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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum Annual Christmas Festival.

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Covina Tree Lighting Celebration & Festival-2024

The H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum cohosted its annual tree lighting celebration and festival in Covina, California with much joy and a light show and other festivities. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

December 18, 2024

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Photo of Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China.

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The Upayakausalya Sutra

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China. I believe the story we discussed at yesterday’s seminar on the SAUMOL is from the Skill-in-Means or Skillful Means Sutra (Upāyakauśalya-sūtra)...

December 14, 2024

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Use of Artifical Intelligence (AI) in Buddhist Studies

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha as generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently Reba Jinbo Rinpoche introduced me to a new app called “Co-Pilot.” Being curious and having had some good experience with AI already, I...

December 12, 2024

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Photo of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO.

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New LFBCS Course offered on “A Guide to The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life”

Kuan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO. Baima Gabu Rinpoche is facilitating a Learning from Buddha College & Seminary (LFBCS) course on the famous Indian Mahasiddha...

December 4, 2024

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Photo of "Looks like me" statue of Guru Padmasambhava (536 BCE to 8th century CE) at the Samye monastery, Tibet.

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B09-Guru Padmasambhava: Another new course at LFBCS

“Looks like me” statue of Guru Padmasambhava at the Samye monastery, Tibet. Guru Padmasambhava (5th-6th century BCE to 8th century CE) was an Indian patriarch of the Nyingma and other Tibetan Sects. The...

November 13, 2024

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Master Tangtong (Thangtong) Gyalpo (1361-1485), Tibet and Bhutan.

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B44-Master Tangtong Gyalpo: Another new course at LFBCS

Master Tangtong (Thangtong) Gyalpo (1361-1485), Tibet and Bhutan. This Tibetan Patriarch of the Shangpa Kagyu was known as the wild engineer-saint of both Tibet and Bhutan. This heroic mahasiddha was known for his...

November 4, 2024

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Buddha on Curing Hemorrhoids Sutra

Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand. A fellow student sent me this sutra from Shakyamuni Buddha after telling me he had received benefit from this practice. My understanding it can be a...

November 3, 2024

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"The Wheel of Life," painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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The Wheel of Life (Bravachakra)

Painting of the “Wheel of Life” at the Holy Vajrasana Temple shows Shakyamuni Buddha pointing the way to Nirvana to beings in all six realms of existence (Samsara): the Hell realms, the ghost realm, the...

October 27, 2024

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Spirits dancing around the Holy Vajra Poles after a retreat at the temple.

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What Is Our Proper Relationship to Devas, Local Deities, Spirits, and Ghosts?

Spirit beings or orbs dance around four of the vajra poles as seen in this photograph taken after a meditation retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In 2018 we held a series of ZOOM classes on Learning from Buddha...

October 19, 2024

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Green Tara as the Yidam-REVISED

Originally this article was published last month. I have revised the information on P04X-Green Tara Dharma to better define the requirements and to seek feedback from you on who might be interested in receiving this...

October 14, 2024

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