I have received many messages from concerned friends over the last couple of days asking me to take Rinpoche to the hospital. I really appreciate everyone for their concern which I know arises from a good motivation and a wish for Rinpoche to extend his life, to continue benefiting sentient beings. At the same time, […]

In 2006, my siblings and I had the great privilege to do our first Manjushri retreat. Upon its completion, Rinpoche had me write up my experiences. I stumbled upon this write-up by accident when I was searching through my archives for a nice Throwback Thursday post. So below is an 18 year old’s perspective on […]

My Facebook Fanpage profile says I am Kechara’s youngest pastor and sangha-to-be, and sometimes that makes me a little anxious because it paints a certain image of me in some people’s minds. I am supposed to be young (and not totally uncool, I would like to think! Hehe) but I am also supposed to have […]

It’s no secret that I’m a softie. Though I can be a cynical loud mouth, I’m also very susceptible to a good sob story, will cry at the drop of a hat and (if your story is good enough! Hehe) give you the shirt off my back. But there are some people who move me […]

Rinpoche sent me the most amazing series of audio messages yesterday. The messages addressed a goal I should achieve, and the method for getting there (and no, I’m not telling you what they are ;)). Seriously cool that my lama sends me WhatsApp audio recordings but that’s not the point of this blog post. So […]

I was going through my hard drives, looking for some photographs for a friend, when I stumbled upon this visualisation that Rinpoche taught a few years ago. It was an impromptu teaching delivered as Rinpoche was walking out of the Ladrang, on his way to the barber. I thought I’d share it here since so […]

I was on Facebook this morning, scrolling and catching up on the ‘news’ as usual when someone’s posting caught my eye. They said that holidays are a retreat from their “dreadful responsibilities”. I found that statement to be really strange and wondered, “If your responsibilities are so dreadful and painful, why did you create them, […]

When I was a kid, I was a huge fan of the Chicken Soup for… series. Yes, some of them were a bit naff but for a teenager searching for something more substantial than the feel-good stories in Reader’s Digest, they were perfect. Anyway, in one of the books, I read something that has stuck […]

There have been many lessons I’ve learnt over the years, thanks to the experiences that Rinpoche and my parents have given me the opportunity to…experience. They are lessons I wish I could tell my 10 year old self. It’s not that my 10 year old self needed much advice or was particularly messed up. Okay, […]

I know I have not blogged in a while, and this post was originally intended for Rinpoche’s blog but before it goes up there (alongside a number of other commentaries and reflections), I thought it might be something interesting to blog here because there are plenty of people in our everyday lives who really get […]