There's No Way But Up

Last weekend, Rinpoche gave an amazing talk and bestowed refuge upon a very fortunate bunch of refuge-seekers. It brought back some warm and fuzzy memories for me as I recalled my own refuge. It was many years ago and the funny thing was that I didn't receive refuge with Rinpoche first. That was because I…

The good you find in others, is in you too. The faults you find in others,  are your faults as well. After all, to recognise something You must know it The possibilities you see in others, Are possible for you as well. The beauty you see around you, is your beauty, The world around you…

I have just joined the creative writing course that was run by Sharon Bakar at a place called the Learning Room. Today is the first lesson and it is on Flow Writing. The trick is to just write whatever is in our heads without restricting it with grammar, spelling, punctuation or theme. All Sharon did was…

This is extracted from a fantastic teaching that H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche gave in 2004 at a  Dzambala retreat. Dzambala was a yaksha, a type of being that existed before that is very fat, very short and very stout and very strong. They are celestial and they have the power of wealth. They are very, very…

My dad and I have a great relationship for many years. I have not always been the best son to him because when I was growing up, I allowed a gulf to grow between us. We hardly talked and I would often see him sitting alone in the kitchen drinking beer and wallowing in his…

Yup, its me and my book again….

I heard that many of my friends didn't like this movie. They told me that it was really just typical Hollywood crap. However, I decided to go ahead and watch it anyway. The allure of a movie with glorious Greek gods, mythical creatures and breathtaking special effects was just too much to resist.  Well, like…

The other death that I heard recently was of Kyabje Kensur Lati Rinpoche. I am not a direct student of this great master but he is amongst my lineage Lamas because he is one Rinpoche's great teachers.  I know very little of him except through the amazing stories I heard from Rinpoche's sharing and teachings….

I am greatly saddened with the recent news of two deaths over the weekend. It leaves a rather poignant reminder of how near death is to all of us.  The first heart-wrenching death is this cute white little Schnautzer whose name is Namse (I took this last picture of him in the pet hospital). He…

Last Saturday was historic because our (KH's) retreat center was unveiled in a public event to our members for the very first time. It was called Creating A Legacy Together and was held at Kechara Oasis (our vegetarian restaurant). Our retreat center initially dubbed TKL or Tsem Kacho Ling has been synonymous with Rinpoche's and Kechara's…

Tantra, that ubiquitous term is often used and misused in equal measures. Unfortunate for some, Tantra is not about sex per se. However, there is a lot of sensual, sexual and somewhat primal references and imagery in Tantra. This is particularly so in Buddhist Tantra and I am not going to go into Hindu Tantra because…

Look! This is Zamkar! We call him Zamky baby or sometimes Zamky monster or just monster. (when he poops indiscriminately) He is my fourth housemate in Heruka House. This housemate is unique because he runs on all fours and the whole house is like one big toilet for him. However, he is much better these…

From time to time, people would ask me what do I do with Rinpoche on those long sleepless nights I spend in the Ladrang. Well, first of all I would like to clarify that my time in the Ladrang is not one long Dharma talk after another. More often than not, it is really quite…

Such photos are truly precious! Rinpoche, our perennial Bodhisattva has done it again. His undying passion to spread the Dharma has found a new way of expression – Funky t-shirts with catchy phrases. Who would have thought of such a fun, contemporary phrase like that? – I belong to Buddha. It certainly beats all the…

I can't believe it! Rinpoche just gave me a new laptop as a gift! It is my dream machine! It took me a while to believe my eyes. It was not too long ago that I blogged about my dream machine. Rinpoche saw my blog post and decided that it would be a necessary tool…

Look at me! These great fantastic advertisements are making my book famous at MPH! Yes, my book is making me, Rinpoche and KH more and more famous! Everybody trawling the malls, please buy my book! The sensor panels are at :- MPH 1 Utama  MPH Midvalley Megamall  MPH Subang Parade  MPH Sunway Pyramid  MPH The…

I just did a book reading of, “There’s No Way But Up” yesterday at Kechara Paradise Bangsar. Here is a silly photo taken just before the reading with all the shiny balloons that were a gift from Rinpoche in celebration of this occasion. Since, i was in the spotlight, I figured I might as well…

On the eve of KMP's Bookclub reading (There's No Way But Up), I am having an insecurity fit! You see, I was pretty affected by some comments made by my kind fellow colleagues a couple of days ago regarding a previous book reading and I just couldn't get it out of my mind. So during…