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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC BUDDHISM

There are two methods to understand exoteric Buddhism. One method is to exert effort in learning the sutras. Another method is your Buddha Master teaches you a type of wisdom that enables you to open yourself to the...

October 14, 2021

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The 128 Evil and Erroneous Views–New Translation, Revised

If you thought what I read this morning didn’t quite match what is printed below, you are right as I picked up an earlier translation to read and did not realize that until almost the end. Sorry, what is printed...

April 4, 2021

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles Quotes

The 128 Evil and Erroneous Views

Since we will be reviewing each of the 128 views monthly as part of our study and practice of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, I wanted to publish the original titles given when the Buddha...

March 15, 2021

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Hydroponic Indoor Garden with Parsley, Thyme, and Mint.

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This Octogenarian Cultivates Her Garden

Like Voltaire’s great character, Candide, it is time to cultivate my garden. Someone teased me that my New Year’s resolutions to seek more joy (and I was finding that joy in growing herbs and greens) sounded...

January 31, 2021

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QUOTE – Eleven Principles

1-Stay far away from feudal superstition, etc.; 2-Strictly abide by the precept; 3-Take great compassion as foundation; 4-Do not do anything that is evil; 5-Do all things that are good; 6-Give up self-interests and...

September 21, 2020

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QUOTE – The Wrongs of Others Are My Wrongs

The wrongs of others are my wrongs. To regard others and yourself as one is great compassion. A true cultivator regards the mistakes of others as his own mistakes. Do not talk about the wrongs of others. Do not...

September 6, 2020

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QUOTE–SAUMOL

Only when one is proficient in putting concepts into practice can one turn to meditation practice to cultivate the state of not being attached to anything. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III “Supreme and Unsurpassable...

May 10, 2020

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Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

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The Great Dharma of Zen

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. Introduction: We are about to study the great dharma of zen practice that H.H. Dorje...

May 6, 2020

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QUOTE–Bodhichitta

Bodhicitta is actual conduct based upon great compassion that aids living beings in becoming Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. It is the mind of love in the holy sense that the enlightened and the unenlightened or the holy and...

April 11, 2020

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QUOTE–Hindrances

Hindrances can only be resolved through causality.”
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
Discourse given October 2019

January 30, 2020

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