I don’t have any details but I found these pictures on Facebook by accident and by luck. So I would like to post this to show how fabulous this project is. Wow…the workmanship on this huge Buddha statue is so well done. Very Balanced and beautiful on sight. I wish so much I can build...
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Last Tuesday, after the Chinese Setrap Puja, the Setrap puja group was invited to Kechara Care for a sharing session. Kechara Care organized a session where older students could share their experiences and imparted some dharma knowledge to those newer at Kechara. It was a very good platform for those newer, to be inspired...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) These 2 statues are the new 14″ stone Vajra Yogini statues that are individually carved from stone. Although similar, no two pieces look the same. Very personal and unique. It is so beautifully carved. It can be for the home or in the garden to bless the environment/animals. Can even be...
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Diana is my long time dharma sister from the USA. She lives in Ohio now. But when we met, she lived in Los Angeles. We met back in the mid 80’s there. We met just before the Glorious Kyabje Zong Rinpoche ( a living Heruka Buddha in the flesh) arrived in Thubten Dhargye Ling Dharma Centre (TDL)...
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Deborah is the lady with the blue shirt on in front of the cake. She is surrounded by some of the wonderful crew of Kechara Media & Publications Dept of Kechara. She is 21 years old again today..hehehe… And she looks it too! She’s petite and very pleasant. I always hear wonderful thing about Deborah....
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KECHARA SOUP KITCHEN (KSK) GETS OUR OWN BUILDING!!! The above message and pictures were from Ruby who is the president of Kechara soup Kitchen dept of Kechara House. We have purchased a building to have a permanent soup kitchen. So we will have a premises to cook and distribute. it is going under renovations...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) In Melaka, Kechara has a study group. They get together to discuss dharma and facilitators from KL will go to Melaka to conduct classes. There would be many people in Melaka interested in Dharma. This would be a good place to join up and study. Now they are starting pujas on...
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When I arrived in Gaden I went straight to Zong Ladrang (house). ‘Ladrang’ is the Tibetan word for a lama’s household. I left USA for the last time in October 1987 and in December of the same year, I was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. After I received my ordination vows from...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) A wonderful prayer to do daily to help us remember reality. Anything by Kyabje Pabongka would be tremendously beneficial. He never existed for himself but only for others..How fortunate we are to even hear his holy name… MAY GOODNESS AND VIRTUE FLOURISH! Tsem Rinpoche HEARTSPOON Ah, the hurt! Kind...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) In Kechara Saraswati Arts Dept or KSA, they are creating a beautiful clay Amitabha statue I’ve have placed an order for. This is the progress of the clay statue and when done, will be presented as a gift to a friend. Nice pics to share with everyone. Kechara has really talented...
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Today I received this very nice email from Ms. Connie Bach, via my Liaison Su Ming. It is a very sincere letter and I wanted to share it with all my students and friends. Dear Su Ming, How are you? I hope you are in the best of health. Dear Su Ming, please convey...
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I am very happy to know that one of my oldest students, Anila (previously known as Mama Jenny as she is ordained now and the 1st nun in Kechara) has been learning to post comment on my blog in her wish to learn more and share Dharma with others. She is reading more and...
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Read this wonderful description of the legendary Lama Yeshe according to his student Champa Legshe. To me it is such a wonderfully apt description of this great Mahasiddha of the Gaden Tradition. I love the description and wanted to share with you. Do read through it and let me know what you think please...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Datuk May, the president of Kechara House invited 63 Taras. One Tara was dedicated for one year in her life. Each Tara will be slowly given away to people to bless their homes and be a jewel in their shrines. Doing such practices purifies body karma that can hamper you from...
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Kechara Media & Publications writer Jamie Khoo (Paris) on the right being interviewed by Shefa Szetu of BFM regarding her wonderful book “Call Me Paris” which is going for reprint now. The interview was for 15 minutes and it was about what it means to Jaime to be spiritual in the modern age. The...
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Tsongkhapa Books (by Kechara Media & Publications) Life Story of Lama Tsongkhapa Never before has the epic tale of Lama Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism been told through the medium of comic. This 195-page comic book brings to life with unparalleled vibrancy the miracle birth, adventures undertaken by...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Buddhist monastery from 700 AD found by Shiv Sahay Singh | Apr 03, 2010 Kolkata, India — The excavations at Moghalmari, a nondescript village at West Midnapore in West Bengal, recently brought to the fore a gateway complex of the Buddhist monastery, dating to 7th century AD. The Department of Archaeology,...
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