Life Story
H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Without a teacher to teach us the Dharma, we won’t know any Dharma. Dharma teaches us how to live our [...]
Tsongkhapa Buddha
A long time ago, that was about 2,500 years ago, during the time of Buddha Shakyamuni in India, there was [...]
Dharma
Be Patient
If you come across people like that, let them win, let them go, let them grab first. You don’t have [...]
Be Vegetarian
Just like killing, eating meat is quite the same as killing animals. Even if you were not the one who [...]
Prayers
Guru Yoga of Lama Tsongkhapa
Je Tsongkhapa embodies the Bodhisattvas of Compassion, Wisdom and Power. If you recite Tsongkhapa’s holy mantra, practise his Guru Yoga [...]
Homage to Manjushri
Obeisance to my Guru and Protector, Manjushri, who holds to his heart a scriptural text symbolic of his seeing all [...]
Mantras
Mantras
Mantras have the power and blessings of each specific Buddha. It is the essence of that enlightened being that we practitioners tap into to invoke their blessings…
Offerings
Why Make Offerings?
As Buddhists, we usually keep an altar to help in our prayers and meditations. On the altar, we would place [...]
Light
In Tibet, people light butterlamps filled with yak butter. Here, we don’t have any yaks so we use nice scented [...]
My First Altar
How to set up a simple altar
The main focal point of your altar should be an image of a Buddha (a statue, tsa-tsa, photograph or painting). [...]
Why do Buddhists set up altars?
When we have an altar and take care of it daily, we keep reminding ourselves to take refuge in the [...]
