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Photo of Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, BAFF.

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Venerable Pannavati and the DharmaVoci Opened at the Buddhist Arts and Film Festival (BAFF) in Boulder, Colorado

Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni. DharmaVoci opened for the Buddhist Arts and Film Festival (BAFF) in Boulder on May 24th with a medley of original pop and gospel inspired numbers, Buddhist style...

May 26, 2024

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Photo of Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong.

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Ode to the Holy Vajra Poles

Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong in 2015. When people do Solitary Retreats at the temple, they respond in different ways to the temple environment. Some sing. Many chant and some dance. We missed recording the opening...

May 9, 2024

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Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche Reading Preliminary Translation of Part One of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California.

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Title of the Heart Sutra

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche Reading Preliminary Translation of Part One of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Last weekend, I read from Part One of...

February 1, 2024

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Photograph of painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The photograph was taken by Rolf Müller on April 17, 2005.

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Journey to the West: Gongjue Tuji’s Story

Painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” showing the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Monk Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche...

January 22, 2024

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Opening Ceremony for Benevolence Temple in Las Vegas, January 18, 2024

Disciples of Buddhism and honorary guests were treated to a vibrant grand opening for a new house of worship in central Las Vegas. Holy Guru Zhengda Jiaozun sprinkles blessed water while joined by invited dignitaries...

January 21, 2024

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Second Class held on Lady Niguma

We held our second and probably last zoom discussion on the biography of Lady Niguma by Sarah Harding. The students reading this book will continue with the homework for the text and we will consider whether or not to...

July 12, 2023

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B24-Lady Niguma Biography Course

Lady Niguma. We held our first class discussion on June 20, 2023 discussing the Eight Chariots and how the Niguma lineage fit into that framework along with the question, “Who was Lady Niguma?” We finished...

June 21, 2023

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The Yogis of Tibet

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III told us that Esoteric Buddhism was a form of yoga. This video gives a glimpse of the physical Dharma practice of the yogis and yoginis in Tibet known as Trulkhor. This tantric form of...

June 8, 2023

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Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World-BBC

This YouTube documentary by the BBC was done several years ago, but is worthy of another visit as it gives us a glimpse of the various forms of Buddhism and some of the great monuments and architectural expressions in...

May 27, 2023

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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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The Path of Renunciation-REVISED

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Another class has been added on May 27 to provide time to discuss Lessons 20 & 21 from...

May 17, 2023

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