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The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Master Kamalashila (740-795), the 12th Abbot of Nalanda University, India. This BLOG is featuring components from the Learning from the Buddha College and Seminary course C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of...

February 11, 2023

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Course added to LFBCS on Three Principal Stages or Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Bronze statue of Je Tsongkapa. As I was developing the second lesson in C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice, I realized a major omission. Je Tsongkapa included a basic introduction into...

February 11, 2023

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

Yesterday the Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Saturday morning discussion group met again to explore another 16 questions (182-198) concerning the three types of prajnas. We considered what is...

February 7, 2023

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Rainbow Body

We will be entering a discussion on the concept of attaining a “Rainbow Body” in either next week or the following week’s Saturday discussion of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. I wanted to provide...

February 6, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 28, 2023

Our Saturday morning discussion with LFBCS students began a bit differently this week. Everyone present shared their understanding of what was meant by the phrase “Shifting the Mind,” a practice introduced in H.H. Dorje...

January 30, 2023

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Course offered on Expounding Dharma through the Title of the Heart Sutra-Revised Again & Again

Student studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Once again we will need to revise our schedule in our study of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra to allow more time for our...

January 30, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 21, 2023

The Saturday morning discussions for LFBCS students started again at 9:00 am, January 21, 2023, on the title of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra with the third of many sessions on “Prajna,” one of the most important and...

January 26, 2023

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Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

Master Atisha (982–1054). Here is what I have done to date in linking the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to those of Kadampa Master Atisha (982-1054), Je Tsongkapa (1357-1419), and Pabongka Rinpoche (1878...

January 26, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 14, 2023

The Saturday morning discussions for LFBCS students started again at 9:00 am, January 14, 2023, on the title of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra with the second of many sessions on “Prajna,” one of the most...

January 17, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 7, 2023

The Saturday morning discussions for LFBCS students started again at 9:00 am, January 7, 2023, on the title of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra with the first of many sessions on “Prajna,” one of the most...

January 8, 2023

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