Kechara’s 13 Departments

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Kecharas 13 Departments
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• A lot of new people who first visit Kechara or
  just heard about Kechara get quite confused about
  how many departments there areor where they can
  contribute and volunteer! hehe There are 13
  departments in Kechara Organizationall of them
  are extensions of my interests and I have seen
  them open and grow over the past few years. A few
  of my students have written a very good summary
  of what each departments do, why they exist and
  have added a few relevant photos.. Have fun
  reading them!!

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Kechara Discovery Department

• H.E. Tsem Rinpoche has loved the Buddha since he
  was a child living in New Jersey, USA. He would
  draw little paper Buddha pendants and photocopy
  rare Buddha pictures that he found in books to
  give away to people. Though no one had ever
  taught it to him, he had always believed that an
  image of a Buddha would bless and protect people.
  This passion lives on in Rinpoche until today and
  was the main reason that Kechara Discovery was
  conceptualised in 2008 to make Buddha images
  accessible and plentiful for people everywhere,
  especially for their spiritual practice.

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• One of the main functions of Kechara Discovery
  within the organisation is to source for new
  Buddha statues and create a range of Buddha
  pendants based on Rinpoches designs. Liaison
  Paul Yap was selected to head this department and
  his hard work is well paying off now the things
  he has achieved are just spectacular! Since its
  inception, Kechara Discovery has managed to
  source for many of the statues and create various
  exquisite ranges of pendants that Kechara
  Paradise carries now.

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• KDs largest and most recent project has been in
  creating the central Buddha statues for Kechara
  Houses new gompa. This is no small feat, we can
  assure you! Paul has to travel abroad every other
  week to personally oversee the construction of
  these statues and advise the manufacturers on
  correct iconography and details. But with plenty
  of creative energy and a great eye for detail,
  there couldnt be any more perfect a person for
  the job!

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• The central images in Tsem Ladrang the
  heartbeat of the Kechara organization were also
  created by Kechara Discovery. For example, the
  statue of Rinpoches previous life which sits in
  the grand hall and Rinpoches personal
  Vajrayogini statue in his room were all the
  result of KDs incredible hard work. What
  fantastic and huge merit they must be creating!

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• While Rinpoche was growing up in America, and
  later when he was living in the monastery in
  India, such delightful statues and pendants would
  have only been a dream. Although he would very
  much have liked to give away pendants and
  statues, funds were very limited. Now, with the
  creation of so many beautiful statues in varying
  sizes, portable tsa tsas and pendants, Rinpoche
  is much closer to fulfilling a wish to make
  Buddha images available to everyone, no matter
  what their budget or style preferences may be.
  Ultimately, these images are to inspire people in
  their practice and form a central focus for their
  daily prayers and contemplations.

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• As well as introducing people to many Buddha
  images, Rinpoche has also taken many students and
  friends on pilgrimages to numerous spiritual
  power places in Bodhgaya, Gaden Monastery in
  South India, Nepal and even within our sacred
  Kechara organisation in Kuala Lumpur. Rinpoche
  takes his students to these places so that they
  can be blessed by the energy of enlightened
  Beings to further their spiritual practice,
  attainments and work, and to plant innumerable
  spiritual seeds within their minds. Click here
  for more information on the benefits of going on
  pilgrimage. Rinpoche has also blogged about these
  various sites, such as the Mahabodhi Temple in
  Bodhgaya, Naropas cave in Kathmanu, Nepal and
  Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet.

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• Rinpoches dream to help many people to connect
  to these sacred places is also being realised by
  KD. Now, a second part of their portfolio is to
  make arrangements for such pilgrimages. All the
  logistics and tour details, as well as
  explanations, specific prayers and meditations to
  be performed at these specific locations are all
  handled by KD so you can be assured of a most
  spectacular trip. Many of the locations of these
  sacred power places are rare and off the beaten
  track, but KD make sure we can get to them,
  offering us a much more exclusive and insightful
  spiritual experience.

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• Moving forward, this young and dynamic team of
  five now have bigger plans to bring their
  pendants and Buddha statues to the world. The
  small but vibrant department is also working on a
  showroom that will showcase many of their unique
  masterpieces. This showroom will introduce the
  art of Buddha statues to the masses, so that they
  can also be appreciated and welcomed into the
  homes of non-Buddhists.

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• Paul the head of department says, I plan to
  expand Kechara Discovery into a showroom to
  highlight various concepts of home décor and to
  make the concept having a Buddha statue a very
  attractive and viable proposition. On top of
  that, Kechara Discovery will have a lot of work
  in the future sourcing and producing the large
  statues for Kechara World Peace Center. We have a
  lot of work ahead and its all going to be very
  exciting!

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• For more update, visit us

http//www.tsemrinpoche.com/
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