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Suicide

At our class held on August 9, someone asked about suicide–whether people who commit suicide go to hell and, if so, will they be there forever? My response was, as I understand it, yes and no. Yes, they do go to...

"Everlasting Wondrous Appeal," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

What Are the Five Vidyas?

At yesterday’s dharma class, we discussed the Five Vidyas in preparation for our debate on the two erroneous views that we will hold next week. I shared my realization that you need to understand what the Five...

Peacocks roosting in tree next to patio at Reba and Uma's home in Sonora, California.

Peachicks come again to Sonora

Twenty to thirty baby peachicks have arrived at the Sonoran home of Uma and Reba as they do every spring. Lucky, an almost white peachick, was abandoned by its mother and now allows Reba and Uma to share its house. He...