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Photo of Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR.

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“Suzhou-style” Gardens

Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR. In today’s class, we heard that the Buddha Master used a term to describe a type of house in China with a specific type of garden, one in the “Suzhou-style.” This...

March 8, 2025

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Quizzes Added to Courses on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Early Morning Winter Sunrise at Holy Vajrasana Temple. I am in the process of adding quizzes to all the courses related to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. They...

March 5, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 1, 2025?

We continued our discussion of Lesson 26 today, focusing again on “Qigong” and “Who Can Be Known as a Master of Esoteric Dharma?” We also started a discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article...

March 1, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 22, 2025?

We finished Lesson 26 today, focusing on “Qigong” and “Who Can Be Known as a Master of Esoteric Dharma?” The following are some of the questions addressed during this ZOOM session: Who Can Be Known as...

February 25, 2025

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QUOTE–Master of Esoteric Dharma

A master of esoteric Dharma must have attained the state of proficiency in both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and marvelous mastery of the five vidyas. Only then is one a true vajra master. Expounding the...

February 25, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 8, 2025?

We finished Lesson 25 today, focusing on “Prajna Is Unequaled Dharma” and exploring why this is so, Phowa Dharma, and other matters related to esoteric Buddhism. The following are some of the questions addressed during...

February 18, 2025

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The Great Dharma of Zen Practice in Brief

Pilgrims meditating with the Holy Vajra Poles.at the Holy Vajrasana temple. This article provides a brief summary of the entire teaching of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha iII on zen meditation practice. Although the practice...

February 5, 2025

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QUOTE–Meditation

Meditation practice involves realizing the concept of emptiness, realizing that phenomena are devoid of characteristics or attributes, realizing non-attachment, cutting off deluded thoughts, and returning to one’s...

February 5, 2025

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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Expounds The Great Dharma of Zen Practice: Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article is a slightly revised reposting of one posted over a year ago about the complete dharma of Zen practice as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

February 4, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 1, 2025

Today we finished 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...

February 3, 2025

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