Archive for May, 2011

Dear friends, This is such an interesting short video on how to improve the oxygen in your room. It’s natural, easy and also not high maintenance.  Please watch the video and it’s very informative. I really like it and will do this for my room. More oxygen, clean and fresh will reduce headaches, some...

I was sent a forwarded email by Jamie Khoo (liaison and senior editor of KMP). It had a Powerpoint presentation attached to it about The Hanging Temple… In the Shanxi province of China, within the county of Hunyuan, there is a temple that has been built INTO the cliff on the Jinlong Valley! Called...

Dear friends on FB, I am reaching the limit of 5,000 friends allowed. I have around 4,800 now. Once reached, I am unable to accept new friends as per Facebook’s rule. So I might switch to a fan page which is unlimited. I will see how and keep everyone informed on FB and here...

Three weeks after a series of tornadoes blew through Alabama, leveling everything in their path, a family in North Smithfield returned to their damaged home to sift through debris. Miraculously, they found their missing dog Mason waiting for them on the porch...

( I grew up in this house in Howell, New Jersey. The house is still there. I left this place at 15 to hitch-hike to California to practice Dharma freely without constraints. ) I cannot comment on other religions, but before we conclude so easily on karma, its effects, how it comes, goes and latent karma,...

Dog shot, tied up and buried alive The discovery of a dog that was buried alive up to its nose after being shot in the head 40 times has led to calls for Malta to reform its animal welfare laws. The crossbreed mongrel, which was named Star by his rescuers, was found near the...

Rinpoche, Gyabshi training in progress. Chia and I went through the puja with them and gave explanations on meaning and ritual parts; next, trainees will actually do the whole puja themselves and also keep up with practice sessions. People here today are: gimlee, lim han nee, prof choi, chin yong, kh ng, master loo, mei...

Kechara Sarawati Arts Dept’s Pat working hard on a 2ft Vajra Yogini I placed an order for. It’s the first of it’s kind. We didn’t have a VY this size at all. Many people will like this size as it’s not too big and not small. I have requested them to paint, put ornaments...

Dear Tsem Rinpoche’s Blog friends, Here is a special offer from Kechara (Tsem Ladrang Dept)!!! Due to a lot of very positive feedbacks on how beneficial this book is, we decided to have a free 62 book giveaway!! First come, first serve please. You may donate the book you win to your dharma centre, any centre or a...

  For the longest time I wanted to invite a large Vajra Yogini statue into my personal residence. Decades ago I can only dream of such an event. But recently it really happened! I feel so fortunate. I requested Paul and his wonderful team at Kechara Discovery and Kechara Saraswati Arts dept to arrange...

About a month ago, Beng Kooi (Liaison and Director of E-division) was scouting for a new shop-lot within the Sunwaymas area. And she was able to find a shop-lot on the ground floor, right next to Kechara Saraswati Arts (KSA)! This new office will be the headquarters for our new Paranormal blog team and...

Groups sue US over antibiotics in farm feed By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/26/2011 A coalition of consumer groups filed a federal lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration over the use of human antibiotics in animal feed, saying it creates dangerous superbugs. The suit alleges that the regulatory agency concluded in 1977 that...

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/26/2011 In the heart of the Polish countryside, about 500 Chinese workers toil frenetically on a new stretch of the A2 motorway connecting Berlin and Warsaw — an unprecedented sight both here and across the EU. Poland has become the first country in the 27-member bloc to open its doors...

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/26/2011 Hackers are out to trick Apple computer users into infecting Macintosh machines with malicious code pretending to be legitimate security software. Apple on Wednesday was warning about a “phishing scam” that stealthily directs Mac users to fake websites which pop-up bogus warnings that computers are infected with viruses. Hackers...

(Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13540497) 25 May 2011 Last updated at 11:41 GMT Germany is alarmed at the scale of an E. coli food poisoning outbreak which is thought to have killed three people and may have infected hundreds more. At least 80 people ingested EHEC, a dangerous strain of the bacterium, over the past two weeks...

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/25/2011 Japan will have ten million solar-powered homes, Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Wednesday, as the country makes a major push in coming years towards renewable energy following its nuclear crisis. “Japan aims to install solar panels on the roofs of about 10 million houses,” Kan said at a ceremony...

  Dear Everyone, Plse Remember: To be a leader, an example, or a good person we have to always give the credit to others SINCERELY who work with us. Because they make us who we are. Without them we are nothing.. Always take the blame when we are wrong n never put our mistakes...

Happy smiling people of Kechara enjoying a Thank You Dinner tonight  from me at Kechara Oasis…. I requested KECHARA CARE dept headed under Liaison Su Ming to arrange a dinner for our volunteers, staff, liaisons and friends who worked so hard to make Wesak Day such a successful day. I was just amazed how...

Can you believe that there is a cat in South Korea who is vegetarian and prays? A nun rescued the cat a few years ago, and it has been living in the temple with many other nuns since then...

Like many people, I have been reading countless articles regarding the devastating earthquakes in Japan… one in particular caught my eye as it mentioned a group that was doing wonderful work rescuing animals. This group is called the WSPA, and I had my students do some research to find out a little more about...