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2024 Dharma Assemblies Scheduled at Hua Zang Si

Hua Zang Si has released their 2024 calendar of scheduled Dharma Assemblies with the next one celebrating Maitreya Bodhisattva scheduled for February 4, starting at 9:30 am. All of the other assemblies will also be held...

February 1, 2024

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Videotape from Holy Miracles Temple

This video tape was just released and provided for your viewing.

January 26, 2024

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center with copy of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" on the altar.

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Enroll in DCB22-“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-I”

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California, with copy of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on altar. This is the first of a series of four Learning...

January 25, 2024

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English Class on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” to be given at Hua Zang Si January 27 & 28, 2024

In 1992, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a series of very famous discourses in China using the text, meaning, and principles of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to clearly explain the...

January 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 20, 2024?

On January 20 we finished our discussion of the paramitas and other Bodhisattva practices part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. After summarizing the six paramitas...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Attaining Liberation

Practitioners must especially bear in mind that becoming awakened to the reality state of the three prajnas is not tantamount to attaining liberation and does not mean that cultivation is no longer needed. I previously...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Plain Dharmakaya

There is the state where for the first time suddenly delusive thoughts are removed, such that the prior thought is already gone, and the next thought has not yet arisen. After achieving such a state or after realizing...

January 25, 2024

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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Zoom Discussions of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” Have Started

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” in front of the Buddha. We should finish our review of Part One of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-On Dharma Practice

. . .you must earnestly focus upon your power of dhyana. Your age does not wait. Lessen your reading of books somewhat and exert effort in actual Dharma practice! Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra...

January 25, 2024

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Photo Credit: Joyce Lee The World Buddhism Association Headquarters Vice President Jiaozun Zhengda presided over a Dharma Assembly in Marina Del Ray, California

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2024 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day Commemoration

The World Buddhism Association Headquarters Vice President Jiaozun Zhengda presided over a Dharma Assembly in Marina Del Ray, California, Photo Credit: Joyce Lee. In a Dharma Assembly held at Marina Del Ray, California...

January 23, 2024

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