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Schedule of Events at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

The July retreat at the Temple has been cancelled. Saturday discussions started on April 29 with an introductory class on C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Two short retreats are scheduled for...

May 2, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 30, 2023

Zoom discussion yesterday, April 29, 2023 covered the introduction to C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. We explored how Buddhism came to the West from many different cultures and periods of...

April 30, 2023

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C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Text Sources -REVISED

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. The main text may be currently available on Amazon. However you may also be able to find Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Je Tsongkhapa with commentary by Pabongka...

April 16, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 1, 2023

This Morning we discussed Lesson 7 of DCB21 on the History of Master Xuanzang (602-664 CE), the Chinese translator who went to India to seek the correct Dharma and transform the translation process of bringing the...

April 2, 2023

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Opening Your Crown

Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Since we discussed the significance of opening your crown in attaining liberation at our recent LFBCS class, I thought it might be helpful to provide access to the discourse that...

April 2, 2023

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C41(A)-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). This course is designed to introduce the basic teachings of both H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and the 14th Century Tibetan Master Je Tsongkhapa in the context of Je Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim or...

April 1, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 18, 2023

This Saturday, March 18, 2023, we finished our discussion of “ta” with a discussion on whether it is possible to attain sudden enlightenment including a discussion of what happened with the sixth patriarch of Chan/Zen...

March 19, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 11, 2023-Revised

Please note that I am sharing more of what we discuss each week about Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. This week you will also find an index and links to these weekly articles and, for those who...

March 12, 2023

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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.

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Seeing and Awakening

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California, with copy of “Implementing the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Someone asked at the end of the class on Saturday about...

March 12, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 4, 2023

Finally we completed the 295 questions we covered to date on the background and title of the Heart Sutra. Over 200 of these questions were on the title and we have only finished one word “PRAJNA.” Of course that is a...

March 4, 2023

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