Archive for February, 2012

  Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Today I had to accomplish something that has been pending for a few years as there were many obstacles until now. I am not going to mention what it is here at this time, but it was something very good and very necessary. It will help me and Kechara...

  I was associated with another centre which I pulled out of 12 years ago. When I left them, they said I would never make it. I would flop..hehe..I didn’t care they didn’t think I would make it or not, because I am not doing a business. I am practicing dharma. They said I...

  Dear everyone, This was our second chat quiz on my blog and Ethan Hoo was the big winner!!!! Congratulations. It is fun…   Tsem Rinpoche     **********************************************************   Dear Rinpoche, What an exciting second quiz today! Everyone thought they could just google the answers, but in the end all of us were...

 I was observing everyone on my blog chat space and I thought why don’t I make it a learning experience. So I decided to ask questions then and there with whoever was on chat which was quite many and have some fun. It was fun. I thought I asked 7 questions but it turned...

    Vajrayogini in the Gelug Tradition It is said that Vajrayogini was Je Tsonkhapa’s (1357 – 1419 C.E.) innermost yidam. There is no evidence for this since the Gelugpas had paid attention to Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi only as the consort of Chakrasamvara being one of their three principal yidams (gsang bde ‘jigs gsum; the others...

Seng Piow and Justin looked like they stayed up the whole night with no sleep in this picture… in fact they did. They were working with me on my blog that whole night. They both got along very well and respected each other alot. It was nice to see how they worked together. Without...

    Dear Rinpoche,   Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it very very much. This  one is definitely better in video, not audio! I find these teachings to be extremely clear, concise and very useful for  beginners to tantra and even those who are not so new. But what struck me the ...

      Ok get ready and DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE EVER….would you allow this? Would you feel safe? Would you not be worried…could you let this go on?? I read somewhere snakes have no loyalty. They can turn on the person feeding them even after years of care…..Would you...

My tastes totally vary and I have a very wide field of interest. I like creative, edgy, not run of the mill, abnormal, arty, expressive, open and accepting forms of art, music, movies, pictures, stills, houses, ideas AND PEOPLE…… Everyday and normal ideas can really bore me. I feel whatever we do  WE MUST...

    One deliverable from Xi Jinping’s trip to America seems to be a new deal to allow more U.S. films — at least 3-D ones — to be distributed in China. The Guardian reports: China currently permits only 20 big foreign films a year to be released there, to the frustration of US...

The sounds of nature are very relaxing when you need to unwind. What I usually do after blogging or a long day is to play one of these videos in the background...

  Never make promises then you break them with your spouse. It is the best way to  destroy something good. Tsem Rinpoche   The best way to love someone is to be the best you can be. In all relationships,  being the best can only boost your partner’s trust in you. ~Tsem Rinpoche  ...

Dear friends and those who want to go serious, You know I was watching a video on Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet Tour and also a Abba video on YouTube… and I got the idea that I want to talk on why we do preliminary practices. How preliminary practices lead to tantra. How it is connected. How Lam...

Whilst the Chinese have practised ancestral worship for centuries, for most people a visit to the graves of their forefathers stops there. A few offerings and some flowers, and families consider their duty done until the following year...

  (Myself when I returned to Gaden Shartse Monastery for a visit with 60 students from various countries)       A friend showed me this video. It is a interesting video….You can learn quite alot from the  video. It’s His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving explanation of the incredible phenomena of oracles that have existed in...

Dear Serious Spiritual Aspirants,   For those of you in Dharma who wishes to move ahead and eventually practice the higher teachings (Tantra and Vajra Yogini, Yamantaka, Kalacakra, etc), this talk David Lai gave IS ESSENTIAL. You must listen carefully..after hearing the talk hold an incense to Buddha and pray (aspire) YOU MAY RECEIVE THE VOWS AND...

Dear  Rinpoche, I read your blog every day and rejoice that you may leave Malaysia.  Don’t go to the USA, though–it is full of lamas already. Come to my country,  Sierra Leone! No lamas ever come here because we have no money, and because of  our bad karma which causes life here to be...

I am very happy for this blog post…do take a read. I like anything that creates harmony and understanding.   Every year, the United Peace Federation (in Kuala Lumpur) organizes a yearly celebration called the “World Interfaith Harmony Week”. This celebration exists due to the kind initiative of King Abdullah II of Jordan… he...

By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Pets     Are pets really safe when they fly?More pets died on Delta flights last year than on any other airline, a government report reveals. But a closer look at the records shows that the pets’ owners may have been as much to blame...

Dear SP, I rejoice in your identifying a weakness/selectiveness in Malaysians in general and our members in particular who should strike a better balance of acquiring/studying Dharma knowledge while engaging  in action dharma; by not treating them as mutually exclusive. The Shanghai group paid  RMB 1500 to listen to a few days of talk,...