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

Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Background Information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There is an on-line encyclopedia that now has a wide selection of information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with links to more. It provides considerable information in...

July 7, 2024

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Photo of Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024.

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White House Hosts Vesak Celebration

Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024. Vesak honors the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing. On May 23, 2024, in recognition of the occasion, President Biden issued the following official statement from the...

July 6, 2024

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Food

Cold Soba Noodles

This is a simple and favorite summer dish that is Japanese in origin, but also found in Korean kitchens. It is an icy cold way to serve wheat and buckwheat (soba) noodles. The Japanese way of serving the noodles is on a...

July 6, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 29, 2024?

We returned to the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO-I at our June 29, 2024 ZOOM session. We discussed Lesson 11B: Dual-use/Two-body Dharma (Yam-Yum) including...

July 4, 2024

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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). In our Saturday class this week we discussed how our feelings and emotions impacted our lives and our Dharma practice. I promised to research and share what the Buddha Master...

July 4, 2024

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QUOTE–Eight Winds & Five Vidyas

The Buddha also specified that those beneficial things taken out of the eight dharmas of gain, loss, honor, disgrace, praise, ridicule, pleasure, and suffering are called the Five Vidyas. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in...

July 4, 2024

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Thousands of Buddhists from across the globe honored the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III (Photo Credit: Michael Gao Shan).

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2024 Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Thousands of Buddhists from across the globe honored the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On June 14th and 15th, at the Glendale Civic Auditorium in Glendale, Los Angeles County, the World Buddhism...

July 4, 2024

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Photo of Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California

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Fa Chan Temple opens in Hesperia

Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California. On June 17, 2024 at Fa Chan Temple in Hesperia, California, Fa Zang Rinpoche held the first Oryoki lunch at the newly installed Zendo for Zen meditation. Zhengda Zhou...

July 3, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 22, 2024?

Today we finished our discussion Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) Course DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna”. We covered the remaining questions in Lesson 39-“Receiving Formal or Main Practice”...

June 25, 2024

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Photo of Bodi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, 2024

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Bodhi Tree Report

Bodi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, 2024. The Ficus religiosa or Bodhigara growing at the Holy Vajrasana Temple is a descendent of the Maha Bodhi Tree at Sri Lanka, the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with...

June 10, 2024

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