(By Tsem Rinpoche) Yantai City Yantai City, also known as the “Most Charming City”, is located in the northeast of Shandong Province, China. Unlike the metropolitan cities like Beijing or Shanghai, Yantai offers charming, picturesque sceneries that made it one of the most habitable places in the world. Yantai in Chinese means “smoke...
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Everyone at one point or another in their life will wonder about the reason for their earthly existence. Undoubtedly, religions can offer different perspectives in answering this question...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The lost city of Kota Gelanggi is an ancient archaeological site located in the deep, dense tropical jungle of Johor state, Malaysia. It is speculated to be the first capital of the ancient Empire of Srivijaya and is one of the oldest Kingdoms in South East Asia’s Malay Peninsula. It is...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) We respect and admire His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso for his constant effort to spread the Dharma and benefit millions of people. However, in 1996, the Dalai Lama made a controversial statement about Dorje Shugden that essentially degrades an enlightened deity as a mere worldly spirit and a...
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Valentina graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administrations and a minor in Speech Communication from the University of Washington in 2002. After her graduation, Valentina returned to Jakarta, Indonesia to work in one of the Big Four accounting firms. In 13 years, she earned her way to the position of Director in...
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尊木采寺位于尊木采村,那是一个跟好一些西藏最重要的历史人物有着密切关系的地方。该地区位于西藏拉萨的达孜(སྟག་རྩེ་ཆུས་)县。藏语中“尊木”意为“公主”,而“采”则意为“寻找”。所以在藏语中,“尊木采”意味着公主找到的地方。
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总部位于达兰萨拉的西藏政府,也被称作藏人行政中央 违反其民主宪法的原则,禁止佛教护法多杰雄登神圣的修持. 至今已22年了。这个行为不仅违法,违宪,还破坏了西藏人民的团结...
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The divine and enlightened beings can manifest in whatever form suits the needs of the people of that time and place in order to help them. They are truly compassionate in that way, and show their immense spiritual ability to be able to do so. The emanation of Lord Manjushri, the Dharma Protector Dorje...
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(Powerful Qualities of Dorje Shugden in Memes) འཛམ་གླིང་གང་སར་བཞུགས་པའི་གྲོགས་པོ་རྣམས་པ་ཚོ། ཆོས་སྐྱོང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན་ནི་རྗེ་བཙུན་འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་སྤྲུལ་ཞིག་ཡིན།
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche) Bertahun-tahun yang lalu, ketika saya masuk ke Biara Gaden untuk pertama kalinya, pemimpin biara yang agung, guru yang terpelajar dan pembimbing meditasi ratusan Biksu di Gaden Shartse pada saat itu adalah Y.M. Kensur Jetsun Jampa Yeshe Rinpoche. Kensur Rinpoche dan saya memiliki hubungan istimewa karena sebelum Kensur Rinpoche bergabung dengan Biara...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Zanabazar (1635-1723) was the first high saint (Ondor Gegeen) of Mongolia. Although he was born to an aristocratic Khalkha Mongol family, Zanabazar is remembered today not for his privileged background, but for using his immense talent and charisma to propagate Buddhism and benefit his fellow countrymen. Widely regarded as the “Michelangelo...
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche) Para siswa dan sahabat yang terkasih, Saya sebelumnya telah menulis blog tentang penjelasan dan doa lengkap mengenai dua emanasi Dorje Shugden, yaitu Trakze, wujud murka dan Gyenze, wujud peningkatan. Sejak saat itu, saya menerima banyak permohonan untuk berbagi ajaran mengenai wujud lain dari Dorje Shugden. Jadi, dengan penuh sukacita saya ingin...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Seow Choong Liang) Buddhism in Mongolia The First Wave According to the Origins of Dharma in the Hor Regions by the great Mongolian scholar Lobsang Tamdrin, Buddhism was brought to the Hor Region (northern Kham, Tibet) during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in three waves. The first wave was during...
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阅读中文文章,点击这里:https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=185278 The Kechara Buddhist Organisation’s Puja (prayers and rituals) House was established to perform a wide range of authentic prayers and rituals for the sick, dying, deceased and those who are going through tremendous obstacles; or even simply wishing to invoke the powers of the Buddhas for their wellbeing or success. Amongst the many pujas that are available at our Puja House, the Dorje Shugden and Medicine Buddha pujas are the most popular due to their effectiveness in removing obstacles, healin...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Since the pre-Buddhist Shamanistic era, Tsagan Evgen, also known as the White Old Man, is one of the most popular deities among the Mongolians. He is regarded as the master of heaven, land, rivers, and animals. The White Old Man is also believed to be the god who bestows fertility, and...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) At 3,867 metres amidst the Sagarmatha National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site of “outstanding universal value”) on the Himalayan Mountains of Eastern Nepal, Tengboche Monastery, also known as Thyanboche Monastery or Dawa Choling Gompa, has a spectacular view of the Himalayan peaks of Tawache, Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and...
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A Buddha statue or image symbolises the enlightened body of a Buddha. The practice of creating Buddha images started over 2,500 years ago as it was first started by the Buddha himself. In general, Buddhists believe that making Buddha images generates great merit because it brings benefits to so many sentient beings. The sight of Buddha...
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(Oleh Tsem Rinpoche dan Valencia) Para pembaca yang budiman, Saya merasa terhormat mendapat kesempatan untuk menulis tentang Lama Tsongkhapa, salah satu guru dan filsuf Buddha terbesar sepanjang masa. Saya mengagumi dedikasinya yang tanpa pamrih untuk melestarikan dan menegakkan kemurnian ajaran Buddha. Melalui dedikasi ini, beliau mampu melenyapkan kebingungan dan pandangan salah yang menyebar luas...
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His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (1905-1984) was a highly attained master of the Gelug tradition and a disciple of His Holiness the 3rd Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981), junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. He was a renowned teacher, famous for his analytical mind and mastery in philosophical debate. He was also a well-known...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline) Dear friends around the world, I am honoured to have been given the privilege of presenting my research on Nechung with all of you, here on His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche’s blog. Nechung has been a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma protector for the past 1,300 years, keeping his...
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