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Photo of Giant Prayer Wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California.

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Land of the Medicine Buddha Video

Giant Prayer Wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California. Architectual drawing of Mahabodhi Stupa at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California. The Land of Medicine Buddha was opened as a Dharma and Retreat...

January 14, 2025

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

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Another Class posted at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary: DCB25

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” in front of the Buddha. The self-study questions have been added to DCB25-Expounding the Absolute Truth through...

January 14, 2025

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Poster for wild fire relief by Holy Miracles Temple

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A list of other ways to donate to Wild Fire Relief

Click the box below for a list of other ways to help. This one is from the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena who was in the fire evacuation zone for the Pasadena/Altadena fire. The World Buddhism Association Headquarters...

January 12, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 11, 2025

Today we discussed the methods used by different schools and traditions to attain awakening including the Chan/Zen School, the Dharma Characteristics-Consciousness Only School, the Pure Land School, the Huayen...

January 10, 2025

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Roadmap Video to C41(A) and Different Buddhist Lineages

A map and a link to another article on how the major traditions spread throughout Asia have been added at the bottom of this article. The above graphic shows truncated sources of the various Buddhist lineages and the...

January 10, 2025

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Crowd Funding for LA wildfire victims

Please join Fa Zang Lama and Fa Chan Temple with helping provide water and other supplies to fellow Californians suffering from the fires in Southern California. Fa Zang Lama will start by bringing supplies to the Rose...

January 10, 2025

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Photo of the area already burned by the Eaton FIre in Pasadena-Altadena, California, January 10, 2025.

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Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, CA threatened by Eaton Fire

Photo of the brown area already burned by the Eaton FIre in Pasadena-Altadena, California, January 10, 2025. Although the temple is still safe, the nuns had to evacuate on Wednesday, January 8 and the fire has only been...

January 10, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 4, 2025

We started our discussion today of the mahayana state of prajna expressed in the words “…no suffering, no accumulation, no cessation, and no path; . . .” from the Heart Sutra. The following is a...

January 10, 2025

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C41(A)-Three Major Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice Revisited & Revised

The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. Although this...

January 10, 2025

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Photo of Vulture Peak (Gridhrakūta) in Rajgir, India.

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Five Time Periods of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Teaching

Vulture Peak (Gridhrakūta) in Rajgir, India. At our class discussion on August 24, 2024, we discussed the second and third sentences from the Prajna-Paramita Heart Sutra: “Sariputra, form does not differ from...

January 10, 2025

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