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

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Thanksgiving Open House at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, CA

Anyone interested in helping usher guests around the site should contact them directly or let me know for possible places where they can stay at the site.

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October 22, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), September 23, 2023?

C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Logo for Xuanfa Institute We began Lesson 5-The Great Stage with the Method Path of Bodhichitta. This lesson is concerned with the merit-building part of the...

September 29, 2023

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Video of Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly for H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: Revised with English Voiceover

The Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California released another video of the Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly held June 30-July 1, 2023 in Glendale, California. Video of Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly, Glendale, CA, 2023...

August 10, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), August 8, 2023?

Two major changes to future discussions of the LFBCS course C41(A) will enable us to have ZOOM discussions of both of the major Dharmas given us by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: The “Supreme and Unsurpassable...

August 8, 2023

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Zoom Discussions planned for the “Supreme and Unsurpassed Mahamudra of Liberation”

Two Photos of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, The Holy Vajrasana Temple. As part of our discussion of the “Method Path of Bodhichitta,” which we will restart September 23, we will consider the merit-building...

August 8, 2023

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Flyer for C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Introduction to the Stages and Paths of Buddhism Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). [April 29-July...

August 8, 2023

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

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Religious Leaders Hold Dharma Assembly in Glendale to Honor the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

“Thousands of Buddhists from around the world attended the two-day Dharma Assembly” Joyce Lee. Jon Stojan, Contributor: Published 11:45 am ET, July 25, 2023. USA Today. To honor the Holy Birthday of H.H...

July 28, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 15, 2023?

We finished Lesson 4 on the Intermediate Stage or the Path of Renunciation on July 15 with a discussion of what it means to become accomplished; why the three disciplines of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom are...

July 19, 2023

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QUOTE-Mundane & SupraMundane

The two noble truths of suffering and accumulation that I spoke of earlier belong to mundane cause and effect. The two noble truths of cessation and path belong to supra-mundane cause and effect. The noble truth of...

July 19, 2023

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