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Be a winner in all the ways!

Thursday, 2/9/2010 - 12:31pm

As of 1 September 2010, the Liaisons Council have launched a three-month Incentive Program for Full Time Kechara Staff. Guess what, you get to evaluate each other…

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New kid on the block!

Wednesday, 1/9/2010 - 6:38am

A new kid on the block has joined Kechara Care full time, adding yet another member to our beloved Kechara [...]

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Kids will be kids!

Thursday, 26/8/2010 - 5:08am

Kechara’s departments regularly organise outings for their staff, so why should the kids be left out? A bunch of Kechara [...]

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We don’t need a reason to party!

Thursday, 26/8/2010 - 2:47am

Dharma is fun, Dharma is playful, Dharma helps you to be you…and Kechara Care are going to show you how! [...]

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Treat your body right

Wednesday, 25/8/2010 - 8:41am

Body aches, back aches, migraines, low vitality, work-related stress, hypertension, bad diet, skin freckles, hyper pigmentation – these are just [...]

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  • 3 Lower Realms

    How can I avoid the three lower realms?

    If we act in accordance to the Dharma, we will create less negative karma. This negative karma is what leads to our rebirth in the three lower realms, which we are trying to avoid…

  • Consecrating Buddha Statues

    What is the difference between just getting a statue from a shop and praying to it, or receiving a statue that has been blessed by a monk or a Rinpoche?

    When a statue is blessed by a monk or a Rinpoche, that holy being invokes the enlightened beings’ energy to reside within the statue. Hence when we make offerings or prayers to the statue, it has a greater potential to trigger good karma and imprints within us…

  • Protector Practice

    Can you please tell me what Setrap’s practice is about?

    As an emanation of Amithabha Buddha, his mind is one with Amitabha – that is, Setrap is an enlightened Being and therefore an object worthy of refuge…

  • Fish and vegetarianism

    Is eating fish permissible? Am I still considered a Buddhist if I eat meat?

    Within the Vajrayana tradition, it is advised that only realised beings or the Buddha can consume meat. Being attained, it benefits the animal when they consume its flesh. This is not true when normal samsaric beings consume flesh…

  • People who criticise my Lama

    I’ve seen some comments about my teacher, and some were just plain nasty. What should I do?

    We should defend our teacher to the best of our abilities. If we do not defend our own teacher and, as a result, our teacher’s reputation worsens, then we are cutting off other people’s potential to connect with him…

  • Ensuring a better rebirth for our pets

    What can I do to help my pet to gain a good rebirth?

    Your pet may have already taken a negative rebirth, but if you chant Medicine Buddha’s mantra then blow it onto your pet, it can reduce or shorten its suffering in that new rebirth…

  • Dharma Career

    Kechara seems like a very dynamic organisation and I like the idea of a Dharma career. How can I apply?

    Our motivation for being in such a career is not for worldly profit or (to use a Buddhist phrase I quite like) for worldly concerns. The motivation we should hold when we want to work for Dharma is the wish to serve others…

  • Why live a good life?

    If I have many lifetimes to come, why should I worry about living the good life in this one?

    Having gained an optimum human rebirth, we must strive to extract some essence from this existence. We gained an optimum human rebirth in this lifetime by practising ethics in the previous lifetimes. It therefore stands to reason that practising ethics in this lifetime itself will create causes for future higher rebirths…

  • Importance of Guru

    Why is a guru important in Vajrayana Buddhism?

    Vajrayana Buddhism is known as the swift path because our reliance on a spiritual teacher to guide us will propel our practice swiftly towards Enlightenment. A guru can tailor aspects of our practice for us, depending on our individual inclinations and propensities. This makes our practice more effective and suited to us…

  • Merit and Karma

    What is the difference between merit and karma?

    H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche has previously given the example of karma being your current account – once it is used up, those resources are finished. Merit is akin to having a Fixed Deposit, which only increases in value. Merit is collected based on actions that are free of the eight worldly concerns…

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3 Lower Realms

How can I avoid the three lower realms?
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If we act in accordance to the Dharma, we will create less negative karma. This negative karma is what leads to our rebirth in the three lower realms, which we are trying to avoid...
  • 3 Lower Realms

    How can I avoid the three lower realms?

    If we act in accordance to the Dharma, we will create less negative karma. This negative karma is what leads to our rebirth in the three lower realms, which we are trying to avoid…

  • Consecrating Buddha Statues

    What is the difference between just getting a statue from a shop and praying to it, or receiving a statue that has been blessed by a monk or a Rinpoche?

    When a statue is blessed by a monk or a Rinpoche, that holy being invokes the enlightened beings’ energy to reside within the statue. Hence when we make offerings or prayers to the statue, it has a greater potential to trigger good karma and imprints within us…

  • Protector Practice

    Can you please tell me what Setrap’s practice is about?

    As an emanation of Amithabha Buddha, his mind is one with Amitabha – that is, Setrap is an enlightened Being and therefore an object worthy of refuge…

  • Fish and vegetarianism

    Is eating fish permissible? Am I still considered a Buddhist if I eat meat?

    Within the Vajrayana tradition, it is advised that only realised beings or the Buddha can consume meat. Being attained, it benefits the animal when they consume its flesh. This is not true when normal samsaric beings consume flesh…

  • People who criticise my Lama

    I’ve seen some comments about my teacher, and some were just plain nasty. What should I do?

    We should defend our teacher to the best of our abilities. If we do not defend our own teacher and, as a result, our teacher’s reputation worsens, then we are cutting off other people’s potential to connect with him…

  • Ensuring a better rebirth for our pets

    What can I do to help my pet to gain a good rebirth?

    Your pet may have already taken a negative rebirth, but if you chant Medicine Buddha’s mantra then blow it onto your pet, it can reduce or shorten its suffering in that new rebirth…

  • Dharma Career

    Kechara seems like a very dynamic organisation and I like the idea of a Dharma career. How can I apply?

    Our motivation for being in such a career is not for worldly profit or (to use a Buddhist phrase I quite like) for worldly concerns. The motivation we should hold when we want to work for Dharma is the wish to serve others…

  • Why live a good life?

    If I have many lifetimes to come, why should I worry about living the good life in this one?

    Having gained an optimum human rebirth, we must strive to extract some essence from this existence. We gained an optimum human rebirth in this lifetime by practising ethics in the previous lifetimes. It therefore stands to reason that practising ethics in this lifetime itself will create causes for future higher rebirths…

  • Importance of Guru

    Why is a guru important in Vajrayana Buddhism?

    Vajrayana Buddhism is known as the swift path because our reliance on a spiritual teacher to guide us will propel our practice swiftly towards Enlightenment. A guru can tailor aspects of our practice for us, depending on our individual inclinations and propensities. This makes our practice more effective and suited to us…

  • Merit and Karma

    What is the difference between merit and karma?

    H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche has previously given the example of karma being your current account – once it is used up, those resources are finished. Merit is akin to having a Fixed Deposit, which only increases in value. Merit is collected based on actions that are free of the eight worldly concerns…

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