The Promise, a fascinating pictorial story, features many personal photographs of Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s life, including images that have never been published before. The book crosses four countries, five cities, countless cultures, and is the result of years of travel and research by Tsem Rinpoche’s students, crossing China, Taiwan, India and the United States.

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The Promise, a fascinating pictorial story, features many personal photographs of Tsem Rinpoche’s life, including images that have never been published before. The book crosses four countries, five cities, countless cultures, and is the result of years of travel and research by Tsem Rinpoche’s students, crossing China, Taiwan, India and the United States.

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Author’s Bio

Sharon Saw spent many years writing for magazines and television before joining KMP full-time as a writer and senior editor. She has authored and edited very comprehensive box sets on Buddhist practice as well as many other titles on spiritual philosophies.

Jamie Khoo has had much experience in various media – newspapers and magazines – and is now a senior editor with KMP. She has a biography, Call Me Paris, maintains a column at venusbuzz.com and is a regular blogger. She is also a motivational speaker and emcee.

Fang Chyi Chang has worked extensively in the arts and advertising line, and now lends her creative talents to KMP as their art director. Having overseen all KMP’s creative works, The Promise is among her most beautiful works of art.

About the Publisher

Kechara Media & Publications (KMP) is a Malaysian publishing house. Established in 2005 under the spiritual guidance of H.E. Tsem Rinpoche, KMP’s vision is to bring the ancient wisdom of Buddhist teachings into the context of modern contemporary living thereby appealing to a very wide spectrum of readers.  KMP’s imprints in both English and Chinese cover broad genres ranging from serious Dharma to lifestyle to biography, with the common thread of personal development which inspires, transforms and benefits others.

About The Author

Henry Ooi has been a Liaison to Tsem Rinpoche since 18 December 2005 and a student of H.E. for over ten years, learning and practising Dharma. Henry hold portfolio as:

• Liaison of Kechara Paradise
• Vice-President, Kechara House Buddhist Association Malaysia
• Board of Directors, Kechara organisation
• Director of Kechara organisation companies
• Executive Committee Member, Kechara World Peace Centre

Follow her journey as she steps foot into this incredible world of spiritual practice – from Kuala Lumpur to India to Paris, from Tsem Rinpoche’s dining room table to the freezing hills of Kathmandu, from her daily troubles to the wide open spaces of Enlightenment.

Jamie tells her story with great honesty and much humour, showing us that spirituality doesn’t have to start in the cloistered confines of a nunnery. It begins right where you are, in whatever you’re doing or aspiring to be.

Author: Jamie Khoo
Pages: 367
Language: English
Published: 2009

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Author’s Bio

Jamie has been writing as far back as she can remember; before that, she talked, to make up for not being able to write. From the few creative writing contests she won at primary school, she went on to obtain a Masters in English Literature in York, United Kingdom before returning to Malaysia to work in the media. There, she joined one of Malaysia’s largest English newspapers, The Star, and contributed on a freelance basis to other prestigious publications such as Hello! Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Malaysia and venusbuzz.com.

Life was good and the world was at her feet. Life doesn’t get much more glamourous than being able to shop for a living (and then write about it), interview top politicians and review the latest trends in the city … and get paid for all of it. But there had to be more to life than just articles, interviews and photo shoots. A girl gets restless and soon begins to aspire for much more than this.

Jamie met His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche and the Kechara Buddhist organisation in 2005, a year gave her a whole new spin on things and showed her a unique way of living that combines martinis with mantras, spirituality with style and Buddha with boyfriends. She is now one of the Senior Editors of the dynamic young publisher, Kechara Media & Publications and Liaison (personal assistant) to Rinpoche. Call Me Paris is her first book.

This book is the first in Kechara Media & Publications biography series, which captures each young writer’s own experiences as they encounter the teachings of His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche and describes how they try to realise their full potential as compassionate and caring human beings.

In sharing David’s spirit and passion with all readers, the Publisher has maintained his unique voice, choosing not to edit his writing as extensively as with works in its other series.

We hope that David’s writing and experiences will inspire you to start on your own spiritual journey.

Author: David Lai
Pages: 293
Language: English
Published: 2009

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Author’s Note

David, everybody’s favourite boy next door, was born in suburban Petaling Jaya, Malaysia where he also grew up before going to Australia for his higher education. David’s life traversed a fantastic map that laid out everything just as it should be: wonderful parents, a great education, sound job offers and a buzzing social life. Still, he  wandered his way through the first few years of his working life, hopping from one job to another without realising his full potential. It seemed that no matter how good things seemed to be going on the outside, he still wasn’t happy enough.

Everything changed when he met His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche, who turned his world upside down and told him to write – something he never thought he’d ever be doing. He discovered quickly enough that writing wasn’t merely about putting words to paper, but about a massive journey that takes you through yourself, your ups, downs and all the in-betweens. Writing is one thing; discovering stories is quite another! It has taken him several years of trials and tribulations before making this breakthrough with his autobiographical volume, There’s No Way But Up. It was through his writing and work with Kechara Media & Publications that David has found that final bright touch to what would have otherwise continued to be an ordinary, predictable life.

David is also a proud collaborator and author of a photography-inspired travel book, entitled Vajrayogini and Other Sacred Power Places in Nepal.