The Best Of YouTube
(By Tsem Rinpoche)
My personal assistant Pastor Loh Seng Piow first started my YouTube channel back on October 31, 2006. At that time I didn’t think too much of the Internet and when I heard he wanted to set this up I was reluctant and I did not see any reason to do this. Well he went ahead and set it up, and in hindsight, it was a good idea. He was also the one who started my first website to connect the Dharma to the world. I was and still am grateful to him for his initiative and foresight.
The blog team has compiled a collection of videos, together with a short introductory one-liner or paragraph. These videos are those that have had either many views or I have received many comments and emails regarding them. I hope by keeping them in one place you may benefit from what others have too.
Tsem Rinpoche
The Playlist
What is Spiritual Practice? Powerful and Thought Provoking
The DYING Process
How Tantric Deities Bless Us (pt1)
How Tantric Deities Bless Us (pt2)
Karma & Avoidance of Non-virtues
Karma & Its Relation to Vows (pt1)
Karma & Its Relation to Vows (pt2)
Stinginess and Offerings (pt1)
Stinginess and Offerings (pt2)
Stinginess and Offerings (pt3)
Stinginess and Offerings (pt4)
Mantras – Holy Words Of Power
Tsem Rinpoche on the benefits of butterlamp offerings
Discovering Yourself: A Teaching on Karma & Your Mindstream
All about ROSARY (mala)
IGNORANCE -Another Brilliant Debate with Tsem Rinpoche !!!
Tsem Rinpoche the GHOSTBUSTER!!!!!!!
Jump or Fly? (1)
Jump or Fly? (2)
“SNAKES, ROOSTERS & PIGS (Part 1)”
“SNAKES, ROOSTERS & PIGS (Part 2)”
PROVE IT!!!! “Universal Compassion is our TRUE NATURE??!!”
LICK IT !!! (1 of 3)
LICK IT !!! (2 of 3)
LICK IT !!! (3 of 3)
Tsem Rinpoche Blows Your GROSS and SUBTLE MIND away!!!
What is Spiritual Practice? Powerful and Thought Provoking
Powerful Dharma Talk by Tsem Rinpoche on what Spiritual Practice is all about!
The DYING Process
Tsem Rinpoche explains the dying process, and other very interesting Dharma subjects.
How Tantric Deities Bless Us (pt1)
Tantric practitioners frequently celebrate Tsog – offerings to one’s spiritual Guide manifesting as meditational deity – to invite enlightened Beings and receive their blessings. It is a powerful method to remove obstacles and generate positive potential.
Tsem Rinpoche gives us an introduction that is easily accessible also for non-practitioners, yet points to the depths of this wonderful spiritual experience.
How Tantric Deities Bless Us (pt2)
Tantric practitioners frequently celebrate Tsog – offerings to one’s spiritual Guide manifesting as meditational deity – to invite enlightened Beings and receive their blessings. It is a powerful method to remove obstacles and generate positive potential.
Tsem Rinpoche gives us an introduction that is easily accessible also for non-practitioners, yet points to the depths of this wonderful spiritual experience.
Karma & Avoidance of Non-virtues
Tsem Rinpoche gave a talk on an auspicious New Years Eve. The talk covers a wide range of topics that relates to our every day questions and issues on karma and the Buddha Dharma.
Karma & Its Relation to Vows (pt1)
We want higher teachings, tantric initiations and INSTANT ENLIGHTENMENT, yet upon close inspection we find that even to apply the basic law of cause and effect in our daily lives is very hard for us. If we build a strong foundation based on ethics, compassion and a pure relationship with our spiritual guide, transformation can come naturally.
Tsem Rinpoche shows us here just how deeply our self-centered mind pervades our entire existence and how crucially important it is for us to become an embodiment of the basic goodness that will lead us on.
Karma & Its Relation to Vows (pt2)
We want higher teachings, tantric initiations and INSTANT ENLIGHTENMENT, yet upon close inspection we find that even to apply the basic law of cause and effect in our daily lives is very hard for us. If we build a strong foundation based on ethics, compassion and a pure relationship with our spiritual guide, transformation can come naturally.
Tsem Rinpoche shows us here just how deeply our self-centered mind pervades our entire existence and how crucially important it is for us to become an embodiment of the basic goodness that will lead us on.
Stinginess and Offerings (pt1)
Stinginess is the ticket to a long stay in the sad and barren lands of poverty.
Making happy offerings to enlightened and ordinary friends is a recipe for spontaneously arising generosity and the joy it brings.
Listening to Tsem Rinpoche’s illuminations we begin to realise that nothing is too precious to be offered up towards our sacred ideals, and that outer offerings open the doors to profound meditation, insight, kindness and freedom.
Stinginess and Offerings (pt2)
Stinginess is the ticket to a long stay in the sad and barren lands of poverty.
Making happy offerings to enlightened and ordinary friends is a recipe for spontaneously arising generosity and the joy it brings.
Listening to Tsem Rinpoche’s illuminations we begin to realise that nothing is too precious to be offered up towards our sacred ideals, and that outer offerings open the doors to profound meditation, insight, kindness and freedom.
Stinginess and Offerings (pt3)
Stinginess is the ticket to a long stay in the sad and barren lands of poverty.
Making happy offerings to enlightened and ordinary friends is a recipe for spontaneously arising generosity and the joy it brings.
Listening to Tsem Rinpoche’s illuminations we begin to realise that nothing is too precious to be offered up towards our sacred ideals, and that outer offerings open the doors to profound meditation, insight, kindness and freedom.
Stinginess and Offerings (pt4)
Making happy offerings to enlightened and ordinary friends is a recipe for spontaneously arising generosity and the joy it brings.
Listening to Tsem Rinpoche’s illuminations we begin to realise that nothing is too precious to be offered up towards our sacred ideals, and that outer offerings open the doors to profound meditation, insight, kindness and freedom.
Mantras – Holy Words Of Power
These mystic formulas carry tremendous blessing power and exist in all religions. Anyone who recites these holy words can tap into their source and connect with sacred energy that helps to transform our minds.
Tsem Rinpoche on the benefits of butterlamp offerings
Light your way to wisdom with Tsem Rinpoche’s detailed explanation about the benefits of making butterlamp offerings. Rinpoche has completed a 100,000 butterlamp offering retreat. This teaching marks the first day of the retreat, which Rinpoche shared with some students and friends in Nepal before everyone went out to light the first 1100 lamps.
Discovering Yourself: A Teaching on Karma & Your Mindstream
Karma is easy, it’s YOUR choice! Find out how you are the master of your own destiny and that every moment is A CHOICE to make a difference!
All about ROSARY (mala)
All you need to know about your rosary/mala/prayer beads, and how to use it as a powerful tool to advance your practice!!!
IGNORANCE -Another Brilliant Debate with Tsem Rinpoche !!!
How do I know I’m IGNORANT??? I don’t believe in Buddhism! Lets hear with Tsem Rinpoche has to say about that.
Tsem Rinpoche the GHOSTBUSTER!!!!!!!
There is a headless man, standing behind you, who you gonna call??? TSEM TULKU!!!
Jump or Fly? (1)
“If you don’t have a Guru, when you come to the cliff, you jump; but if you have a Guru, when you come to the cliff, you FLY…”
What is Guru Devotion? Is it a cult? Why is Guru Devotion needed to gain realization? Tsem Rinpoche reveals it all!!!
Jump or Fly? (2)
“If you don’t have a Guru, when you come to the cliff, you jump; but if you have a Guru, when you come to the cliff, you FLY…”
What is Guru Devotion? Is it a cult? Why is Guru Devotion needed to gain realization? Tsem Rinpoche reveals it all!!!
“SNAKES, ROOSTERS & PIGS (Part 1)”
Ignorance, attachment and aversion – confusion, greed and hatred – these constitute the dynamics of suffering; the vicious cycle that fuels itself and ensures that ‘the show goes on’.
But don’t worry, there IS a way out…illumined here in this electrifying talk by Tsem Rinpoche
“SNAKES, ROOSTERS & PIGS (Part 2)”
Ignorance, attachment and aversion – confusion, greed and hatred – these constitute the dynamics of suffering; the vicious cycle that fuels itself and ensures that ‘the show goes on’.
But don’t worry, there IS a way out… illumined here in this electrifying talk by Tsem Rinpoche.
PROVE IT!!!! “Universal Compassion is our TRUE NATURE??!!”
Tsem Rinpoche brilliantly elaborates on how our self-centred perceptions produce wrong expectations and judgements from which a host of afflictive emotions arise. GRIPPING, MOVING, INSPIRING…
LICK IT !!! (1 of 3)
Mind-blowing teachings on the real meaning of Guru Devotion and finding the Guru within ourselves, and licking samsara goodbye! Profound, very witty and extremely hilarious at the same time!
LICK IT !!! (2 of 3)
Mind-blowing teachings on the real meaning of Guru Devotion and finding the Guru within ourselves, and licking samsara goodbye! Profound, very witty and extremely hilarious at the same time!
LICK IT !!! (3 of 3)
Mind-blowing teachings on the real meaning of Guru Devotion and finding the Guru within ourselves, and licking samsara goodbye! Profound, very witty and extremely hilarious at the same time!
Tsem Rinpoche Blows Your GROSS and SUBTLE MIND away!!!
Extremely clear, splendid, mind-blowing teachings on one of the most profound topics in Buddhism/Psychology – “MIND”. Tsem Rinpoche brings ancient wisdom to our modern world…
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Literally and truly the best of the internet. Thank you to Rinpoche and his students
The videos on this list were the first set of teachings I have had the honour to listen to and learned from H.E. Tsem Rinpoche before I joined Kechara. The content ranges from fundamental to advanced Buddhist teachings that give beginners like me a clear understanding of the Buddhist practice as well as the important attitudes and qualities we must have in order for spiritual growth to take place.
As usual, His Eminence presented the teachings clearly and logically in a simple and easy to understand manner. There is no particular sequence one should listen to the teachings above. Personally, I learned according to the following sequence:
1) What is Spiritual Practice? Powerful and Thought Provoking
2) Karma & Avoidance of Non-virtues
3) Karma & Its Relation to Vows (pt1-2)
4) Discovering Yourself: A Teaching on Karma & Your Mindstream
5) Jump or Fly? (1-2)
6) LICK IT !!! (1-3)
7) IGNORANCE -Another Brilliant Debate with Tsem Rinpoche !!!
8) SNAKES, ROOSTERS & PIGS (Part 1-2)
9) All about ROSARY (mala)
10) Mantras – Holy Words Of Power
11) Stinginess and Offerings (pt1-4)
12) Tsem Rinpoche on the benefits of butterlamp offerings
13) Tsem Rinpoche the GHOSTBUSTER!!!!!!!
14) Tsem Rinpoche Blows Your GROSS and SUBTLE MIND away!!!
15) PROVE IT!!!! “Universal Compassion is our TRUE NATURE??!!”
16) The DYING Process
17) How Tantric Deities Bless Us (pt1-2)
These teachings should be listened to again and again along our spiritual path to strengthen our understanding of the dharma that extends to all facets of our spiritual growth.