Dear Zla’od,

I have never seen this nor heard of it..sounds unique.

Yes, I enjoy films.

Thank you for your new year wishes..same to you also.

Dear Irene,

Study up on Shantideva’s treatise Bodhisattva-chai-avatara. It is a masterpiece to discover the bodhicitta within us. Combine it with the practice of Avalokitesvara in any form would be powerful.

Even if acts of generosity are done for self gratifying feeling at first,it is ok. It is better to do good acts with not so perfect motivation then to never do them.
As you perform acts that benefit others combined with study of dharma, your motivation will change naturally. Your focus from self gratification will switch to truly benefitting others. Start somewhere for now.

Dear Ng,

When you invite any Buddha they DEFINITELY COME. Even if we cannot perceive them at this time. Their power to appear is fully ripe and they have great compassion for all those that call upon them even if we are normal people. Their compassion has no barriers.

To believe they are here with you is not pretending but creating the causes to see them in actuality in the future.

Continue your practice and devotion to Tsongkapa for the rest of your days. It is excellent for you and those around you. I am very happy for you.

Good luck to you.

Dear Andrey,

1. Keep your attraction towards VY. Keep an image of Her and make offerings, prostrations, flowers, incense, water, mandala offerings, etc. In this way you make a strong connection with Her. Pray to Her you will be able to do this practice in the future.

2. Something will not happen because you recited Her mantra prematurely.
3. The Heruka Root tantra book, wrap in cloth and keep on your altar. You should not read prior to empowerment. But by keeping on you altar, you will make a connection to it. On our shrines, we should have a representation of Buddha, dharma (book), and mind of Buddha (stupa) anyway. So that is auspicious you have received this book. I rejoice for you.
4. I would recommend you go on the youtube and see the teachings I gave on Tsongakapa Guru Yoga. Learn up well and enter into a 100,000 migtzeyma retreat for now. This is a good way for you to start.

If you have questions please contact Wai Meng in the E-division of Kechara House.

I wish you luck.

Who I am and how I think is very different than both sets of parents I have. My personality is so radically different than their’s …and that is why I left home at 15….But the method I carry out some things sometimes resemble my step mom Dana.

I like my birth Dad Lobsang Gyatso because he is very devoted to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has offered many precious items from Tibet to His Holiness. And has ‘worked’ for His Holiness in Taiwan for over twenty years.

I like my step mom Dana because she was a very kind hearted, giving and very capable lady. I watched her be generaous with so many people with zero agenda. She was giving naturally and very helpful to people she don’t know.

If you feel Tsongkapa is wrong, then it is ok for you to do other practice. No problem.

That is up to you. No fixed time amount is necessary.

No issues or problems there for any time you set.

That is a real good question. I like your question.
I guess I would be Hindu.

Thank you.

I do not communicate or write them directly. I have assistants that speak Mandarin with them and relay messages back and forth for me.

It’s not a silly question. I am ok with it. Thanks.

Dear Jonis,

I opened this section hoping to benefit ppl with their questions. But of course ppl with various motivations will write appropriate and inappropriate questions.

1. You are right, according to the tantric codes, we never reveal the deities we are practicing. Ppl who asked who your deity is, clearly shows their ignorance or lack of respect.

2. I choose to answer what questions I like and I do not need to answer any questions I do not wish to. I answer the questions when and if I have time. I am not obligated by anyone to answer at any time. I will not engage in political questions or questions that disparage. I am not interested in those.

3. If ppl appreciate the tremendous amount of time, energy and effort I put into the blog, it reflects their mind clearly. If they don’t, I am sorry.

Thank you for you appreciation comments here. I am thankful.

What a powerful message. I thank you so much. I will not entertain any more political questions again.

I will be who I am …life is too short to pretend to be anything else.

Dear Martin,

It is sad that politics is brought here. It’s truly sad that all that I do, my work, efforts, 30 years given to the dharma is judged on this one basis…But I do understand where you are coming from. I do excuse you for asking. I am sad other people talk to you regarding this as it reflects their minds.

I do not have to justify to anyone what I practice or not. If people like me for who I am, then fine. If they don’t it’s ok.
I am an American, and I grew up with religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of worship and freedom of expression, and I am use to being who I am and free. So I reserve the right to not be pushed into a corner to answer this or that if I choose not to. My life is my life. But I will entertain this for this one time.

I quote Trijang Rinpoche because he is the guru of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the guru of my Root guru. He is the guru of all my 14 gurus in fact. So when I quote him, it is not because he was a Dorje Shugden practitioner, but because he was an erudite scholar of the highest quality, meditation master, and one of the greatest lamas of Tibet to bring dharma out. His Holiness Dalai Lama often quotes from him also I have heard myself during teachings.

I have already made a video of how I feel of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. See here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JAC3JUdq3s

MY ANSWER IS EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW WHAT H.H. THE DALAI LAMA SAYS. H.H. Dalai Lama has our welfare in his heart. And he works so hard for everyone. We must appreciate him, respect him and wish him very long life. I fold my hands to His Holiness always from my heart. No, we should not practice this protector.I have submitted my signed signature to my Monastery to this effect already. The end.

I will not entertain such political questions anymore on my personal blog space.

On a happier note, I thank you for your good wishes which I think is from your heart. I am so humbled and happy to know my talks, thoughts and scarce knowledge has benefitted people and even affected their lives in such a positive way. That is the purpose of my existence and the purpose of my life. I will devote the rest of my life to bringing benefit/dharma to many as much as I can.

Happy Holidays to you and everyone.

Tsem Rinpoche

Dear Martin,

Each practice has it’s own benefits. One does not cover the other.

The praise, serkym and mantra has their individual function and benefits.

Example:

Serkym is to offer a liquid/drink that has been purified/blessed into uncontaminated bliss/wisdom to the mind of Setrap to create tremendous merits to avert our negative karma. Offering these items to a mind of a Buddha creates the causes to achieve Bliss/wisdom which is the highest of tantric achievements. Or the goal of tantric achievements.

Mantra can create meditative stabilization in the mind. To calm the mind and channel or chi/winds correctly for many mental and physical benefits. It can help the mind to achieve calmness.

Praise is excellent as it recalls the enlightened qualities of this being and by remembering we gain merits and increase our faith. It creates the seeds to achieve these very qualities in our mind stream.

Conducive environment is helpful I agree. So you see how you like to do it. Anything towards Setrap has TREMENDOUS BENEFITS.

I wish you luck and very happy to hear you have devoted yourself to this supreme Dharmaphala.

Dear Anon,

Our desire and attachments manifest in hundreds of ways mostly uncontrolled. Do not fret or worry too much about your accidental visualization.

There are worse karmas we should purify. Focussing on ourselves and not helping others, eating animal flesh, working in life just for ourselves and not caring to do much work for others, not spending more time to gain realization and focussed on the trivials of this life, basically wasting our time in greed, food, fun, experiences to soothe and ‘satisfy’ our attachments which further feed the self grasping mind are much more serious.

I wish you well.

Dear friend,

Please read 50 Verses of Guru Devotion by Ashvagosha, Lam Rim by Pabongka Rinpoche, Fulfillment of All Hopes (in English) by Tsongkapa published by Wisdom Publications and it will answer all your questions thoroughly. After reading, if you have questions, I will try to help you.

Your questions are very important and excellent.

Tsem Rinpoche

Dear Doreen,

In the beginning it is inevitable. While you are working on yourself, you will have ups and downs and sometimes be put down by others. Or even you put yourself down. But as time goes on, you will GAIN MOMENTUM AND STRENGTH and become better. That is a promise.

Please go the Youtube and see my video called: Don’t Embarrass the Buddhas.

I offer you my sincerest prayers and while on this journey, solicit Lama Tsongkapa. I have a book ( Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa -Edited by Prof. R. Thurman)
with many praises to Lama Tsongkapa written by great masters. There is one prayer called the Tricosmic Master by Kedrub Rinpoche..you should recite this daily and recite migtzeyma afterwords. Contact Shin of E division to help you get that prayer or book.It is in my library and private collection.

Also contact Ethan of Kechara Care, I would like you to get a consecrated pendant of Lord Tsongkapa to bless you. It will be a gift from me. Wear it daily. And next year try to gift three others with Tsongkapa pendants as a gift from you to do your good deed.

Happy new year with filled spiritual goals fulfilled.

Tsem Rinpoche

Do your best to counter all this karma by going Vegetarian if you are not. Promote animal welfare. Start a animal sanctuary. Start a powerful blog site on this issue. Use social media to bring awareness. Educate others by various means to save and be kind to animals. Live your life for saving these poor beings from being harmed.

Use Medicine Buddha as your main Yidam to achieve this.

These would be good action dharma to counter some karma and create new karma.

Talk is good when action follows…is how I feel.

I thank you for wanting to do something for animals.

Dear Martin,I’ll answer in between your quesions broken down below. Take a look please.

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Dear Rinpoche, what happens to a possessed person in the afterlife if he/she is not cured by a lama before the death ?

A person in the afterlife may not be directly affected by their immediate current life. For example, he may be possessed, but at the time of death, another karma may open and they take a good rebirth. Or they can take a bad rebirth. Nothing is fixed because we have collected karma that is very strong stored, dormant and ready to open from many other lifetimes also beckoning to manifest. I wrote a small book on magic and the like. You can obtain it online or kechara paradise outlets. It will help you.

How exactly he/she will suffer than? With pain? With delusions?

Any negative karma will lead to sufferings. That is a given for everyone possessed or not. Whether a person is possessed or not at the time of death makes a difference but not the only difference and certainly not the only criteria. Karma makes no exceptions for anyone. So we have to see their thoughts, actions and thinking at death to get a clue where they are going next….Also how they lived this life in general.

For how long?

No determined time. For the length of next rebirths, it will be different for everyone in every life.

There are many people who don’t believe that possession exist and they can die without being exorcised at all so I want to know can we help them with prayers ?

You can get the book I wrote in which I talk clearly what one can do..it will be very helpful to you. For now Singdongma, Black Manjushri or Setrap practices continuously will BE VERY HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED. Any of these three are very efficacious for the afflictions of this nature.

If somebody wants to exterminate the Buddhism because he/she is ignorant and evil and then he becomes possessed should we pray for him/her ?

We forgive them and be further inspired to practice more to liberate and help many like them. Pray to Tsongkapa or Setrap would be excellent.

I wish you luck and great blessings.