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Use of Artifical Intelligence (AI) in Buddhist Studies

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha as generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently Reba Jinbo Rinpoche introduced me to a new app called “Co-Pilot.” Being curious and having had some good experience with AI already, I...

December 12, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 16, 2024

On March 16, 2024 we finished our study of the deep and shallow wisdom-based insights we gain from DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring what...

March 18, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 9, 2024

On March 9, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring more deeply how Avalokiteshvara observed her intrinsic nature to become...

March 11, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 24, 2024

On February 24, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring how the methods of the various sects or schools of Buddhism work and...

February 26, 2024

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Mystery of Consciousness: Non-Buddhist Perspective

Graham Hancock, 2022. During last weeks zoom discussion several participants shared information on videos they had seen concerning consciousness. Here is a conversation between two non-Buddhist British writers on the...

December 23, 2023

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Emptiness and Quantum Physics

Albert Einstein

A reader of this blog sent me this video on the Buddhist concept of emptiness and modern quantum physics that I think some of you may find interesting.

April 1, 2023

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Rainbow Body

We will be entering a discussion on the concept of attaining a “Rainbow Body” in either next week or the following week’s Saturday discussion of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. I wanted to provide...

February 6, 2023

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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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“Reincarnation Now”

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Avram Alpert has published an especially delightful and informative essay on why reincarnation...

May 16, 2021

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“Why I Am Not A Buddhist”–Book Review

Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. I started this book by Evan Thompson hoping to find a critique of trends in Buddhism, as it is currently practiced in the West, by a person...

April 26, 2021

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Thinking About Buddha: A Review of “Why I Am Not a Buddhist”

Don Asper. The following is a review of Evan Thompson’s book “Why I Am Not a Buddhist” by Don Asper, a long-time disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Don is a gifted musician and retired IT person who often brings...

April 25, 2021

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