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Creating a Legacy Together…

14 Apr

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…

The Tantric Approach

10 Apr

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…

Chinese Vajrayogini Book Is Out!!!

26 Mar

KMP and KD had seen a flurry of busy people like little elves hurrying about and doing their best to get the Chinese version of the Vajrayogini book out. The Chinese Vajrayogini may seem like just a translation but it is not just a mere translation as it took a lot of hard work. Translation…

The Third Person

24 Mar

  A warm photo of Rinpoche and myself at Naropa's cave in Nepal 2008  Over the years, I had so many amazing moments with Rinpoche that is really too much to write everything in just one blog post. It has been about seven years of knowing Rinpoche. That's right, seven years. I knew Rinpoche even…

For A Good Laugh

20 Mar

H. E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche has a wonderful way of whipping egos into shape. A master of skillfulness, Rinpoche often have many ego-busting tricks under his maroon sleeveless sleeve. Since I have a bit of karmic luck to be in such close proximity with the Lama, I am often subject to many of his wonderful…

The New Blog…

19 Mar

Blogs are not really a new thing for me as I had been blogging many years and moons ago but I stopped. Perhaps I had been very lazy or I was just caught up with what was happening in my life to continue with that blog. (Stop rolling your eyes! It might stay up that…