In Lesson 16 of DCB23-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra last week, the Buddha Master explained how certain visualization practices of qigong related to principles learned in regards to understanding...
We started Lesson 15 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with an introduction to World-Honored Shakyamuni Buddha’s top disciple Sariputra–the meaning of his name, his remarkable...
There were eight principal traditions which ‘transported’ the Buddhist teachings from India to Tibet. Some became the major schools or sects of Tibet that we know today while others were assimilated into many of these...
Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra’ on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. On August 24, 2024 we...
We finished the entire LFBCS course DCB22 with Lesson 14 and our study of the meaning of the terms suffering and adversity and the nature of the ten kinds of suffering. You should read or listen to these teachings to...
Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra was presented to the Grand Dharma Assembly held in Hong Kong in March 2014. Long Hui Fa Shi and I were interviewed concerning the miraculous events related to this...
Jizo statue at Japanese Temple. Ten years ago, I asked H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III about what I should do to help a student who had just miscarried a baby. He very compassionately gave me the advice that is conveyed in...
Photo of Jizo Painting by Giselle Potter The following article by Angela Elson is from The New York Times, January 5, 2017. When we lived in Japan, my husband took me on a date to a cemetery. In his defense, it was a...
Ven. Lodru Rinpoche. At our ZOOM class today, we discussed the bardo and I mentioned this article, so I am reposting it FYI. In April 2023 I attended an on-line teaching on Five Element Calm-Abiding Practice and Five...