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Rinpoche (and my parents!) for teaching me not to be afraid of hard work by using themselves as examples. Here I am a few weeks ago hoovering Manjushri Hill @ Kechara Forest Retreat at 4am, caught on CCTV by my sister.

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Rinpoche sent KB to me with this plate of savoury crepes. “You must finish all of this NOW,” KB said. I was already pretty full and tried to decline but since Rinpoche had asked me to, I did. I knew there had to be a reason, and also it was a blessing. A few hours […]

AnnaLynne McCord

This one is going to be a bit beauty-focused because I’m going to be giving up all concepts of that soon (I’ll let you know how it goes!), and something appeared on my newsfeed this week that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention. Have you ever seen such dedication […]

Love

The beautiful poem appeared in my newsfeed today. I’m not one for poetry and usually, I’m more inclined to skip anything related to it. But I could not help but read this one because it’s by Chogyam Trungpa, one of the most amazing lamas of our time, who set the stage for so many other […]

Nurturing

Rinpoche will do anything to nurture a student. (Note: we only drank Coke and iced lemon tea, thankyouverymuch)

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Rinpoche allowed me to witness today the result of loyalty spanning 20 years…and amazed me with his equanimity because he would be as equally caring to those who have broken his trust.

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Rinpoche for giving nine people this amazing opportunity!

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Rinpoche teaches everyone to care for one another (which is what I am grateful for, Rinpoche opening us up to one another and the world). So what happens? We sometimes come up with creative ways to show this…here, for instance, Seng Piow arranged for a few departments to get bamboo canes to defend ourselves against […]

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Rinpoche, in a teaching last week, said, “Don’t use the present comforts to shelter your environment and what you need to deal with inside of you.”

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The movie was awful (oh-so awful!) but I’m grateful for the teachings Rinpoche have after them!