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New chants for Paying Homage to the Buddhas

We just received two new chants to enable us to pay homage and offer our respect to our two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and World-Honored-One Shakyamuni Buddha. Please include these in your chant books...

May 27, 2020

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Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

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The Great Dharma of Zen

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. Introduction: We are about to study the great dharma of zen practice that H.H. Dorje...

May 6, 2020

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Meditation

This article was published in 2018, but is very relevant in our study of zen. An earlier article on “What Is Cultivation?” includes two erroneous views relating to meditation. Like the “Supreme and...

May 6, 2020

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

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The Dharma of Cultivation as transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

THE DHARMA OF CULTIVATION Transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III NOTE: The Class headings and subheadings have been added to the original text. CLASS I INTRODUCTION Today you, who are a rinpoche, respectfully...

April 15, 2020

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English-Spanish Class in San Francisco on “The Dharma Needed to Realize Prajna”

I will read from a rare preliminary English translation of a discourse given in China by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that is included at the end of His famous sutra Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra...

January 7, 2020

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The Xuanfa Five Vidyas University: The Lion Roars

This is just a warning. With the hopeful release of English translations of two important texts by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III soon, the availability of a preliminary translation of Imparting the Absolute Truth Through...

January 2, 2020

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Tashi Tsigpa, The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones–Plegaria a Los Ocho Nobles Auspiciosos Que Traen La Dicha

Every morning and before starting any new endeavor, we chant the “Tashi Tsigpa” or “The Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones” in English and Tibetan and when someone is present who can lead...

September 29, 2019

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“The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” English and Spanish Classes to be held in San Francisco and in English in Salt Lake City

Come hear a reading of a preliminary and unofficial English translation of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) at Hua Zang Si, 3134 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA. 94110 (415-920-9816)...

September 12, 2019

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New Western Rinpoche Recognized

Patricia Farrell of Hua Zang Si in San Francisco has just been recognized as a rinpoche. I first met the new rinpoche when we both lived in Asheville, North Carolina, and am very happy to see her be so honored. I wish...

September 11, 2019

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Classes

Another series of classes on the preliminary translation of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s sutra that uses the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to bestow true Buddha-dharma was held over the Labor Day Week End at the temple...

September 4, 2019

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