Category - Miracles

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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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One Must Manifest the Five Vidyas to Be a Great Holy One

It has been said that some people who are not proficient in the Five Vidyas are still Bodhisattvas, but how can this be? Just being kind, doing good deeds, and being generous with others is good practice and should be...

June 10, 2018

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Correct View on Opening of the Crown: Erroneous View #56

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha has told us that only when the crown opens up, even with a tiny opening, can the basic accomplishment of ending the cycle of rebirth and death be reached. One cannot achieve liberation without...

June 2, 2018

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Receiving the Ni-Wan Lambre (Mud-Pill) Dharma–A State Practice

I was able to have my own crown opened through the Ni-Wan Lambre or Mud-Pill Dharma, a State Practice from The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. It was an awesome experience that produces concrete...

June 1, 2018

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What Is Cultivation? Evil Views #16 & #29, and Erroneous Views #1, #2, #4, #5, #9, #33, #47, & #89

Many of the evil and erroneous views pertain to cultivation because there are many incorrect teachings on this matter. The most complete and helpful writing on this can be found in The Dharma of Cultivation Transmitted...

May 20, 2018

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Photo of Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023.

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Great Holy Beings Showed Their Approval

Great Holy Beings showed their approval when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III first gave the discourse “What Is Cultivation?” that was published in both English and Chinese as The Dharma of Cultivation...

May 20, 2018

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