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The Phoenix and the Chicken

The following paragraphs are from a final draft of the “PREFACE” of my book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform. In 2019, the Buddha Master gave me a scathing...

October 28, 2023

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Holy Vajra Pill that flew to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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What Are Saints or Holy Beings in Buddhism?

Holy Vajra Pill that flew to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. The following is a section of my book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform on just what is a saint or...

October 28, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 22, 2023?

We are resuming the Saturday morning classes to discuss C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice this Saturday, October 28 at 9:00 am on ZOOM. We will continue our discussion of H.H. Dorje...

October 27, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), September 23, 2023?

C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Logo for Xuanfa Institute We began Lesson 5-The Great Stage with the Method Path of Bodhichitta. This lesson is concerned with the merit-building part of the...

September 29, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), August 8, 2023?

Two major changes to future discussions of the LFBCS course C41(A) will enable us to have ZOOM discussions of both of the major Dharmas given us by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: The “Supreme and Unsurpassable...

August 8, 2023

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Zoom Discussions planned for the “Supreme and Unsurpassed Mahamudra of Liberation”

Two Photos of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, The Holy Vajrasana Temple. As part of our discussion of the “Method Path of Bodhichitta,” which we will restart September 23, we will consider the merit-building...

August 8, 2023

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Flyer for C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Introduction to the Stages and Paths of Buddhism Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). [April 29-July...

August 8, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 15, 2023?

We finished Lesson 4 on the Intermediate Stage or the Path of Renunciation on July 15 with a discussion of what it means to become accomplished; why the three disciplines of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom are...

July 19, 2023

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Mundane & Supra Mundane

The two noble truths of suffering and accumulation that I spoke of earlier belong to mundane cause and effect. The two noble truths of cessation and path belong to supra-mundane cause and effect. The noble truth of...

July 19, 2023

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