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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 25, 2025

Today we started our discussion on Lesson 24 of DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-III with the meaning of the line from the Heart Sutra that says “. . . no wisdom and also no attainment.” The...

January 26, 2025

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QUOTE-The Truth of Emptiness

It is the truth of emptiness by which one realizes emptiness but is not attached to emptiness. Realizing emptiness, one penetrates the empty forms or characteristics, knowing there is no form or characteristic to...

January 26, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 18, 2025

All six of the courses related to Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra have been posted. DCB25, the last of the courses on the actual text of the Heart Sutra is now ready. We continued with DCB24 today...

January 21, 2025

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QUOTE-What is “Truth”?

That which is called truth has many meanings, such as the truth of liberation and worldly truth. That is, what is named truth is the essential meaning realized from the reality that is in between existence and non...

January 20, 2025

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Quote-Understanding Karmic Hindrances

Understand that karmic hindrances are originally empty. Those who have not yet understood this must first repay their karmic debts from previous lives. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part One, H.H...

January 20, 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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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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QUOTE-Supreme Prajna

Only after the manas and alaya consciousnesses are also completely emptied can one enter the correct wisdom of prajna; that is, the state of supreme prajna. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra ...

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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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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