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The Law of Cause and Effect Cannot Be Ignored

Karma or the law of causation is not a universal principle in the west, but it is becoming more well known. I became a Buddhist because I could never understand how the Christian God would allow bad things to happen to...

June 7, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 1, 2024?

Today, we finished our ZOOM discussion of the Dharma to Pass through Barriers in Lesson 39, Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) class DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna.” The discussion focused on what is...

June 1, 2024

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QUOTE-Repentance

I tell all of you that learning from Buddha is not a matter of self-deception, where you learn for a while, yet everything you have done is false. That is why in my last Dharma discourse I said that if you dare not...

June 1, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 25, 2024?

We finished our ZOOM discussion of Lesson 38-Preliminary Practices, Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) class DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna” on May 25, 2024. The discussion focused on the three...

May 26, 2024

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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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QUOTE-Four Limitless States of Mind

The difference between the completion stage and the generation stage is mainly in the naturalness with which one acts. People at the completion stage do not consider either merit or demerit. Once they have acted, they...

May 26, 2024

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Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly

2024 Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a San Francisco Temple in the Mission District, celebrated Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly at 9:30 am on May 11, 2024...

May 24, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 11, 2024?

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of Lesson 37 “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of the methods used in the various sects of Buddhism to generate a mind that is determined to leave samsara and how to...

May 16, 2024

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"Thousands of Buddhists from around the world attended the two-day Dharma Assembly" Joyce Lee.

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Video on June 14-15 Dharma Assembly Celebrating the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

“Thousands of Buddhists from around the world attended the two-day Dharma Assembly-2023” Joyce Lee. Be sure and register so you can attend the 2024 Dharma Assembly held again in Glendale, California on June...

May 16, 2024

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QUOTE-Entering One’s Original Nature

Chanting the Buddha’s name is for concentrating the mind. When the mind is concentrated such that all stray thoughts are gone, there is only Buddha in the mind. Having one Buddha in the mind, there is no differentiation...

May 15, 2024

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