We were at Whole Foods Market buying items for offerings. Rinpoche likes Whole Foods because it sells organic groceries which are kind to the earth and help people to lead a more compassionate lifestyle. With a wide range of vegetarian and vegan items, the store also provides Rinpoche with the opportunity to get interesting...
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（中文请往下看） (posted by Kechara Pastors) It was during her 7th month of pregnancy that Joanna Tan requested H.E. Tsem Rinpoche to bless her baby with a name. Within a week, Rinpoche’s Personal Assistant advised Joanna to name her baby Jamyang, which means beauty, elegance and wisdom. Two weeks before baby Jamyang was born, Tsem Rinpoche also gifted Joanna with a statue of Buddha Manjushri, with specific instructions to place the statue near the baby to blessed him. After consulting with Kechara’s Pastors, Joanna also arranged for some pujas...
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(Posted by Admin) Update: 25th December, 23:59GMT We would first like to thank each and everyone of you who submitted an entry! In the last week, we received 163 entry submissions for the book competition from all around the world! Creativity is subjective and individually expressed, therefore we considered both the submitted image and...
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Tsem Rinpoche just sent this short teaching to some of us. I wanted to share it here so you have a glimpse into how Rinpoche thinks. In the midst of everything Rinpoche coordinates, organises, teaches and promotes, Rinpoche still has the care and time to think of the creatures everyone else often overlooks. Rinpoche’s...
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Being Rinpoche’s personal attendant means that I am able to witness real Dharma in action, both on and off the throne. I consider myself extremely fortunate, and at the same time it is also a great challenge to instil Dharma in my life 24/7. Over the years I have witnessed many cases of how Rinpoche helped many people in both worldly and supramundane ways, so I decided to have these stories told in comic form for the wider audience. It is my wish that through these stories many will be inspired to achieve the state of compassion and attai...
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Many of my close students know that I admire Findhorn… a spiritual community, education centre and eco-village located in Scotland. It was founded in 1962 by 3 people (Eileen Caddy, Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean), and now they have a community of 400 people living there! Those within the community abide by their 3 founding principals: deep inner listening (and...
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The Kechara KPMG Park carved in stone. Throughout this year, I have continuously received wonderful news from Valentina about Kechara Indonesia. One of them was that Kechara Indonesia, together with corporate sponsor KPMG Indonesia, created a community park for the locals in West Jarkarta! They also rebuilt a toilet for a nearby kindergarden,...
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（译文请往下阅读） A Cancer Survivor of 23 Years At the end of November 1996, His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche visited Penang, Malaysia. During this trip, Patsy Gooi, now the manager of Kechara Paradise Penang and one of Rinpoche’s long time students, introduced her godmother, Margaret Chin, to Rinpoche. Margaret is a 3rd stage breast cancer survivor, although outwardly you would never have guessed. Her radiant and dynamic personality does not indicate this at all. At 71 years old today, she leads a full and busy life in Penang, focusing on helping others and...
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（译文请往下阅读） “I went back to the hospital for follow-up check-up, and the oncologist told me that I have no cancer now, and for my case it is very rare for the cancer to disappear completely, THE CHANCE IS ONE IN A THOUSAND CASES, the doctors even said they wanted to put my case on the medical journal.” (Prepared by Pastor Seng Piow and Pastor Yek Yee) I’m Adeline Tan, a long time student of His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche. I met Rinpoche in 1992 on his first visit to Malaysia, then Rinpoche invited me to his monastery the following...
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Being Rinpoche’s personal attendant means that I am able to witness real Dharma in action, both on and off the throne. I consider myself extremely fortunate, and at the same time it is also a great challenge to instil Dharma in my life 24/7. Over the years I have witnessed many cases of how Rinpoche helped many people in both worldly and supramundane ways, so I decided to have these stories told in comic form for the wider audience. It is my wish that through these stories many will be inspired to achieve the state of compassion and attai...
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Dear friends, I received this beautiful message from a student who has been with me for over ten years and she has come a long way. She has requested to be a nun years ago and I advised her to wait and train herself. Her sincere persistent wish to enter the nun-hood has never...
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Yayasan Kechara Indonesia (Kechara Indonesia Foundation) was established on 15 June 2012 in the presence of a Notary Public in Jakarta. It was then officially registered on October 17, 2012 by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Indonesia...
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Words of Wisdom that will make you a better person in life. VIDEO 1 (11,771 views): Why a bad/abusive childhood is not an excuse to fail in life. Whatever you experienced growing up can make or break you as an adult, why don’t you not let it break you, why don’t you let it...
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Watch these brilliant debating sessions with Tsem Rinpoche, demonstrating the superb method of learning in Tibetan Buddhism that is based on logic and not blind faith to convince. DEBATE VIDEO 1 Can we be spiritual without being religious? Can we gain attainments by being spiritual but not religious? What are the differences...
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Nov 19, 2012 (By Pastor Loh Seng Piow) The top few pictures shows the makeshift shed which the caretaker of Kechara Forest Retreat Azai and his wife were staying in, when Tsem Rinpoche saw that, Rinpoche decided to build him a proper “home” to stay in. So for weeks, Rinpoche personally planned and supervised...
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A while ago I gave a spontaneous teaching in Dukkar Apartments. Dukkar Apartments (DA) is the living quarters of both the Ladrang and Kechara Forest Retreat staff. Many of the hardworking Kecharians now live in DA where there are 30 cabins, a living room area, a kitchen and a place to eat. There are a...
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Dharma Work & TDL （译文请往下阅读） (By Tsem Rinpoche) Please take a look at this above video I did today for you. I hope it will bring you more light….. Dear friends, Today I was at the beach in East Coast of Malaysia and decided to share how I arrived at Thubten Dhargye Ling Dharma Centre in Los Angeles when I was 17 years old. I also have shared my thoughts on Dharma work. I thought my sharing might help some people. After all we are all humans and have our thoughts, feelings and emotions right or wrong. Dharma work is something of...
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Dear Rinpoche, This is a vintage Bionic Woman doll complete with its packaging. Its an offering from me. Pastor David Dear Pastor David Lai, Thanks for the iconic memorabilia of Bionic Woman figure. She does bring back good memories and reminders of my favorite Bionic Woman show. I liked the show because...
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Being Rinpoche’s personal attendant means that I am able to witness real Dharma in action, both on and off the throne. I consider myself extremely fortunate, and at the same time it is also a great challenge to instil Dharma in my life 24/7. Over the years I have witnessed many cases of how Rinpoche helped many people in both worldly and supramundane ways, so I decided to have these stories told in comic form for the wider audience. It is my wish that through these stories many will be inspired to achieve the state of compassion and attai...
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(posted by Pastor Seng Piow) One evening Tsem Rinpoche was shopping in an art store and saw an elderly lady who needed help in getting some art papers, so Rinpoche helped her to retrieve the papers and gave some artistic suggestions, then Rinpoche accompanied her to the cashier so that she could accomplish...
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