Zhaxi Zhuoma, Author at Thus Have I Seen (and Heard)

Buddha-dharma Events

Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly

2024 Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a San Francisco Temple in the Mission District, celebrated Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly at 9:30 am on May 11, 2024...

May 24, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 11, 2024?

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of Lesson 37 “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of the methods used in the various sects of Buddhism to generate a mind that is determined to leave samsara and how to...

May 16, 2024

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"Thousands of Buddhists from around the world attended the two-day Dharma Assembly" Joyce Lee.

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Video on June 14-15 Dharma Assembly Celebrating the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

“Thousands of Buddhists from around the world attended the two-day Dharma Assembly-2023” Joyce Lee. Be sure and register so you can attend the 2024 Dharma Assembly held again in Glendale, California on June...

May 16, 2024

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QUOTE-Entering One’s Original Nature

Chanting the Buddha’s name is for concentrating the mind. When the mind is concentrated such that all stray thoughts are gone, there is only Buddha in the mind. Having one Buddha in the mind, there is no differentiation...

May 15, 2024

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Photo of Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong.

Art Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Ode to the Holy Vajra Poles

Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong in 2015. When people do Solitary Retreats at the temple, they respond in different ways to the temple environment. Some sing. Many chant and some dance. We missed recording the opening...

May 9, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 4, 2024?

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of Lesson 36 “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of sudden awakening, eliminating karmic hindrances, and the beginning steps to follow in cultivation. We then began...

May 9, 2024

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Experiencing a Solitary Retreat

Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche, Solitary Retreatant. The following story in Chinese and also translated into English is the experience of Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche from the Bodhisattva Wish Temple in New York City...

May 8, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 27, 2024?

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of various obstructions to practice, group initiation and learning, karmic forces, holy and non-holy Dharma Protectors, and...

April 29, 2024

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QUOTE-Sudden Enlightenment

Remember, no one in this world has the ability to enable you to instantly become thoroughly aware of your original nature and suddenly open up your true-thusness. This is something that you yourself must realize through...

April 29, 2024

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

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Other Sources of Karmic Obstructions

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the...

April 28, 2024

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