Kings Canyon. Last week I was able to visit both Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. It is about an hour and a half drive from the temple. We are located right next to the foothills, so the drive is a delightful...
20th Anniversary Celebration, “Love without Limits” Donation Drive, Hua Zang Si, San Francisco. Join Hua Zang Si in celebrating 20 years of upholding and spreading the authentic teachings...
Greek Tzatziki Salad. This is a very refreshing and filling salad. The cashews give a crunch, but should only be added just before serving. It is great served with spicy chili and garlic toast. The dill from my herb...
Because all living beings, including you disciples, have created much karma over continual lifetimes and eons, we still have to rely on cultivating ourselves to realize prajna.” Expounding the Absolute Truth...
Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves. With a major national focus on the Vice Presidential debates now, it is timely to consider again what “debate” can...
Inside the Jampaling Monastery in Chamdo Town of Chamdo Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, monks are enjoying sutra debates over Buddhist scriptures. This has been a well established training technique used by some...
Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin. In 2000, when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III first came to America, He gave a notable discourse entitled “It Will Be Fruitless...
We finished Lesson 16 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 continuing our discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the line from the Heart Sutra that says, “Form is...
Ksitigarbha Bodhsattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist temple in San Francisco, celebrated the birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly on September 1, 2024. Ksitigarbha...