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World Peace Organizations present Pope of Buddhism Scepter to WBAH

In 2010, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III received the World Peace Prize. Ronald Reagan, Mahatma Gandhi, and others have received this award, which has been given to someone who has promoted altruism and world peace...

September 29, 2020

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: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III photographed during the June 2011 ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol when the Buddha received the 2010 World Peace Prize.

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2010 World Peace Prize Awarded to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III photographed during the June 2011 ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol when the Buddha received the 2010 World Peace Prize. His Holiness is wearing the prize. The World Peace Prize Awarding...

September 26, 2020

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Homework for Next Class

You should read and reread Part I of Learning from Buddha, “If You Learn Dharma but Do Not Cultivate Yourself, You Cannot Attain Accomplishment.” We will also review what we learned from the first class...

September 21, 2020

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"Learning from Buddha" by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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“Learning from Buddha” now available in English–On-Line Classes Continue September 27, 2020

Chinese cover of “Learning from Buddha.” We will continue our detailed on-line study of Learning from Buddha, the recently released in English sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, next Sunday afternoon, September...

September 20, 2020

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Mi Vidya la Danza (The Vidyas and Dance)

On August 16 we held our last class on the Five Vidyas and shared how they impacted our lives and practice and what we had learned from this series of classes. I reported in my earlier blog about a story told in that...

September 12, 2020

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Dharma Class on Five Evil and Sixteen Erroneous Views Concerning Holy Beings Continues on September 13, 2020

We discussed various questions raised about evil and erroneous views held concerning holy beings today and agreed to meet again next Sunday at 2:00 pm PDT to reflect on how what we have learned from these teachings from...

September 6, 2020

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Who are Holy Beings?

I found this recent article in the New York Times to be of interest. This is about a Catholic Saint and certain issues about whether he should be a saint or not. That was not what interested me, but the issue of what is...

August 21, 2020

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Class Held on What the Five Vidyas Are

Our discussion on how this class impacted our actual practice and cultivation focused mostly on our understanding of the FIve Vidyas themselves and not on the two erroneous views related to them. No worry, We will...

August 17, 2020

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Suicide

At our class held on August 9, someone asked about suicide–whether people who commit suicide go to hell and, if so, will they be there forever? My response was, as I understand it, yes and no. Yes, they do go to...

August 15, 2020

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Example of accomplishment in the Five Vidyas by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III whereby Mist is permanently contained in a rock sculpture.

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Debates on the Five Vidyas

I first want to apologize for any confusion from our debates on the Erroneous Views Concerning the Five Vidyas that were part of yesterday’s class. Because there were only two somewhat similar “views,”...

August 10, 2020

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