Category - Buddha-dharma

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra

We just finished another 30-day retreat (August 5-September 5, 2022) devoted to studying Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. Seventeen people participated and eight were able to complete reading the...

September 12, 2022

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The Learning from Buddha College and Seminary–What’s New-September 12, 2022?

The six courses that cover Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra are now available with the assignment questions included for DCB21-Forwards, Introductions, and Imparting Dharma through the Title of the...

September 12, 2022

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The Power of Vows

I want to talk about one aspect of cultivation that is very important. It is one of the eight right views that you must hold to be successful in your cultivation. It is not the first—that would be impermanence. That is...

August 10, 2022

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LFBCS Revision to Courses on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on the altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. You may have noticed that not all the courses offered at Learning From Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) are the...

August 1, 2022

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Course Offered on “Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master”

Pobangka Rinpoche (1878-1941), Tibet. A new course on “D04(A)-Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master” is now available for Auditing and other students at the Learning from Buddha College & Seminary. It...

July 7, 2022

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German Rinpoche Receives Guidance from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III-Revised

In mid-February, Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche from Cologne, Germany told me he had been visited by our Buddha Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, and reassured that he would be able to receive the inner-tantric initiation He...

July 1, 2022

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LFBCS Residential Program

Lake at the temple after the first snow runoff in 2022. We have started a program of having residential seminary students stay at the temple. These are unique students who want to devote their lives to learning from...

June 25, 2022

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Learning from Buddha Debates

We now have students who have completed or almost completed the homework assignments for the Dharma Discourse D02-Suffering and who will be preparing for debate. The debate part of the Seven Dharma System developed by...

June 25, 2022

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The Dharma Assembly to Respectfully Honor the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Article by Gesang Suolang Rinpoche I had the honor to attend this very grand Dharma Assembly that convened Saturday June 11th and June 12th 2022 at the Sheraton Hotel in San Gabriel, CA, a...

June 19, 2022

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Exam Offered by World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH)

Some of you have asked me about the examination offered by the WBAH on the sutras, vinyas, and shastras (commentaries). You need to contact them to express your interest. I have been told that they will try and arrange...

June 15, 2022

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