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 find the secret struggles never end… it almost seems futile… we find transformation so difficult. Does it get any easier? It doesn’t get easier. The...
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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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Kechara Paradise’s new location in SS2 recently opened its doors to the public. Kechara Paradise SS2 is our first Dharma store that wa established in the year 2000, a few years before the opening of our Dharma centre, Kechara House. It has now move to a bigger location and on ground floor. We were...
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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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Dear everyone, for the sake of all the animals killed and eaten, please for them, watch this video. For them spread this video around as much as possible. For them create awareness. Nobody wants pain..not even a chicken. Please create awareness. Please find the compassion within you to never eat meat. Love, Tsem Rinpoche...
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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, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However,...
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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 young handsome man took the percepts and became a monk but because he is so handsome even being hairless and clean shaven he was still...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) During my birthday in 2010, two student’s of mine from Indonesia surprised me with a lovely birthday present: Betsy Ciaputra and Valentina Suhendra felt that my teachings, especially those regarding Lama Tsongkhapa’s, were helpful in their lives and that they had benefited in some way. It made such an impact in...
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This is the 4th Panchen Lama’s hat that is currently on auction at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York. One of my students found this on the Internet. What’s interesting about it is that if you take a look at the “Pre Lot Text” (i.e. the owner of the item on auction) it is...
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Lots of hard work and dedication here. Beautiful for those who are sincere enough to be here and contribute. Tsem Rinpoche
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This is the kind of place I WOULD DREAM TO LIVE. On top of a hill, with no surrounding villages or people. Green with lots of trees, prayer flags, wind, mountains, fresh air and simple housing. I would have wonderful large statues of Buddhas inside with perpetual abundant offerings offered daily. I would do...
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Today officially our Contractor Mr Ng has handed the keys of new Kechara Gompa to our Kechara President Datuk May and her committee. Today Kechara gompa is finished!!!! Very auspicious day!!! The official opening will be November 27, 2010. A very happy day for of us Kecharians. The Gompa is done and it is...
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Patricia Ng is the resident tailor in Kechara Saraswati Arts (KSA). She usually tailors brocades for thangkas, ritual objects, brocades and clothes for Buddha statues in Traditional Tibetan offering manner. When KSA knew that there was going to be a 8ft Vajra Yogini statue that will be in the new gompa, Patricia Ng hand...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Our beautiful 8 feet Vajra Yogini has arrived in our new Kechara prayer hall (Gompa). Here you can see our dedicated group from Kechara Saraswati Arts dept putting on finishing touches to Her. Vajra Yogini’s six ornaments inclusive of Her body represents the perfection of the 6 paramitas. One who engages in...
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As most of you all know by now, Kechara Media & Publications is the publishing arm of the Kechara Organization. Kechara Media & Publications is also affectionately known as KMP. Their mandate is simple – produce Dharma books that everyone can read and understand easily, and it is relevant to their everyday lives. Buddha’s...
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From Thierry , update from Melaka. Now centre has two floors. Rgds ngeow) (We have a Kechara Melaka Study Group now and the premises is expanding….they are like the Kuantan Group very close to Kechara in Kuala Lumpur and an affiliate. Renovation work at new 1st flr to add a private toilet to Tsem...
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May this great master get well and strong very soon. I offer my prayers to The Three Jewels. Tsem Rinpoche Thich Nhat Hanh in Hospital with Pneumonia Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh is in Massachusetts General Hospital being treated for pneumonia. Our brother and teacher, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, is presently...
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Choi Sheem has officially joined KSA as a full-time staff! She has decided to work from 2-8pm, as she home-schools her two sons in the morning. Choi Sheem and Mr. Lam are active volunteers in Kechara and always helps out wherever and whenever they can. Whenever they participate in any Kechara-related events, the whole...
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When Jamie Khoo (aka Paris!) wrote her biography at my insistence, “Call me Paris!” little did she know that she would be endorsed by an international talk show host, presenter and journalist! At a random party, at the beginning of the year, Jamie met Lorraine through mutual friends. Jamie shared her biography with Lorraine...
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