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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 6, 2024?

We finished discussing Lesson 11 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO-I at our July 6, 2024 ZOOM session. After discussing DCB 11C-“Becoming a Good...

July 7, 2024

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What is the “Plain Dharmakaya”?

The Dharmakaya. The Buddha Master has told us that there are numerous states within the different levels of dhyana and wisdom, or seeing prajna. He explains the first step as the “plain dharmakaya,” and that...

July 7, 2024

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Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Background Information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There is an on-line encyclopedia that now has a wide selection of information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with links to more. It provides considerable information in...

July 7, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 29, 2024?

We returned to the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO-I at our June 29, 2024 ZOOM session. We discussed Lesson 11B: Dual-use/Two-body Dharma (Yam-Yum) including...

July 4, 2024

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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). In our Saturday class this week we discussed how our feelings and emotions impacted our lives and our Dharma practice. I promised to research and share what the Buddha Master...

July 4, 2024

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QUOTE–Eight Winds & Five Vidyas

The Buddha also specified that those beneficial things taken out of the eight dharmas of gain, loss, honor, disgrace, praise, ridicule, pleasure, and suffering are called the Five Vidyas. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in...

July 4, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 22, 2024?

Today we finished our discussion Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) Course DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna”. We covered the remaining questions in Lesson 39-“Receiving Formal or Main Practice”...

June 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 8, 2024?

I added another question and related quote to the summary of the May 4, 2024 Class on DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna”. It relates to what Buddhists, even Bodhisattvas, should do to deal with those who do great...

June 9, 2024

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QUOTE-False Practice

False practice includes how one handles all worldly matters as well as one’s view of unconditioned phenomena. That is, in one’s Dharma practice and in developing one’s view of emptiness, one practices...

June 9, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 1, 2024?

Today, we finished our ZOOM discussion of the Dharma to Pass through Barriers in Lesson 39, Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) class DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna.” The discussion focused on what is...

June 1, 2024

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