Book Reading – Lama Tsongkhapa in KP Penang
Dear Rinpoche,
Book reading session: Sharon is now giving a short explanation of who is Lama Tsongkhapa to about 8 people.
Thank you,
Patsy
Rinpoche,
There ended up being 10 guests at the Penang book club. After an intro, sharon led everyone thru a very nice mini session of guru yoga.
We’ve invited guests to join the book club session tomorrow too 🙂 many guests stayed back to chat, ask questions and find out more about kechara, dharma and practices.
We’ll prepare writeup n pix for website/KNN.
2 pix below, Thank you.
Love, Paris
Jamie is now giving an animated talk at KP Penang on Snakes, Roosters and Pigs. Attendees include Mr Chuah, Mrs Chuah, Jess Lai, Bryan Cheong, brian, the American student, Shiau Wen (Lanse’s sister) .
Attendees enraptured with Rinpoche’s DVD. Louise n Yvonne from KD are here today to promote pendants too.
We have a wonderful Kechara Paradise outlet in Pinang Headed by Patsy. Liaisons Paris and Sharon went up with Monlam to hold a book reading session on our new Lama Tsongakpa Box Set.
The group is very new and started to gather momentum. It is wonderful Sharon and Paris went up to Pinang to share with others. I am very happy for this. They are very sincere to share Tsongakapa with others. As they truly believe in what they share.
We have wonderful people. We really do.
Tsem Rinpoche
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[…] Book reading – Lama Tsongkhapa […]
I remember my first book that I received from Rinpoche and that was biography of Lama Tsong Khapa. The book was one of the very first books compiled by Rinpoche with a few of his students and Rinpoche gave it to me with a note and apologised for any typo-errors. I am humbled by Rinpoche’s humility. Anyway, I have treasured the book to this day (and No- I will not ebay it! No No No…). But like anything, it starts from somewhere and today, Kechara has its own publication arm producing many great books (and travelling ones too). In many ways, it also reflects our own practice. It has to start somewhere before it can go anywhere. Rinpoche’s students are very kind to bring this universal practice to as many people as possible. Sharon and all at KMP – thank you!
A book reading session creates a platform for like-minded individuals to have in-depth discussion and listening to other different viewpoints. It also gives opportunities to meet and befriend new people as well as providing an enjoyable and meaning time. What better way than to spend an afternoon listening to excerpts from the latest book of Kechara Media and Publications, the publishing arm of Kechara. This latest book, ‘Snakes, Roosters and Pigs’ talks about the three poisons of the mind, hatred, desire and ignorance. Thank you to Sharon and Jamie for taking time out from their busy schedules to promote Rinpoche’s books
Rinpoche is right. We really have good people. KMP staff, Sharon Saw, Susan Lim, Jamie Khoo and David Lai, led by CEO Phng Li Kim are constantly on the move, promoting KMP publications and sharing Dharma. The book club sessions are very popular especially for the newbies. From the Kechara newsletters, it is clear that the book clubs are drawing crowds, especially in the Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya outlets. Although I’ve never attended, I follow their progress closely and read about their activities. The other KMP staff are also very talented, helpful and hardworking. Judy always sends me three copies of every new publication to be kept in the library in KH2. In future, when the new library opens, there will be a glass cupboard to display all KMP publications so that guests who come in can browse through them.
I have always enjoyed all the book clubs that Kechara Media and Publications organises. As by going through with the authors we get their point of view. A book is like a piece of art at times, the writer does have her point of view, interpretation or basis to write the book in this or that manner. The discussions that we have are always very interesting due to the many types of minds that attend the book club. Different minds comes up with different point of views and its interesting to hear their point of view. We always get very unique questions coming out of the book clubs and its very exciting to see how the writers address them.
Patsy is indeed doing such a great job. I am so happy to learn that Kechara Penang has monthly pujas and even holds book reading such as the above. It is so wonderful to see the actual authors themselves taking the time to visit the other outlets of Kechara and especially, nurturing the relationship between the satellite branches of Kechara and the “mothership”.
Soon, there will many Kecharas all over Malaysia. Then the Kecharians from all over the world can come visit one another. There is now a Kechara Lounge in Kathmandu as well. And that is one of the stunning places to visit – yes, I am referring to the actual store cum lounge itself!
Also, if you are out of town and you are visiting Kechara KL, no worries. Kechara also has a hostel whereby you can pay a minimal fee and stay! In Kechara, we give you the complete spiritual experience!
So proud of you ladies!!!
Patsy is a long time student of Rinpoche and has great faith in Rinpoche and protector…from what i know, she’ done over 10 MILLION protector mantras! WOW! She lives in Penang and is away from Kechara but for the past years, her heart and mind has certainly been close to kechara and her Guru, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
KP Penang is expanding and a group there is meeting on a regular basis to do puja. You know, most centres have a resident monk…but Patsy is able to pull together this kechara branch all by herself! Patsy, i’m very proud of you! 🙂
Tsem Rinpoche and Kechara House make extra effort to share Dharma in any part of the world. Once, a Dharma teacher from Kechara visited me in overseas. Over a casual dinner, my friends could not stop bogging him down with questions about spirituality and Dharma. I was so impressed by his patience and passion when sharing all his Dharma knowledge with them. Up to now, he would send Dharma gifts etc. to them. Through a simple sharing, the Dharma seeds my friends received have lasting impressions. One friend shared with me how the Dharma sharing helped her with the passing of her father.
I have also read testimonies from all over the world thanking Rinpoche and Kechara House for the Dharma gifts they were bestowed with.
This is the type difference Rinpoche’s mission and vision intends to make: spreading Dharma where is does not exist and clearing all misunderstandings of the Dharma. Results are beginning to roll in and this is just the beginning of what Kechara will create.
When I read about this blog, I realized how compassionate our Lama is and how hard working Kecharians are. Dharma is made so easily available to many.
Talking about this beautiful Tsongkhapa Box set, our KMP writer Sharon Saw spent months on the write up. Fang, art director of KMP designed the beautiful cover, Paul Yap, head of Kechara Discovery.(KD) sourced supplier for fabrication, Li Kim, CEO of KMP oversee the overall production. Our beautiful KP outlet in Penang, run by Patsy, long time student of Rinpoche, provide a very comfortable and condusive environment for sharing and learning the Dharma. What’s more, liaison Sharon and Liaison Jamie travelled all the way from KL to Penang to share this holy practice of lama Tsongkhapa to all.
The hard work by aTsongkapa box set: http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2010/06/new-tsongkapa-box-set.html
Kechara Outlets: http://www.kechara.com/shopping/
To those who have contributed one way or another to come up with this beautiful Tsongkhapa box set is worth mentioning. I rejoice and congratulate all of you. So there should be no reason of saying you don’t have time to learn, Dharma is made so easily available for everyone here at kechara!!!
It is so neat to be part of KMP and disseminating Lama Tsongkhapa’s great tradition all over. This little beautiful little boxset is going to be so beneficial for so many people. It is really a long time coming for this little boxset. I am glad that it had finally made it into production and I am sure it will spread Lama Tsongkhapa’s blessings all over.
Lama Tsongkhapa has been most beneficial and seeing his name, doing his mantra and practice would require a lot of merit. Why? Because he is so beneficial for distracted, self-absorbed and lazy people of our time. I think of the little box like a spiritual first aid kit for all the lost souls of wandering in huge cities, earning big money, little money and are just plain unhappy. May Lama Tsongkhapa’s blessing pervade the whole world.
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
Another great example of how people sacrifice their time and effort for the Dharma when they have ‘better’ things to do but instead, Dharma is made a priority!
It’s fab that this box set on Tsongkhapa is now made available and now has gone to the North to create more affinities with Penangites with Lama Tsongkhapa and His great teachings, practices and lineage coupled with Rinpoche and Kechara, it’s really a double bonanza for everybody.
Sadhu! to Sharon & Jamie plus the Penang team for their tireless efforts in making this come true.
You must hear from Rinpoche Himself 🙂
“I AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS NEW TSONGKAPA BOX, IT WILL BENEFIT SO SO SO MANY PEOPLE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TSA TSA IT COMES ALONG WITH!!!
Everything you want to know about Tsongkapa, and how to start this incredible practice is contained in this beautiful box set now.
It is the only ONE IN THE WORLD EXISTING!!!
IT HAS BEEN MY DREAM TO CREATE THIS MANY YEARS AGO AND NOW KMP HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!”
http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2010/06/new-tsongkapa-box-set.html
Kechara Paradise Penang under the leading of Patsy, one of Rinpoche’s long time students who offered all her time and opened up this outlet. Look at that! KP Penang is growing bigger. Trust me, it is not easy to get 10 people to come for a book reading especially when the topic is about dharma, about Buddha and about practicing spirituality!! I believe that’s Patsy sincerity that moved her friends’ hearts and come to join this event.
Paris and Sharon are both incredible writer for Kechara Media & Publications (KMP). Yes, they are young and intelligent and what treasured them the most is they sincerely wanted to bring dharma to others without any other motives. Many people think that why are all these young people got nothing to do but hanging around Kechara and claimed that they are spreading dharma? You want to know why? Then you got to read “Call me Paris” and “No Way but Up” written by Rinpoche’s students Jamie (Paris) and David.
WWOOOOOOTTT Tsongkhapa is now making his way all through the north and into more people’s hearts and homes. It was fun going up to talk about this central and sacred practice of our centre – something that everyone is introduced to when they come to KH and are looking for a central practice to do. (easy and light for the truly lazy….!)
Everyone, please please do go on to Rinpoche’s blog on the tsongkhapa box set and leave a comment to help drive more traffic to that page. http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2010/06/new-tsongkapa-box-set.html It’s extremely kind of Rinpoche to have taken the time to write about our newest book… so please do help to spread the word about this lovely set and the even lovelier, most incredible teachings within from Rinpoche. The more people see these teachings and put it into the practice, the more happy people we’ll have in this world. And the world sure needs a lot of happiness right now 🙂
If you have any questions about the box set, or the book or prayers, please do contact either myself or Sharon – we’d be really happy to share more info 🙂
jamie.khoo@kechara.com
sharon.saw@kechara.com
What a great event for Sharon and Paris to share Tsongakapa with others. What a wondeful tool the Tsongkapa box is! Much thanks