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First Vesak Celebration Held at White House

(Left to right) Wangmo Dixey, Rev. Marvin Harada, Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff. Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith. On Wednesday May 26, 2021, for the first time in US...

June 13, 2021

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Preliminary Translation of WBAH Announcement 20210101

Shakyamuni Buddha. CLICK for link to Website of the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for discourse given by the Buddha Master to Nan Wuqiang Buddha (Shakya) on May 1, 2021. This has not yet been translated, but the...

June 6, 2021

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Photo of Venerable Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves

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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

Translated and edited from the Chinese (Kumarajiva ed. T.475) by Charles Luk (Lu K’uan Yi) in 1972. CHAPTER ONE: THE BUDDHA LAND Thus have I heard, once upon a time the Buddha sojourned in the Amra park at Vaisali...

June 1, 2021

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Memorial Day Retreat

Oryoki breakast during Memorial Day Retreat 2021. The retreat was held under COVID rules requiring masks except for meals and social distancing, but we managed to cover all of Part One which just explained each word in...

May 25, 2021

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California

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Seminars-Retreats at the Holy Vajrasana Temple

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California. Fresno County is now in the moderate COVID Restriction Zone (ORANGE) and assuming it stays there, I would like to plan for Seminar...

May 23, 2021

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Daily Contemplation of the “Most Excellent Enlightenment Emptiness-Practice Oceanic Mind-Essence”

My painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva. I would like to offer more access to the SAUMOL for those who would like to be able to practice this wonderful Dharma, but who can not understand the Chinese text and do not have...

May 23, 2021

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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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“Reincarnation Now”

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Avram Alpert has published an especially delightful and informative essay on why reincarnation...

May 16, 2021

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“Why I Am Not A Buddhist”–Book Review

Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. I started this book by Evan Thompson hoping to find a critique of trends in Buddhism, as it is currently practiced in the West, by a person...

April 26, 2021

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Thinking About Buddha: A Review of “Why I Am Not a Buddhist”

Don Asper. The following is a review of Evan Thompson’s book “Why I Am Not a Buddhist” by Don Asper, a long-time disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Don is a gifted musician and retired IT person who often brings...

April 25, 2021

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Why Evan Thompson Isn’t a Buddhist

Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. This article is from a conversation between Sam Littlefair with scholar Evan Thompson about his new book “Why I am not a Buddhist” and why...

April 25, 2021

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