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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 25, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on April 25, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6. We are almost finished with this course and have scheduled Dorje...

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Dorje Pamu’s “Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow” Class to start May 23, 2026

14th century Tibetan thangka painting of Vajravarahirahi-Wikipedia. Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow, the text used for this course, is a collection of discourses given by Dorje Amang Nopu PaMu. This course is a...

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Statue of the Thousand Armed Kuan Yin Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California.

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Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly at Hua Zang Si-2026

Thousand-Armed Kuan Yin Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco.

April 19, 2026

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Photo of Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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Meditation Retreats Planned for Holy Vajrasana Temple

Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We have scheduled three seven-day group retreats at the temple. The first one is scheduled for April 18-24, 2026. Because it is so soon and we...

April 7, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 5, 2026

We started our 2026 series of Hesperia classes on April 5 at 19099 Lemon Street, covering Lessons Seven & Eight on “Three Kinds of Prajna” discussing the third–Intrinsic-reality prajna. The...

April 5, 2026

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Series of Classes on the Heart Sutra continuing at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California

Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Starting July 20, 2025, I read from a preliminary translation of EXPOUNDING THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THROUGH THE HEART SUTRA and started a discussion of what H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

April 5, 2026

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Photo Courtesy: Catherine Song | Hua Zang Si temple‘s serene atmosphere fostered reverence as attendees honored Shakyamuni Buddha's Holy Birthday.

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Hua Zang Si Video on 2026 “Love without Limits” Donation Drive

Shakyamuni Buddha Hall. This Hua Zang Si video documents the good works their nuns and laypeople do every year to give to their San Francisco community–helping feed the hungry through the San Francisco-Marin Food...

April 4, 2026

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Photo of Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times.

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Michael Pollan Wants to Know Where Consciousness Comes From

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. The New York Times has offered a book review of Michael Pollan’s new book, A WORLD APPEARS: A Journey Into Consciousness. Because so many of you showed...

April 3, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 21, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 21, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Preliminary Practice, Assignment 5. We also discussed a related section of the Understanding Definitive Truth Sutra where the...

March 29, 2026

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Quote-Meaning of “Prajna Parami-Ta”

“In short, if you want to realize the liberation state of intrinsic-reality prajna, dhyana and wisdom must be pursued equally. That is, the two aspects of dhyana and wisdom must be equal. Neither of the two can be...

March 29, 2026

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