Yesterday evening, in Kuala Lumpur and many parts of Malaysia, the haze was extremely terrible... it was visibly bad and many people started flocking into the pharmacy to get face masks to protect them.

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I want to share with you a healthy and delicious recipe for everyone to try out themselves. I really enjoy eating momos, and one of our kitchen helper in Ladrang is very skilled in making Nepali momos as he had experience of working in the kitchen in his previous job.

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Freedom is near Death is near, no time to think. Death is near, no time to waste. Death is waiting, no time for excuses. Change is a choice, others are more important, than oneself, this is the ultimate truth. As long as we keep identifying our aggregational attachments as the real us, we are...

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  Dear friends, Went shopping with a group of my students. We always have fun shopping although rushed. But it’s nice getting things for people and animals. You know I came across this arcade when a group of us went shopping and I couldn’t resist for them. The group assisting me played the arcade. Notice...

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  （中文请往下看） There are many types of people out there. But one thing is for sure, we are all not the same. We come from different backgrounds, upbringings and cultures. But it’s confirmed none of us would like pain, experience pain or even think of pain. Who in their right mind would enjoy pain? No one. Pain is something that brings tremendous displeasure especially when it’s physically. Imagine someone cutting you, burning you, decapitating you, skinning you or cooking you while you are still alive? Well this is what we do to others....

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In October 2008, I led a group of 61 pilgrims to Nepal to visit the holy power places in Kathmandu valley. During the pilgrimage, I gave many Dharma talks to set our motivation correctly and many explanations on the significance of the various holy places which had made our pilgrimage a so much more...

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Dear Albert, I am surprised you presented me a watch. You didn’t strike me as a generous person or a person who observes what others would need when you first joined. You struck me as very careful. Your card says that you noticed I always give my watches away to people who need it...

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In Buddhist tradition, it is extremely meritorious to make offerings to the Sangha, as it is the Sangha that compassionately give us the Dharma that help us in our spiritual path.

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Dear everyone, I extracted this great story from The Berzin Archives. My motivation is to inspire all of you by reading the life of holy and accomplished masters. It was the first time I am reading about holy Gampopa. I hope you will read it carefully. It is easy to understand, inspiring and touching....

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A student of mine told me that the Huffington post had written about Luiz Antonio, a very young boy, has decided to not eat meat. After his mother offered some fried octopus legs, he questioned the source of meat. He came to the conclusion that all animals are animals and they are not supposed...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear students and friends, I would like to share with you a talk I gave some time ago about khatas. Many people who are new to Tibetan Buddhism often wonder about khatas when they see them being used in the Dharma center. What is it for, the significance of using it,...

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Yesterday, British MPs were published on The Daily Mail saying that they should eat less meat. They were encouraging the public to eat less meat for various reasons… including how grains used to feed animals for livestock should instead be used for human consumption. Other reasons given by the MPs was that UK is...

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One of my student has just shared with me this incredible story about Lilica, a stray dog in Brazil that collects food for her friends every day for the last 3 years!

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We at Kechara are very happy and honored YB Dato’ Sri Dr Liow and Dato’ Hoh have visited Kechara Forest Retreat again. They have been supportive of our project here and didn’t rush their visits here at all. We all were very happy to host them. YB Dato’ Sri Dr Liow and Dato’ Hoh...

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Below are 55 different herbal remedies... I found this interesting article and I wanted to share it with all of you... Many of the herbs used are easily available for purchase in your local markets.

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Anywhere during traffic hour within the capital city of Kuala Lumpur or the surrounding suburbs (PJ, Sri Hartamas, TTDI, SS2, Kelana Jaya, Subang, Bangsar, Damansara, Bandar Utama, etc) can take you up to an hour or more to get to. I have sat in traffic, as many others have, for hundreds of hours. It...

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(By Tsem Rinpoche) When we deceive our guru, we will separate from our guru, or we will see our guru’s actions as wrong, or we will illicit wrathful actions from our guru, or we will cause our guru to have short life. The worst omen, is not trees falling on our houses, or accidents...

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Recently, Jim Yeh and Erik Yeh visited Kechara all the way from Canada and India! The blog team has approached Erik to learn more about him, his brother and how he has doubts about his business...

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I saw this video on Facebook today, and thought that I should share it with my blog readers. In Georgia, there is a wild animal rescue center called Noah’s Ark. The sanctuary was created to provide a home for abused, unwanted, and orphaned children and animals. How beautiful… Noah’s Ark has been on global...

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When we see the words ‘royalty’ and ‘Hollywood’, most of us immediately think glamour, richness and indulgence. Many of us are envious of the lifestyle that Hollywood actors and actresses lead… or have, at one point in time, thought about what it would be like to be leading the life of a movie star!...

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