Archive for November, 2011

Last week, on the 21st to the 25th of November, a group of my students (Kecharians) went to Nepal on a pilgrimage trip. Hardworking and kind Su Ming lead them on this trip. Su Ming really was looking forward to taking people to holy places. She is great. Those who went on the pilgrimage were:...

Below is a gift from Leann… she is a 28 year old girl who has been gradually very active in Kechara. Initially, she started volunteering at Kechara InMotion during her free time...

Philip Yong and group of Kecharians recently visited all the holy places in Kathmandu. They also visited Tsem Ladrang in Kathmandu. That is my residence there...

Please click on this link to see this incredible touching video. It is amazing how much compassion some animals have for others. It is so beautiful. Share this with others. Wonderful to watch, wonderful to inspire with. The night in which the leopard lays down with a baby baboon! Please never hurt any animals...

  1. Get a manager or rather a top notch PA (like for actors/CEOs). 2. Get our wonderful Kechara books in every bookstore worldwide and E-books. 3. Support the monasteries of all lineages. 4. Start businesses that would fuel many ongoing Dharma projects without interruption & help other Dharma centres worldwide. 4. Build a dharma...

Seen as one of the most holy places of Chinese Buddhism, Wu Tai Shan is a sacred Buddhist mountain located in North-East China in Shanxi Province. One of the first times I heard of this mountain is from His Holiness Gaden Tripa Jampal Zhenpan in the USA before he conferred upon us the Manjushri empowerment....

Thursday, September 08, 2011 DHARAMSHALA, September 8: “If you criticize Islam due to a few mischievous Muslims, then you have to criticise all world religions,” the Dalai Lama said in a keynote address at an interfaith meet explaining that “all religions – including his own – have faithful who carry the seeds of destructive...

  Perhaps Paranormal: Two night ago in the middle of the night in my hotel room, I woke up and noticed a dark swirling ‘entity’ that was not exactly the shape of human but had a torso, no legs or arms visible and a ‘head’ ontop. Was around 2 or 3ft in height and...

Dear friends, In the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, when one’s teacher is ill, we can request great lamas to compose special prayers that invoke the blessings of the Three Jewels to increase the life of our teacher. Or if our teacher has the ability from meditation to increase his own life then the prayer will...

  These three students of mine and members of Kechara have requested to be fully ordained nuns!! After observing for a few years, I have agreed to make the arrangements. From left to right: Professor Choi, Ms Gim Lee and Ms Adeline Tan. I’ve known Adeline for nearly 19 years now. The other two...

Dear friends,   I wanted to share this with you. It is really incredibly important to have awareness and insight into what is happening. Not wanting to know or see or understand never helped anyone long term. What I post here is deeply disturbing. Never eat meat or participate in it no matter what...

The 84 Mahasiddhas represent all those who have, within a single lifetime, attained direct realization of the Buddha’s teachings. Their life stories represent what they have accomplished and what they did for others upon gaining realization from their practice. By reading their stories, we know that through effort and practice of the Buddha’s teachings,...

Canines have more potentials than we think. Like children, the more attention and time we spent training them, the more intelligence they can display...

The lost cities of the world were all once upon a time, great cities that belonged to great civilizations. But despite all their glory and power, none of these cities lasted to the present day...

In this episode, we have exclusive rights to film at one of the most exotic locations in Malaysia at night: The Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple. Founded on 1st August 1803, the temple is over 200 years old and was designated as one of the 15 Penang State Heritage Sites...

One thing I like about Kecharians is they know when to work hard and they also know when to play hard. They are really dedicated to the Dharma so when they have worked very hard, I like to reward them...

I wanted to share this article about Renunciation by Lama Yeshe with all of my students and friends as it is so well explained. One can benefit much from reading and contemplating on teachings such as this...

This year, I got so many gifts from a wide variety of people… from those whom I have met just once, from those whom I have met occasionally and from long-time students of mine...

The Liaisons Council was introduced in 2006. The structure was put in place to help the organisation function more efficiently and effectively on an operational level. The concept of this structure comes from the monastic institution of the great Gaden Monastery, which was adopted hundreds of years ago and is still applicable and much needed...

It's liberating to know my time is short. But then I've always known. Suddenly my life according to the Doctor's prognosis has gotten much shorter. I don’t need the good Doctor to tell me, but you do. That says a lot doesn't it?