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(By Tsem Rinpoche) When I was very young in New Jersey, my step parents wouldn’t let me study dharma, do sadhanas, mantras or go to the Buddhist Church much...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) When I was very young in New Jersey, my step parents wouldn’t let me study dharma, do sadhanas, mantras or go to the Buddhist Church much...
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There are several variations and interpretations of the history and lineage of Dorje Shugden. However, the source most referred to and heavily relied on by contemporary Gelugpas is the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) For thousands of years, stories have been told of a mystical paradise called Shambhala. Hidden within the Himalayan Mountains, it has come to be known by...
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China official says Dalai Lama ‘making a fool’ of Buddhism Mon, Mar 28 13:13 PM BST BEIJING/DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is “making...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Tea offering for Vajra Yogini is an excellent way to: Create affinity with her and her practice. To generate merits to accomplish the Generation stages...
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The sole purpose for engaging in what is referred to as a ‘close retreat’ is to retreat from daily mundane activities in order to get closer to our meditational...
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Half goat, half man. A cryptid dubbed the “Goatman” has, over the years, easily become one of the most horrifying and mysterious creatures in the United States of America....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Niral) Dear friends, I wanted to share with all of you some information about the holy Dharma protector Achi Chokyi Drolma from the Drikung...
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Dear students and friends, Our lives in samsara are influenced by rules and regulations that are often beyond our control. For instance, when we need approvals from local authorities...
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Beberapa orang menghabiskan waktu mereka membantu dan merawat orang lain, dengan pikiran, kecerdasan, waktu, perhatian, sumber daya, dan kemampuan mereka. LUAR BIASA. Mereka melakukannya tanpa mencari pengakuan atau pujian....
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(译文请往下阅读) The King, Queen, Pope, Dalai Lama, Gaden Tripa, Sharpa Choje and Sakya Trizin combined cannot tell you or force you to stop Dorje Shugden practice even if you received the instructions from your guru who might be just an ordinary temple sweeper or simple monk. Your guru the temple sweeper ...
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过去,人们常常向尊贵的詹杜固仁波切提出各种各样的问题。其中一个最常见的问题就是他们的本尊(禅定本尊)是谁,那些刚接触藏传佛教的新人尤其喜欢这么问。
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Sangha is one of the Three Jewels which we take refuge in everyday while doing our daily sadhanas. However, do we actually know the meaning...
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If one guru can fulfil all your needs, fine, you take one guru. If you need another guru to fulfil another aspect, you can take two, three gurus. But...
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I have always been interested in ancient civilisations such as China, Egypt and Mesopotamia as they reflect the sophistication and advancements of the people at that time. Although people...
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The New York Times recently published this article providing succinct coverage of the ongoing Tibetan elections. Unlike the Reuters special report, the New York Times coverage was accurate and...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) In most cultures, women as a gender have been undeniably classified as lower in status compared with men. It was only recently that women began to...
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Ingat masa-masa SMS? Sebagian besar dari kita sudah tidak lagi menggunakannya sekarang, tetapi sebelum WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Facebook, Instagram, dan platform media sosial lainnya muncul, Rinpoche biasa mengirim ajaran...
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Recently I was going through the Himalayan Art Resources website when I stumbled across their Dorje Shugden section featuring art from all traditions and schools of Buddhism...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I love dogs. I’ve loved dogs since I was a young boy. I love other animals too, but dogs will always have a special place in...
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(詹杜固仁波切和黎国圆讲法师合撰) 亲爱的朋友们: 多杰雄登与西藏佛教萨迦传承的渊源相当久远,这是广为人知的事实。事实上,多杰雄登最初先受到萨迦派的认证和供奉,后来才成为格鲁传承中广为修持的护法。
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“Mass of Vajra Fire: Invocation of the mighty Dorje Shugden, the supreme Dharmapala of the precious teachings of Buddha Tsongkhapa” is a ritual text for the propitiation of Dorje...
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Sleep paralysis or more commonly known in Chinese as ‘鬼压床’ is one of the most common paranormal encounters. Hence, most people would have experienced some form of sleep paralysis without really knowing what it is. In fact, you might already experienced one or two of these ‘attacks’. When we are goin...
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The Venerable Ajahn Chah (17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992), also known as Phra Bodhinana Thera, is considered one of the most influential and highly-revered Dharma teachers in...
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很高兴能为大家呈现我们位于尼泊尔加德满都的首面多杰雄登护法壁画。这面壁画坐落在Dilli Bazaar的Charkhal路段,就在前往我们两座位于Putalisadak和Chabahil...
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Rinpoche was well-known for his ability to accurately divine which Buddha would be the most suitable meditational deity for each person according to their individual needs, karma and affinity...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche, May 26th, 2011) For the longest time I wanted to invite a large Vajra Yogini statue into my personal residence. Decades ago I can only dream...
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关于藏传佛教格鲁派创始人宗喀巴大师的出现,佛陀在世时就曾授记:未来在佛教稍许式微之时,有这么一个人会降生,振兴其教法。在佛陀时代,一男童(宗喀巴大师的前世)向佛陀供养一串水晶念珠。
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Dear friends, From a young age, I have always been intrigued by Kuchisake Onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman from Japanese folklore. Originally I didn’t know her name or that she...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The following is a video of a teaching I gave awhile ago during a tsog ceremony in Kechara House 1 (Now converted to Kechara Media and...
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Nama inkarnasi Yang Mulia Tsem Rinpoche bermula dari Biara Tsem, biara asal inkarnasi terdahulu Rinpoche, Gedun Nyedrak. Biara ini dikenal dengan nama ‘Tsem’ suku kata kehormatan dari ‘gigi’, karena...
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旺泽是多杰雄登的怀摄化身,若我们遭遇困局或他人的刁难,旺泽特别能协助我们。旺泽的修持法能帮助我们支配或发挥影响力来扭转局面,让情况有利于我们,好达致高尚的目的。
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We’re going to talk about a very controversial, very important topic, the pith of Buddhist practice, which is actually guru devotion with the teachings on how to devote oneself...
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FOUR POWERFUL TEACHINGS BY H. E. TSEM RINPOCHE. When technology advances, more people will lose interest in spirituality. This is because people look for instant gratification and superficial compliments....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) Dear friends, It is a well-known fact that Dorje Shugden has a long history of association and practice within the Sakya School of...
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When Rinpoche was having tremendous financial difficulties in Gaden Monastery, he was advised by Dorje Shugden to make a wealth vase and a wealth box to overcome his challenges....
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佛教鼓励信徒们少欲、少求,最终在成佛的道路中彻底灭除它们。然而,尤其对在家修行者来说,追求财富并没有错。事实上,佛陀说过:“对在家众来说,贫穷是一种痛苦。”
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Jun 04, 2011 (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dearest Rinpoche, wish you well and in good health always. I am so happy and grateful that i am able to take...
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In the language of the Karuk natives, Mt Shasta is known as Úytaahkoo or ‘White Mountain’. It is an active volcano located at the southern tip of the Cascade...
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As the Tibetan leadership prepares to celebrate the 58th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, my students felt that it is an important time to address issues that continue to...
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Recently, the Tibetan Journal of Literature featured a compelling article by Dr. Christopher Bell shedding light on the Yellow Book, a pivotal work in the Dorje Shugden saga. Dated July...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Beautiful 17 inches Setrap Antique style invited to the office and offerings done!! Setrap is a fully enlightened Protector who has sworn to Shakyamuni to assist...
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Mantra tidaklah asing bagi berbagai agama dan kepercayaan di berbagai pelosok dunia. Formula mistis ini mengandung berkat yang sangat besar. Siapapun yang melafalkan kata-kata suci ini menyentuh berkat dari...
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佛教为协助我们克服日常生活中遇到的挑战提供了许多解决方案,这些挑战包括与健康有关的问题,如各种难以避免的的疾病和病症等。在这个简短的开示中,尊贵的詹杜固仁波切为我们概述了藏传佛教中一些可以帮我们自己和他人康复疗愈的方法...
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(By Pastor Niral Patel and Beatrix Ooi) For over 400 years, the practice of Dorje Shugden has been propagated within all four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Originating in...
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Normal medical healing focuses on the body more than the mind. What we have to do is remove the actual cause of the physical sickness, which in Buddhism all...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, I found this very useful. It’s short but very precise. If we actualize this, we let go of a lot of disturbing emotions immediately...
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Dear friends, Black Eyed Children or Black Eyed Kids (BEKs) is another group of paranormal entities triggered my interest and prompted me to find out more since I learned...
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I am very excited to present to you our first Dorje Shugden mural in Kathmandu, Nepal! Located on Charkhal Road in Dilli Bazaar, the mural can be found midway...
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In preparation for the Kechara Forest Retreat, we are planning to build many big stupas, which will bless the area and form pivotal points for circumambulation around the land....
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Generosity is one of the six far-reaching attitudes practised by Bodhisattvas with the superior motivation of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all living beings...
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布施是六度波罗蜜之一,也是为利众生而誓愿成佛的菩萨们所实践的六种广大行为之一。布施能带来许多好处,如减少我们的悭吝,以及为我们获取物质资源种下善因等。
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I thought I would make it simple and easy to remember so I came up with these to help you recall the qualities, abilities, benefits and and nature of...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) As Tibetan Buddhism gains prominence in the world, so too is Tibetan art being appreciated more and more. Today, many sacred Tibetan thangkas can be found...
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Dear friends, Recently, there has been a huge craze about a horror movie called The Conjuring 2. Yes! I am a self-professed horror junkie although I am also really...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Martin Chow) In December 2015, the international news group Reuters published what it claimed to be an investigative piece titled ‘China co-opts a Buddhist sect...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The grottoes are a fascinating study of the fusion of Central Asian with native Chinese forms of art, and the central gem in the necklace of...
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H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
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Powerful Dorje Shugden's mantras
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~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
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"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."
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~ Lama Yeshe
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~ Tsem Rinpoche
“Meditating on Dorje Shugden while reciting his mantra will open the gateways to higher dimensions, blessings and protection.”
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”
~ Pabongkha Rinpoche
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."
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"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"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 good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."
~ Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral
"Things in samsara always go wrong. That's its nature. Don't be surprised."
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"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
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"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems. To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."
~ Angeline Francis Khoo
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."
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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 formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."
~ William Shakespeare
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
~ Maya Angelou
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Holla from Brunei! Everytime when I land in a state of confusion, here is where I seek my guidance. Thank you so much Rinpoche for this wonderful blog. I love ... Read More I have a friend who never really did communicate with his father, their bond was terrible and they would argue everytime when they see each other. He was short-tempered ... Read More Dearest Rinpoche. Words cannot describe the thanks I have in my heart to you and your Gurus. As well all of those at Kechara. Since finding your teachings on youtube ... Read More
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