Quotes that should not be ignored
Remember, if we wish to make an offering to our teacher, no offering is greater than that of our own dharma practice. ~Geshe Tsutrim Gyeltsen However difficult something might...
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Remember, if we wish to make an offering to our teacher, no offering is greater than that of our own dharma practice. ~Geshe Tsutrim Gyeltsen However difficult something might...
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Dear Mom and Dad, I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am...
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Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a...
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I saw this picture and some information on a FB post..it was intriguing…I wanted to blog this inspiration…People like Eric are so powerful that they succeed in their chosen...
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This is so beautiful and I wanted to share with my friends here on the blog. His Holiness and Cardinal MacCarrick really exemplify true spirituality. Two spiritual men from...
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It’s amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have...
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While thinking earlier, I came to some more understanding. However other people act towards me or anyone, should not affect me much as it was never between them and...
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There are many, many beautiful sites in Bolivia that the current President, Evo Morales, feels should all be legally protected. This is on top of any existing national and...
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Sometimes it can be difficult to define or explain just exactly what compassion or loving kindness is. Sometimes all it takes is a simple, yet profound example to demonstrate...
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You know the old adage, hardship really pushes us to the top… Well in the case of this inspirational young man from Korea, it really is true. It is...
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Lucky, aka Lakshme, is a special old doggie from Taiwan. She was found by her rescuer, Mrs Wu, a pile of hairless akin and bones, dying of starvation on...
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My eyes became wet when reading this….I had to blog. Dear Anila, You are truly a wonderful Buddhist Nun. You may not choose to do many things for good...
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Three weeks after a series of tornadoes blew through Alabama, leveling everything in their path, a family in North Smithfield returned to their damaged home to sift through debris....
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Dear Everyone, Plse Remember: To be a leader, an example, or a good person we have to always give the credit to others SINCERELY who work with us. Because...
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Looking for a non-existent door when you can enter from anywhere is the source of our barriers. ~ Tsem Rinpoche I mean when we HAVE to do things this...
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How would you feel seeing your father working day in day out late at night...winter... summer... and living off simple foods, only to give his hard earned cash to...
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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...
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I hope this finds you well. Beng Kooi informed me of a sincere parent named Francis (I hope I got you right and you are the father-your name can...
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“Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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I’ve always admired Master Cheng Yen for her true Buddhist spirit that translates into action. She is like the “Mother Teresa of the East” and her work has always...
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Question asked by Claire S Rinpoche, I have 3 teenage children who are really growing up way too fast. Children today are exposed to so much information through media,...
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The Buddha described three kinds of laziness. First there is the kind of laziness we all know: we don’t want to do anything, and we’d rather stay in bed...
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Dear Everyone, This is a good question from CK Liew. Can you all please share your opinions. I’ve talked about this before a few times, and I would like...
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Dear friends, When you practice generosity at first, it is about you and the recipient. How the recipient responds greatly affect your motivation to do more or less…in the...
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Narayanan Krishnan, a talented award-winning chef in a 5 star hotel group, was short listed for a prestigious job in Switzerland. Little did he know that a short family...
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Our Kechara is so blessed with powerful potent female, wisdom, Vajra Yogini, queen, ying, ladies, dakinis, feminine, flowery, night, moon, goddess, femme fatale energy. How fortunate we are to...
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Most of us work only to support ourselves or our families. The money that we make is usually spent more on our own wants rather than to support others…...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) (译文请往下阅读) Suffering is my Protector How many years have gone by, pursuing this and that empty of tangibility, Yet all I have is a sense of voidness dancing in the peripherals of my thoughts, In the past I always had a warm lover by my side, now my companion is exchanged for sickne...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear Sherry, Everyone has different approaches and methods to do dharma work. If someone is detrimental in their approach then you must think, HOW CAN I...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A few years back I approached one student to open a restaurant for KECHARA. But the student declined citing various reasons. There are people who find...
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Pain and suffering does not necessary lead to failure. It’s just how we want to use it and how we want to move on from it. People who had...
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I was asked today how a skeptic like me can be so easily “hooked” by Kechara? I have a number of reasons: It seems to me that on any...
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A great brightness seems like darkness; a great square has no corners; a great ability takes a long time to perfect; a great sound is hard to hear; a...
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Dear blog readers, Again, thank you for visiting my space here where I share many varied interests with you. I also share my life, thoughts both positive/negative, dreams, disappointments,...
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Since i met you here on facebook Rinpoché, I stopped eating meat; you had a very good impact on me and practise, this has changed me a lot your...
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It’s simple, if killing is not allowed in any form, how is eating meat ok? ~Tsem Rinpoche Everyday you eat meat, you are not really practicing compassion which is...
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One of my heroes since the 80’s from when I was in Los Angeles is Mother Teresa. I saw a documentary film in LA on her in the cinema...
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KP staff releasing fish..beforehand doing Shantideva’s prayers… Fishes released!!! After releasing the fish, Kechara Paradise (KP) Dept staff, friends and family with KC Nicholas do dedication prayers…. It’s Tibetan...
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Karl Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had money. But when he got rich, Karl discovered that he was unhappy, so he...
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It’s great to want love, demand love, get love, expect love and just have it..but what do you do when you get it? Just relax, not do your part...
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Whenever we come across something comfortable, run. Whenever we encounter something pleasant, offer it. Whenever we see something beautiful, appreciate and move on. Whenever we feel cosy, remember it...
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I am angry because I want to be. I am unhappy because I choose it. I am not in control because I’ve controlled the wrong causes. I am not...
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I just saw this on my facebook and had to post it…you leave your comments and TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK PLEASE. I really want to know. Tsem Rinpoche...
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It’s easy to get caught up with a lot of complicated terminology in books about religion – but somehow we (sadly) forget to realize that what we have for...
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If your angersome, it means you are spoiled. If you want things to be given to you, then you want others to do your work. If you complain without...
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It is heartbreaking to see this video. This dog is sad, lost and disorientated. His owner died. Yet he stays nearby laying next to his beloved owner. I sincerely...
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This is a Japanese monk named Kansho Tagai, also known as Mr. Happiness (or MC Happiness). Kansho Tagai heads a 400-year-old Kyoouji Temple in central Tokyo (Japan) and over...
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We move ahead a few steps, then we go back a few steps… we find it hard to battle the ‘inner demons’ within ourselves fighting all the time… we...
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I was hanging around on the beach having a great time when this dude named Buddha showed up and said I was suffering. ~ Tsem Rinpoche
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“If you think you are too small to make a difference you have never spent the night with a mosquito.” ~ The Dalai Lama
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Kechara Oasis first opened in 2009. Led by Irene Lim, my long-time student, she has since been taking the restaurant to greater heights. Just a month ago, they won...
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“Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.” ~ Tsem Rinpoche
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Dearest Rinpoche, I am so blessed. I just wanted to try to connect with you in the way that I can. My mother is dying of small-cell carcinoma. Rebecca...
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Below is a wonderful message posted on my blog comment section from Raluca. It warmed my heart to read this and also how compassionate Sir Paul is!!! To use...
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My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back,...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The story of the Fat Monk is interesting. It originated from China and is supposed to be the future Maitreya Buddha. The story goes that a...
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