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Maha Karuna Dharani-REVISED

Thousand-Armed & Eyed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Hua Zang Si. Although this was posted originally on October 6, 2022, I wanted to repost it in gratitude for this very special blessing and to include an English...

February 21, 2023

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Group Meditation Sessions

Amitabha Buddha at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco. NOTICE: sessions on hold until April 10. I have started a daily Zoom session from 6:00 to 7:00 pm every day for a group meditation session. I am adding a 30 minute...

February 12, 2023

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Nine Stages of Sthiti or Mental Abiding

The Elephant Path of Mental Abiding. This image illustrates the nine stages of mental abiding that happen as one progresses in one’s meditation by showing a wild black elephant symbolizing our wild monkey-mind we start...

February 12, 2023

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The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Master Kamalashila (740-795), the 12th Abbot of Nalanda University, India. This BLOG is featuring components from the Learning from the Buddha College and Seminary course C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of...

February 11, 2023

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Course added to LFBCS on Three Principal Stages or Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Bronze statue of Je Tsongkapa. As I was developing the second lesson in C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice, I realized a major omission. Je Tsongkapa included a basic introduction into...

February 11, 2023

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Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

Master Atisha (982–1054). Here is what I have done to date in linking the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to those of Kadampa Master Atisha (982-1054), Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), and Pabongka Rinpoche (1878...

January 26, 2023

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Maitreya Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly Held at Hua Zang Si

Maitreya Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, CA. Hua Zang Si, a temple in San Francisco, California held its annual Dharma Assembly to celebrate the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva on January 15, 2023. It is...

January 26, 2023

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The Christmas light decorations of the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum building attracted a large number of local residents. (Photo by David McCarty)

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Notice of the Lives-releasing Event to Celebrate the “H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day”

On January 19, 2011, Mayor Vincent C. Gray of Washington DC, the capital of the USA, proclaimed that the Nineteenth of January 2011 to be the “His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Day”, and called upon...

January 17, 2023

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Who Has the Greater Spiritual Capacity–Males or Females?

Lady Yeshe Tshogyal. Some Buddhist believe that you need to be born as a male to become a holy being and that the spiritual capacity of females is not as great as that of males, but that is not the case. Green Tara...

December 31, 2022

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What is meant by “The Dharma-Ending Age”?

World’s tallest statue of Buddha (175 feet tall) in Bamiyan, in Afghanistan. Before it was destroyed by Taliban Islamic militia in 2001. I’ve updated this article from 2021 and 2018 to include more links to...

December 31, 2022

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