Some thoughts on love relationships
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...
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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...
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Dear friends, There are ways we can have a good relationship with our spouse and partners. The methods are not hard. How ‘hard’ it is to implement is dependent...
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All types of people in a dharma centre. Some come for luck and improvement of their personal situatiions and it stops there. Others come because they see the...
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This is a powerful picture… and it is the source of strength because if we just follow it, we will be different… I like quotes that make us think...
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Be a lamp unto Yourself As the Buddha was dying, Ananda asked … who would be their teacher after death? He replied to his disciple – “Be lamps unto...
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Though we may have the collective karma to get something, physically if we do nothing much and watch our lives waste by comfortably, then the open window...
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Dear friends, I received yet another apology from a student. And it has been many times already over the last two years with this person. I care about this...
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Dear Rinpoche, Greetings! How are you? I hope that you are feeling great, happy and relaxed. ) I have taken the liberty to share with Rinpoche a...
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‘Suffering’ for others becomes easy when we realize the ‘real’ us doesn’t even exist.~Tsem Rinpoche
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Dear friends, This was sent to a dharma student of mine. But when I read it through, I thought it might benefit more people. These 15 points I wrote for someone...
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Some of Kecharians made such nice postcards with pictures and my quotes. I like some of these and thought to share with everyone. They look fun. Kecharians really are...
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Dear friends, I came across this Introduced by Lindsay Wagner, this method can help release strong negative emotions such as anger, jealousy, revenge, unwanted responses and stress. Energy psychology...
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When we don’t want to do a particular work or project we should do, then how do we expect a project to bear fruit or experience the results....
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People who say they wish to do Dharma work full time must show results. You don’t just do Dharma work when you join Dharma work full...
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Dear friends, When we live in the city, the noise pollution we are bombarded with is really not healthy on a daily basis. I had this compiled just for...
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Or view the video on the server at: http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/udamu.flv Dear everyone, please watch this very talented young boy who sings from his heart. Tsem Rinpoche Description of the...
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“Find What You Love” Steve Jobs’ at Stanford University Steve Jobs, who stepped down as CEO of Apple Wednesday after having been on medical leave, reflected on his...
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How to Climb the Corporate Ladder by Josh Goh, assistant director of corporate services, The GMP Group While being well-qualified may give you a foot in the door,...
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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...
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Dear friends, I have recently read up more and more on quotes and thoughts from Steve Jobs. To me they sounded very Buddhist. Whatever he was saying had a...
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You know, it’s strange, I’ve been saying this most of my life… and the good thing is, it’s applicable in whatever situation and to whatever background we come from religious...
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How much you suffer is how selfish you are. ~Tsem Rinpoche How much you transform for the better is how much you realize you are dependent on all those...
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As the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 1964, I now have the pleasure of proposing to you the name of Thich Nhat Hanh for that award in 1967. I...
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I did a post a while back called “Yesterday I Experienced True Generosity” and in the comments section Kevin wrote a nice story about Buddha, a lamp and old...
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The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on a sound basis, they not only remain, but they also increase. In fact, once...
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Dear Rinpoche, May I share some of what I learnt from attending Miss Jill Robinson’s presentation in August, 2011. She is a truly remarkable and inspiring person. I learnt...
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I don’t know what I did in my previous lives but in this life I am very fortunate. For many years already, I have many students and also friends...
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After five years in the Dharma, you should be a student who is 'low maintenance' or no maintenance which would mean you have transformed because you took the Dharma...
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When we need to drink porridge* for now during the difficulties with everyone together, we should. Then later when we can share rice** with eachother, we do it proudly...
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This picture says it all…How kind our mothers are to us. How kind our fathers are to us. How kind our teachers are to us. All of us have...
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One of the top 10 great Guru monks of the country (Thailand) is Luang Phor Chong of Wat NaTangNok Temple, BangSai district, Ayuthaya province. He passed away on the...
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Spiritual practice is not having an altar, keeping a Kuan Yin statue, spiritual practice is not building temples, spiritual practice is not just reading a dharma book or giving...
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Remember, if we wish to make an offering to our teacher, no offering is greater than that of our own dharma practice.~ Geshe Tsutrim Gyeltsen However...
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Dear Mom and Dad, I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am...
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Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a...
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or view on external server http://uk.video.yahoo.com/yahooeurosport-10104300/ukeurosportnew-10104448/abidal-cancer-has-changed-me-25278058.html I saw this picture and some information on a FB post..it was intriguing…I wanted to blog this inspiration…People like Eric are so powerful...
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama presents Cardinal Theodore Edgar MacCarrick with a “souvenir”, a Buddha statue, in Washington DC on July 14, 2011. Cardinal MacCarrick, the former Archbishop of...
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It’s amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have...
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While thinking earlier, I came to some more understanding. However other people act towards me or anyone, should not affect me much as it was never between them and...
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Dear Henry, I am happy to see your practice. It’s ‘funny’, but at the time of death, considering all of our activities in our lifetime, the ‘activity’ below are...
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Dear Blog friends, I came across this speech by J.K Rowling (author of Harry Potter) and was amazed. There’ s much wisdom, Dharma, insight and very beneficial advice if...
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There are many, many beautiful sites in Bolivia that the current President, Evo Morales, feels should all be legally protected. This is on top of any existing national and...
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Sometimes it can be difficult to define or explain just exactly what compassion or loving kindness is. Sometimes all it takes is a simple, yet profound example to demonstrate...
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Or view the video on the server at: http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/koreatalent.flv You know the old adage, hardship really pushes us to the top… Well in the case of this inspirational young...
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Lucky as she was found by her guardian Angel Mrs Wu, dying on the street in Taiwan Lucky, aka Lakshme, is a special old doggie from Taiwan. She was...
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By Kunzang Drolma in Facebook: Ming right now. Dumped in high-kill L.A. shelter, 13 years – my vet says probably older, blind, deaf, dementia. Cried constantly until 1/2 tablet...
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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....
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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....
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Looking for a non-existent door when you can enter from anywhere is the source of our barriers.~ Tsem Rinpoche (I mean when we HAVE to do things this way,...
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How would you feel seeing your father working day in day out late at night...winter... summer... and living off simple foods, only to give his hard earned cash to...
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Ethan Hoo wrote on my FB “Last year Wesak I become full time vegetarian, this year Wesak I’m taking refuge with
H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche . Thank you, Rinpoche...
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I received this article in the mail and it caught my attention. These days it is very rare to hear the account of practitioners with attainments, so I thought...
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I received another message today that one of my students is very firm on becoming a nun!!! She use to make alot of excuses for not finding time...
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Wisdom from an Old Lady For ninety-nine years, I have worked for the benefit of beings. now this work is almost complete. I will not take birth again in...
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Dear Ooi Beng Kooi, I saw your name as a contact person for Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and his center. I am an American who believes in Buddhism....
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I hope this finds you well. Beng Kooi informed me of a sincere parent named Francis (I hope I got you right and you are the father-your name can...
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Jealousy makes you unsettled, have no peace, be unhappy and act in ways that make you deteriorate and be alone. How can you be jealous of other people who...
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“Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist. Use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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I’ve always admired Master Cheng Yen for her true Buddhist spirit that translates into action. She is like the “Mother Teresa of the East” and her work has always...
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Question asked by Claire S Rinpoche, I have 3 teenage children who are really growing up way too fast. Children today are exposed to so much information through media,...
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This excerpt is an adaptation from Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s new book Into the Heart of Life, which is the Tricycle Book Club selection for July, taken from Snow...
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Dear Rinpoche , recently i met a close relative of mine and i came to know he is in charge of ( their leader aka some sort of...
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Dear friends, When you practice generosity at first, it is about you and the recipient. How the recipient responds greatly affect your motivation to do more or less…in the...
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Narayanan Krishnan, a talented award-winning chef in a 5 star hotel group, was short listed for a prestigious job in Switzerland. Little did he know that a short family...
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Our Kechara is so blessed with powerful potent female, wisdom, Vajra Yogini, queen, ying, ladies, dakinis, feminine, flowery, night, moon, goddess, femme fatale energy. How fortunate we are to...
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Most of us work only to support ourselves or our families. The money that we make is usually spent more on our own wants rather than to support others…...
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Suffering is my Protector How many years have gone by, pursuing this and that empty of tangibility, Yet all I have is a sense of voidness dancing in the...
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dear rinpoche, yes, doing dharma work is fantastic. however, what’s your opinion on this – if for example, someone in all his/her determination to do dharma work and benefit...
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A few years back I approached one student to open a restaurant for KECHARA. But the student declined citing various reasons. There are people who find reasons to win...
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Pain and suffering does not necessary lead to failure. It’s just how we want to use it and how we want to move on from it. People...
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I was asked today how a skeptic like me can be so easily “hooked” by Kechara? I have a number of reasons: (a) it seems to...
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A great brightness seems like darkness; a great square has no corners; a great ability takes a long time to perfect; a great sound is hard to...
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In the tantras such as Tara, White Tara, Vajrapani, Manjushri, Saraswati, Tsongkapa, Dukkar, Avalokitesvara, Oserchenma, Maitreya, etc, it is highly recommended you do not eat meat/eggs when you...
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Dear Everyone, Your questions are valid and well thought out..I am glad you are contemplating. Ghantapa the ‘monk’ had a consort but that doesn’t mean I can...
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(our buttelamp house in Nepal. I have already offered 100,000 butterlamps to sacred Vajra Yogini in this place) Dear blog readers, Again, thank you for visiting my space here where...
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Since i met you here on facebook Rinpoché, I stopped eating meat; you had a very good impact on me and practise, this has changed me a lot your...
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It’s simple, if killing is not allowed in any form, how is eating meat ok? ~Tsem Rinpoche Everyday you eat meat, you are not really practicing compassion which is...
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When we wish to engage in dharma practice, in order for it to be genuine, take roots and really hit us deep in the core for us to make...
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“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may...
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KP staff releasing fish..beforehand doing Shantideva’s prayers… Fishes released!!! After releasing the fish, Kechara Paradise (KP) Dept staff, friends and family with KC Nicholas do dedication prayers…. It’s Tibetan...
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The millionaire who decided to give away his entire fortune because he was unhappy Karl Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had...
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So much thought has been put into nature versus nurture in regards to why we do what we do and how we do it… I believe nothing is simple...
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It’s great to want love, demand love, get love, expect love and just have it..but what do you do when you get it? Just relax, not do your part...
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Whenever we come across something comfortable, run. Whenever we encounter something pleasant, offer it. Whenever we see something beautiful, appreciate and move on. Whenever we feel cosy, remember it...
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I am angry because I want to be. I am unhappy because I choose it. I am not in control because I’ve controlled the wrong causes. I am not...
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Old Lady stops robbery at Jewellers Northampton Feb 2011 Or view the video on the server at: http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/oldladyrobbery.flv I just saw this on my facebook and had to...
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It’s easy to get caught up with a lot of complicated terminology in books about religion – but somehow we (sadly) forget to realize that what we have for...
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If your angersome, it means you are spoiled. If you want things to be given to you, then you want others to do your work. If you complain...
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