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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 16, 2024?

We finished Lesson 21 and all of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no avidya and also no...

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 9, 2024?

We continued Lesson 21 of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no avidya and also...

November 13, 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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QUOTE-Three Practices

Living beings in transmigration should diligently cultivate the three practices of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra -Part Two by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

November 13, 2024

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QUOTE-Differentiation

Differentiation also does not exist in causality. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra -Part Two by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha CLICK for article on Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

November 13, 2024

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Photo Courtesy: Joyce Lee | Vice President of World Buddhism Association Headquarters, Jiaozun Zhengda, presided over the Dharma Assembly on the Buddha-Stipulated Day of Releasing Lives.

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Buddhists Gather Worldwide for Buddha-Stipulated Day of Releasing Lives, Honoring Compassion for All Beings

Photo Courtesy: Joyce Lee | Vice President of World Buddhism Association Headquarters, Jiaozun Zhengda, presided over the Dharma Assembly on the Buddha-Stipulated Day of Releasing Lives. In a world reeling from the...

November 6, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 2, 2024?

We finished Lesson 20 of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no avidya and also no ending...

November 4, 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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 26, 2024?

We finished Lesson 19 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the lines from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no forms, sounds, smells...

October 30, 2024

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