There will be three more sessions for our S01-Seminar on the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, December 21 at 9:00 am, December 22 at 1:00 pm, and December 28 at 9:00 am. The Sunday session on the 22nd is to enable us to discuss the 17 questions Reba prepared on the preface and introduction. We will finish his questions on the commentary on the Second Mind-Essence next Saturday and begin the steps contained in the Final project/report. You can catch up by watching the videos of the first three sessions and join us for the rest on ZOOM.
Be sure and enroll in DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: Part TWO-III, if you want to join our long term study of the Heart Sutra or the broader study of C41(A)-the Three Principle Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Please remember you need to BOTH enroll in S01-Seminar of SAUMOL AND register for ZOOM session and do it so as to allow time for approval process. I need to make sure you are enrolled in class before I can give you the ZOOM link and I can’t access the zoom registration list after I start the session which is usually 15-30 minutes before the class starts.
CLICK for a list of available classes in each of the programs: Auditing, Buddhist Studies, and Xiuxing Seminary. Those with membership in the Xiuxing Seminary Program who are only interested in serious practice and not opening a Dharma Center may also elect to follow the Xiuxing Practice Program and take a seven or thirty-day Solitary Retreat.
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We will start our discussion of the “Four Noble Truths” and LFBCS Course DCB24 at our January 4, 2025 ZOOM session at 9:00 am discussing the Heart Sutra. THERE WILL BE NO MORE CLASSES IN 2024 on the Heart Sutra, but you may join S01-Seminar on the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation.
If you have enrolled in C41 or DCB24 or DCB23 or DCB22 or DCB21 or DCB26) you may continue to use the same ZOOM link to attend the Saturday morning discussions. However, you will need to enroll in the appropriate course to be able to watch the video recordings of the classes, download study materials, or study the related questions.
STARTING JANUARY 4, 2025: DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO–III and C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice
STEP ONE: Enroll in Learning from Buddha College & Seminary Course in DCB24 as either a Buddhist Studies or Xiuxing Seminary Student. Once enrolled you may go to course and download the questions covered in the discussions and watch videos of sessions held on the earlier classes. You may also watch and participate in the ZOOM sessions for this class by enrolling in C41(A)-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice, but you will not be able to access the questions or the video recordings of the DCB ZOOM classes. C41(A) is available for Auditing Students with a free membership as well as the full membership students in the Buddhist Studies and Xiuxing Seminary programs. The DCB courses do require membership in either the Buddhist Studies or Xiuxing Seminary programs.
STEP TWO: Register for Zoom Discussions for DCB24 (Only those enrolled in courses C41(A) or DCB24 [or DCB 21, 22, 23, or 26] can attend these zoom discussions).
All of the recordings and summary of ZOOM discussions for DCB21, DCB22, DCB23. and DCB26-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra are now available. You must be enrolled in each of these classes in one of the membership programs at the LFBCS to access the course materials, questions covered (in parenthesis), and/or the class recordings. Please note that these links will only work if you are logged into LFBCS with your membership identification number AND are enrolled in this class.
“. . . no suffering, no accumulation, no cessation, and no path; no wisdom, also no attainment. With nothing to be attained, therefore, . . .”
CLICK for article on the entire text of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.
CLICK for article with instructions on how to enroll in LFBCS classes and how to register for the ZOOM discussions.
CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB23 and links to all 13 ZOOM class discussions on DCB23 held from August 24, 2024 to November 16, 2024,
CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB22 and links to videos of all 21 ZOOM class discussions on DCB22 held from February 10, 2024 to April 20, 2024 and from June 29, 2024 to August 3, 2024.
CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB21 and links to videos of all 18 ZOOM class discussions on DCB21 held from November 21, 2022 to April 1, 2023. Note: not all of the forwards, notes, and introductions are complete.
CLICK for article on last class held on DCB26 and links to videos of all 8 ZOOM class discussions held on DCB26 held from April 20, 2024 to June 22, 2024.
CLICK for Background information on Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and why it is such an important text.
CLICK for information on S01-Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL).
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