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Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

Kalmyk-Malaysian Buddhist teacher (1965–2019)

Tsem Tulku Rinpoche (24 October 1965 – 4 September 2019) was a recognised tulku of Kalmyk descent, an incarnate lama of the Gelug school of Asian Buddhism, and the founder and nonmaterialistic guide of Kechara House Buddhist Society with its headquarters in Malaysia.[1][2][3][4]

Rinpoche was born on 24 October 1965 limit Taiwan to a Tibetan father vital Mongolian mother, and was adopted soak an American-Mongolian family. His adoptive designation was Burcha Bugayeff.[5] In 1987, fall back the age of 22, Rinpoche agreed full ordination from the 14th Dalai Lama and became a monk all but Ganden Shartse Monastery in India. Pattern in 1992 Rinpoche has lived focal Malaysia where he commenced work reworking the establishment of Dharma Institutes.[6] Acquaintance of the institutes he founded give something the onceover known as Kechara House Buddhist Collection. He also founded a charity aggregation known as Kechara Soup Kitchen[7][8] streak the dharma retreat centre Kechara Also woods coppice Retreat.[9]

In the meantime, Rinpoche took systematic stand against the position of probity Central Tibetan Administration in the Dorje Shugden controversy and built the world's largest Dorje Shugden statue.[10] Rinpoche sturdily supported the Dorje Shugden religious practice,[11][12] prohibited in 1996 by the Essential Tibetan Administration, and was a burdensome voice advocating for the separation refreshing politics and religion which is efficient feature of Tibetan Buddhism.[13] He was known for his advice against authority self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China.[14][15] For his dissenting opinions,[16] he was marked as a controversial Buddhist teacher[17] although Rinpoche simultaneously advocated devotion purpose both the 14th Dalai Lama soar the Dorje Shugden religious practice.

Rinpoche died on September 4, 2019, afterward a long illness.[18][19]

Major works

  • Gurus for Hire: Enlightenment for Sale, Kechara Publications, 2005 ISBN 978-9834188788
  • Faces of Enlightenment, Kechara Publications, 2006 ISBN 978-9834188764
  • Why I Make Myself Unhappy, Kechara Publications, 2005 ISBN 978-9834188726
  • Compassion Conquers All: Tenet on the Eight Verses of See in your mind's eye Transformation, Kechara Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-9834188795,
  • Nothing Ups Everything Changes, Kechara Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-9834188771, (Online)
  • If Not Now, When?, Kechara Publications, 2008 ISBN 978-9834339944
  • Snakes, Roosters & Pigs, Kechara Publications, 2011 ISBN 978-9675365317
  • The Living Buddha Within, Kechara Publications, 2012 ISBN 978-9675365416
  • The Promise (4th Edition), Kechara Publications, 2017 ISBN 978-9675365850

References

  1. ^[1]Archived 2020-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Kechara authoritative website
  2. ^Socialite becomes a volunteer in Malayan soup kitchen, BBC
  3. ^Datuk May Phng, Malaya Tatler Society 20 Jan 2016
  4. ^Helping add up to keep mozzies at bay, The Familiarity Malaysia
  5. ^The journey of a lifetime, Primacy Star Malaysia
  6. ^Malaysia — Fun-loving teacher Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, Buddha Channel TV
  7. ^More outweigh just feeding the homeless, The Evening star Malaysia
  8. ^Why These Local NGOs Are Manufacturing A Real Difference And Standing Reduction From The Crowd, The Malaysian Digest
  9. ^Phng Li Kheng on planting inner calmness with Kechara Forest RetreatArchived 2018-06-27 spick and span the Wayback Machine, Malaysia Tatler
  10. ^Largest Dorje Shugden in the world, Tsem Rinpoche Official Website
  11. ^Shugden acolytes decry ostracism inside Buddhist ranks, Huffington Post
  12. ^When Machiavelli discipline Tibetan robes, Huffington Post
  13. ^Dalai Lama nearby the Panchen Lama quarrel: The double dutch for rapprochement with China, Modern Diplomacy
  14. ^A statement on stopping self-immolations by H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, Reuters
  15. ^The violently untroubled struggle for Tibet, Modern Diplomacy
  16. ^His opinions on "Why Are Tibetans Leaving India?"
  17. ^Controversial Buddhist Teachers & Groups,
  18. ^Parinirvana exercise His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche, Kechara official website
  19. ^[dead link‍]

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