I started Saturday morning July 17 at 9:00 am reading from a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and will continue every Saturday that we are not in retreat or out of town. I will repeat reading these discourses on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 am starting July 27. These are discourses that were given both in China in the 1990’s before the Buddha Master came to America and at various times and at various locations in the U.S. and other countries. We realize that these translations will not be complete and may contain translation errors, but they also contain many teachings and principles that we need to understand. Hopefully we will have available copies of approved translations that you can study to have a more complete understanding of these teachings. I will start with the first discourse that many of us were able to hear on “Impermanence” that was originally recorded in China before 1998. This is a basic concept that the Buddha Master tells us we must understand that relates to the basic principles that form the foundation of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation that many of you have been following: the fact that we must die and that our lives are like a dream. This teaching must be understood to be able to understand all that the Buddha taught.
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CLICK for link to article on “Impermanence” Discourse read on July 17 and 27. The article includes a list of 10 questions that you can use as a study guide.
CLICK for link to article on “The Supreme and Magnificent Dharma” Discourse read July 24 and again on August 3, 2021. The article includes a list of 21 questions that you can use as a study guide.
CLICK for link to article on “Why Do You Learn Buddhism?” Discourse read on July 31 and again on August 17, 2021. The second part of this discourse was repeated again on September 7.
CLICK for link to article on “The Never Erring Principle of Receiving the Effects of the Causes You Plant” read on August 14 and again on September 7, 2021.
CLICK for link to article on “Does the Attainment of Supernatural Powers Enable One to End the Cycle of Birth and Death? Qigong Is Not the Same as Buddhism.” Discourse was read on September 4, 2021.
CLICK for link to article on “A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson,” and the “Essay on Experiencing Effects (Doctrine of Usefulness)” was read on September 14 & 18, 2021.
CLICK for link to article on “The Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices” was read on September 28 and again on October 2, 2021.
CLICK for link to article on “Differences between Exoteric & Esoteric Buddhism.” The first part was read on October 5 & 9, the second part on October 12 & will be again on the 16th.
CLICK for link to article on “Basic Concepts-1” to be read on October 19 and again on October 23.
CLICK for link to article on “Basic Concepts-2” to be read on October 26 and again on October 30.
CLICK for link to article on “Basic Concepts-3” to be read on November 2. And again on November 13.
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