujas are one such extremely powerful method. In life we have many ups and downs and due to these our spaces, environments, homes, offices and premises are full of different types of energies,...

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“Bigfoot” (also known as “Sasquatch”) is the name given to a mythological simian, ape or hominid-like creature that is said to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest. Many dismiss this creature to be either folklore or hoax, due to lack of physical evidence. However, sightings of the North American Bigfoot date back to...

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A Treehouse That Protects from Air and Noise Pollution – Vertical Forest A TREEHOUSE THAT PROTECTS FROM AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION – VERTICAL FOREST This 5-story apartment building in Turin, Italy Is disguised in potted forest of trees and branching steel beams. Designed by Luciano Pia, this creation transforms Turin’s homogeneous urban scene and...

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Whilst legendary tales of Kyabje Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo, one of the most revered Gelug lamas of the 20th Century and his many great tulku and ordained disciples are aplenty, information about his numerous lay disciples are few and far between. Hence, it is nothing short of remarkable to hear about the spiritual success of...

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Dear friends, From the age of 15 to around 22 or 23 I used to live in Los Angeles (L.A.). I arrived there alone from New Jersey and had to work many jobs to sustain myself. That was back in the 80’s. Los Angeles was a big scary city for a young kid like...

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Le Vénérable Guéshé Tsultrim Tenzin, érudit et enseignant, est de Gaden Jangtse et moi, de Gaden Shartse. Les deux collèges forment le monastère de Gaden. Quand j’étais au monastère, je n’avais pas de relation personnelle avec Guéshé Tsultrim...

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Within the Buddhist faith there is a strong tradition of building large Buddha statues, and this practice is actually one of compassion. Large Buddha statues have many benefits, they calm the environment and promote harmony, they plant imprints of enlightenment in the minds of all that see them, they bless animals and unseen beings, and they provide excellent representations of the Buddha’s body to make offerings to. As China has a powerful Buddhist culture they have many sacred sites where Buddhist practitioners of the past engaged in de...

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At Kechara Forest Retreat in Bentong, Malaysia we are growing organic vegetables free of pesticides and chemicals. I hope to grow them in large amounts so that we can partly sustain our food consumption in the near future. The father and son team of Chon Kong and Liang Jing are working and cultivating the vegetables, taking care...

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Vertigo is a type of dizziness where someone feels a sensation that either the person themselves or the environment is spinning, moving, falling or tilting, although there is no actual physical movement. A person suffering from vertigo may also experience nausea, loss of balance, vomiting, and so on. One of the most common types...

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Victor’s Way (formerly Way Victoria), located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a remarkable private meditation garden known for its black granite sculptures. The 9-hectare property includes a number of small lakes and wooded areas. A plaque at the entrance indicates that the park is dedicated to the cryptographer Alan Turing. The park closed...

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Located in Gansu Province, Langmu Monastery (Tibetan: Lhamo Setri) is home to approximately 560 monks. In the area, Langmu Monastery is one of the largest to practise Dorje Shugden; in the same province, there are seven other smaller monasteries which also rely on Dorje Shugden of around 100 monks each, as well as a small...

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Nicknamed the “Roof of the World” for its towering peaks, Tibet is famous for its stunning landscape made up of the Himalayan mountains and its heritage of Tibetan Buddhism. Before the 1950s, Tibet was largely isolated from the rest of the world. As there is no central repository of Tibetan films, those that shed...

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Animals show love for humans! Cow, lions, apes, dogs, bears, parrots and more can all be very affectionate and show surprising emotions when it comes to expressing their love for people. An emotional animals hugging humans video. The video above was sourced from a legitimate video-hosting service offering this video for free download. It...

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Dear friends around the world, Since a very young age I have always been fascinated and drawn to mountains, rivers, placid lakes and forests. I remember that during art class in school I drew many different types of pictures with crayon and paint of mountains and forests, and of yogis and ascetics meditating there....

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My very holy, wise and attained lamas told me over 30 years ago that Dorje Shugden is Manjushri. I’ve had many lamas and they tell me the same thing. He can benefit many beings during this time and age because our distractions are so many. We need a special protector who can ‘push’ through...

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Remember, the money we have will be gone, taken, used, stale in savings or abandoned eventually. Our partners, our lovers, our ‘soulmates’ will leave us eventually or we leave them. How strongly we feel about them or them for us now, is temporary. Then all the time, efforts, sacrifices we put towards this will...

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This section features a selection of snippets from H.E. Tsem Rinpoche’s Dharma teachings, as well as Rinpoche’s thoughts and views on various issues. For each snippet, a link to the original full video is provided should you want to learn more. Do return to this page often as we will bring you more snippets of teachings and sharings from Rinpoche.   For more interesting information: The Promise – Tsem Rinpoche’s inspiring biography now in ebook format! 詹杜固仁波切的精彩传记《承诺》电子版面世 Tsem Rinpoche Images (Free Download) Free Downloads: Texts, P...

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A Buddha statue or image symbolises the enlightened body of a Buddha. The practice of creating Buddha images started over 2,500 years ago as it was first started by the Buddha himself. In general, Buddhists believe that making Buddha images generates great merit because it brings benefits to so many sentient beings. The sight of Buddha...

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