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What are “termas” and how are they authenticated?

Terma is a Tibetan term for “hidden treasure” that describes hidden teachings that are key to the Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhist traditions. They are part of esoteric or tantric Buddhist teachings...

November 4, 2018

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Rare Holy Fire Offering Dharma Assembly Held at Holy Miracles Temple

A very rare dharma assembly was held in Pasadena, California on September 19, 2018 by a tremendously great holy virtuous one. It is believed that this dharma has not been performed anywhere in the world for over 80...

September 23, 2018

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"Nostalgia for the Homeland," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Erroneous Views Concerning Illness

If you are ill, you must cultivate yourself, request empowerment and Buddhist pills, seek medical help, and take appropriate medicine. You should not just rely on the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and empowerment. Erroneous...

July 15, 2018

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Evil Views concerning Buddha-Dharma: #19, #25, & #27

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III warns us of three evil views concerning how we regard the teachings and application of those teachings of the Buddhas to our lives in the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation...

July 8, 2018

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What Is Nectar?

In general, there are two types of nectar: true nectar and false nectar. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III warns us that it is an erroneous view to hold ordinary medicine pills made from sharira (relics) and medicinal herbs...

July 1, 2018

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Raining Holy Nectar

The first time I saw nectar rain was when I was living with Dorje PaMu. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was visiting us and sitting in a wicker chair under a magnolia tree in the garden behind the house. I looked over and...

July 1, 2018

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Nectar Manifests to Honor Publishing of Commentary on the Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

In March 2014 an extremely holy book by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra,’ was published and distributed at a Grand Dharma Assembly held in Hong Kong. Prior to that on...

July 1, 2018

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How is nectar bestowed and what are the various types of nectar?

“Buddha-bestowed nectar” can only be bestowed by Bodhisattvas with universal enlightenment or wonderful enlightenment and Buddhas. A great Bodhisattva can at most bestow nectar through trees or flowers. The difference...

July 1, 2018

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Photo of H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his Palyul Retreat Center with Kenpo Tenzin Norgay who served as our translator. Photograph taken after our audience with His Holiness at his North American headquarters and retreat near McDonough, New York.

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Why talk about “Miracles” and supernatural powers?

In 2008, I had the good fortune to meet with H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his American retreat center in upstate New York and heard the former head of the Nyingma Sect, the oldest Buddhist lineage in Tibet, praise H.H. Dorje...

June 10, 2018

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Akou Lamo Rinpoche leading Dharma Assembly at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco.

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The Real Meaning of the Five Vidyas & the Eight WInds

Akou Lamo Rinpoche stated that traditionally, the vidyas are divided into the five major vidyas and the five minor vidyas. The five major vidyas are the silpakarmasthanavidya (craftsmanship vidya), the cikitsvidya...

June 10, 2018

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