Vincent Cheng’s realizations
Dear everyone,
Vincent Cheng posted the following on my chat on the blog… Wow… some people like Vincent really post with great substance, honesty, meaning..and self realizations… I wanted to share this with everyone… I love what Vincent wrote… People are really posting interesting things on my blog chat daily more and more now… I am enjoying to read the chat on my blog home page.
Although Vincent is very new to Kechara, he really found Kechara very beneficial to him already… all the hard work of Kecharians have paid off. I am so happy for Vincent. That is the purpose I set up Kechara. I wish very much Vincent will study further continuously with great tenacity like when he supported himself from such a young age… his mind is strong… I hope Vincent attend Kechara events, pujas and especially the dharma talks by our pastors, read up more and increase his knowledge in Dharma. Knowing just a little dharma has turned his life for the better already, imagine if he knows more dharma. Dharma will have a profoundly positive effect on you Vincent as it did me and many… I welcome Vincent Cheng to our beautiful Kechara House.
I thank Vincent for posting so honestly and candidly on my chat. Please be involved Vincent in Kechara..you have found your spiritual home. Take up Tsongkapa practice indepth..study up on the practice thoroughly and ask questions to Kecharian friends when you don’t understand something..Tsongkapa’s practice will help you so very much as it has helped many in the past already for hundreds of years already. You deserve the blessings of Tsongkapa. I am happy for you. Take Tsongkapa as your yidam and special Buddha. Your special friend to bless you.
There are many ups in downs even in the spiritual journey. But whatever ups and downs we experience outside of dharma it is for just ourselves and it doesn’t get us far. What we experience in the Dharma is for others and to benefit others so the purpose is higher… therefore negative and positive experiences will visit us from time to time..but with dharma we will have the right attitude and right perspective to react in a constructive manner lessening our sufferings with whatever experiences visit us. Dharma is the most precious thing you have gained. To understand the teachings to transform your mind, life and perspective you need to gain dharma knowledge. You need a few years for that. Be patient and learn. Like a bucket in a rainfall, slowly a drop at a time the bucket will fill up. Your dharma bucket will fill up with knowledge leading you past superstition, fear, doubt, pains and answer your questions about life. Promise that will happen.
I’m happy to read your post that I wanted to share with the world. Your post Vincent is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your intimate, private and important feelings with us.
Tsem Rinpoche
Vincent’s post from my chat below:
Thoughts for sharing: When I was young, I’ve question myself a lot of times, why am I here in this particular planet, this particular country and I’m questioning my own existence. I used to think that Buddhism is about cleaning altar, burning incense or papers, lighting up some oil lamp. Sometime after I’m 17, I got separated with my family due to some serious issue and I was all alone in KL surviving on my own, with little support from my mother 430 kilometers away. That was the time I totally doesn’t believe in any religion, I was vicious, violent, bad tempered, self centered, selfish and I came up with a lame excuse for that which is “I’ll need those for my survival in this cruel community”, I’ve slept on streets, cyber cafe, mamaks, got beaten up, and a lot of painful stuff, then I started lying, breaking promises for my personal gain. I worked, worked and worked, played, played, and played. What I did is all for my own.
I refused to believe in any kind of religion because of my lack of knowledge and unwillingness to get involved, until January of 2011, my old friend saved me from some serious “Issues” and introduced me back into Buddhism. Then I thought it’s all the same again…doing the altar, oil lamp bla bla bla, but my motivation that time is to have protection for myself and smooth work and career, then I was introduced to Mantras, which for unknown reason I’m attracted to them, then I started to listening to them all the time. Then I did a lot of research and stuff on Buddhism until one time I was request by my old friend (Some will know who he is, hehe), to fetch him to Kechara, when I 1st came I’m totally rejecting because of my closed mindedness, I thought Buddhism “Supposed” to be this this and that that. But eventually I came for my 1st puja which is Dzambala, I totally have no idea what the heck are those, having hard time to read even the preliminary prayers.
And having trouble to do those DZA HUM BAM HO Mudras, and offering Mudras, and at that time my motivation is to learn and OF COURSE help myself in “Wealth” haha. But as time passed, I started to join Tara, Setrap and Menlha, then the same thing happened again, I’m attracted to Pujas for no obvious reason, I’m craving to learn more about Pujas, unlike the 1st time’s motivation is to get “Wealth” from Dzambala, the motivation changed to “TO LEARN” (Of course I wanted my career, business and stuff to go smooth, hehe). I remembered 1st time I was invited to Dukkar, I was totally stunned, and that time I was only in Kechara for not more than a month. I know some Dukkar Mantras, I thought the Puja is going be recite Mantras like others did, I’m totally stunned and in my mind is like @#&;*^@!*&^#*@!^@#. Haha. Then after sometime I’ve learn something priceless, which is the answer to my question so many years back.
I questioned about my own existence and why, now I know the answer, and I know what to do. I would say Thank you for all the Kechara members and Dear Rinpoche for bringing Kechara up to this state from nothing, you guys had changed me in a tremendous way. If not for all the effort that you all have put into Kechara, I’ll still be an aimless guy, working my ass off, to my death bed for no reason at all. Thank you. I’ve skipped a lot as my eye lids are closing… finally the laptop I’m fixing is almost done, and heck I had to wake up at 9am later…
I told my mother today “True happiness is not about getting a dream house, dream car, dream girl or boy or whatever that’s outside to make you happy, it’s more like using those as a stimulant for happiness. True happiness comes from within, which nothing outside can give you that happiness.”
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I am so happy for Vincent that he is able to understand the true meaning of happiness and also finally find it. I am really happy that because of Kechara, Rinpoche has helped another person to find what they constantly look for in their lives, happiness.
Thank you, Vincent,for being so honest in sharing your thoughts with us. You have gone through a very tough patch during your early years but that did not deter you from finding your true self through Kechara.I am very happy for you that you are now part of Kechara. You are a great inspiration for others and I wish you the very best in your spiritual path.
Dear Vincent, you are a real dark horse who has eventually found the reasons for your own existence and the true path to your ultimate happiness through Dharma – the most precious thing you have gained. About you our Rinpoche has mentioned in his blog that, “knowing just a little Dharma has turned his life for better already, imagine if he knows more Dharma.” Vincent, we greatly rejoice for you and congratulate you on your insightful thoughts and realisations. We extend to you a very warm welcome for you to join us in our Kechara family. “Doing continous and good Dharma work is a wonderful way to subdue our minds”, is our compassionate Rinpoche’s advice to all! Thank you and please take care.
Your open heart sharing here with us is truly inspiring and raised the benchmark for us to practice further and improve. You learned the dharma via puja in the practical way and put aside any difficulties you faced and persevered. You observed your mind and analyzed how your mind worked then (when you were younger)and now how you changed (after accepting dharma). By not running away and confronting your own mind to improve for the better is what you have done. This takes a lot of strength and courage and you showed the results of it. I rejoice for you to see you happy and doing more for others!
Wow, Vincent is truely a wise young man and with a sincere heart, the way he shares his story, I can feel he is truly a happy person now 🙂
I am happy for you Vincent, keep up the good work and i am glad that you get in touch in Dharma 🙂
Vincent, great to have a friend like you.
Wow Vincent, I really glad with your experience with Kechara.
You found the truth in your life in Kechara and with your right attitude to help others I believe you will inspire a lot of people.
Keep learning up as mentioned by Rinpoche, you will make a different of other people life in a positive way.
Rejoice!
Dear Vincent,
Thank you for sharing your story here, is touching and inspiring. And thank you everything that you done for pujas( all pujas ), thank you so much…
When 1st time saw you been here, we never think that this guys can be so dedicated to spiritual work, and we really appreciated he helping around, especially: doing torma without mixer..wahhaha..kidding:p..
Still remember one day having lunch with him at Murni, and we talk about kechara and dharma n etc.. when he share about what he know about dharma, thought on it and what he do for his family with bring in dharma knowledge to them, is really impress me..woh, this guy know a lot,he really mature people, even he younger then us.
Thank you Vincent of bottom from my heart and wish your dharma path going smoothly and growing as you wishes.:)
A story like Vincent’s is ever so inspiring, refreshing and a wonderful reminder for me – ultimately, only Dharma is worthwhile. So, reading about Vincent is like enjoying a cool fresh drink on a hot sweltering day; like getting a bowl of piping hot assam laksa on a cold rainy day. All the best, Vincent. Thank you, Rinpoche for sharing this spiritual sustenance!
Vincent’s post is truly inspiring!He has found his true self into the right path in such a young age and i am sure he’ll have a lot more to contribute through out his whole life,i rejoice!
Dear Vincent,
I’m very happy for you, very happy that Kechara has helped you. What you shared will inspire me to work harder.
Thank you !
Wow! I rejoice that you found your true happiness in Kechara and that you found much more meaning in all that you are doing now. I used to think like you. That Buddhism is about cleaning altar 2 times a month, lighting incense/candle, burning papers (I still don’t understand the logic) etc. There were many Dharma centers around but I couldn’t relate as they were in Mandarin and I now know it’s because my merits and karma to meet our Beloved Guru have not ripen (Thank Buddha it’s not too late!). I came to Kechara because I wanted to know more about the meaning of life and why mine was also screwed up (haha). And yet after meeting Dharma, I was reluctant, lazy, defensive, hiding, etc.
Working in Kechara Paradise with the support of my colleagues and Rinpoche gave me a new rebirth. I too like you want my family to understand and support me in what I am doing as they were skeptical before but now they understand and respect my decisions. I want them to join me in time and benefit from Dharma just like we did. I wish you all the best in your spiritual path and may you benefit others with your own personal experiences.
As a person older than him, I find Vincent and his friend very inspiring. They’re dedicated and responsible with giving their time and energy in serving others. Not only that I find both of them very humble.
Hi Vincent, it’s so nice knowing you as a dharma bro. I think the first time I talked to you was when you just came in and feeling your way around or rather hanging around hehe, and that wasn’t so long ago. I’m glad you stuck around and became so involved. You’ve come a long way and I was dumbfounded during that Sunday Manjushri class (Kelvin was speaker) when you shared how you applied dharma you just learnt from attending Rinpoche’s talk for the first time to your family members and became an influence to them so much that their response to you became unusually positive. That shows dharma works but of course with effort on your part. I’m so moved by your post and rejoice at your progress. I’m reminded again how I got involved in Kechara myself, totally by accident just like you, and here we are, hopelessly drawn. However, according to the dharma, not quite by accident.
Thanks for sharing, Vincent. I’m really happy for you that you have come such a long way in such a short time. It has only been good experiences and good times working with you and your lovely girlfriend Jess. I hope there will be many more good times and work times in the future! You are a big part of the puja team and a big part of Kechara House now.
To be honest, at that time of writing, I didn’t think that from such simple and straight forward typing during 4am in the morning with my eyes half closed would make such an impact. I hope with this simple sharing I would help people in anyway that I might or might not know. I thank you Dear Rinpoche for posting my sharing out, I’m so happy with it. And the best part is I’ve learn one very important thing, which is no matter how simple the speech and actions might be, it’s impact might be tremendous and powerful in a positive or negative way, and that makes me need to implement some new elements into my mind which is to consider very carefully when I speak or do anything. And once again I thank you all for your effort, blood and sweat, if not for your hard work and stuff, I won’t be writing this at this very moment.
Vincent progress so fast in Kechara. I wished more and more young people can be like him. Knowing the real Dharma, have aim in life. Thank you Vincent for this motivated articles. Thank you Guru for having Kechara in Malaysia.
A very wise young man. In the US we are bombarded with ideas of what makes a person “successful”, and they all lead to ulcers, jealousy, greed, and misery – not to mention the karmic consequences.
Vincent has hit the nail on the head. He’s an example we can all hold in our hearts.
Dear Don, I agree fully with what you say. Thank you for sharing. Tsem Rinpoche