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Photo of Fazang Lama making offering at Holy Miracles Temple, 2024 Lunar New Year Dharma Assembly.

Buddha-dharma Events

2024 Lunar New Year Prayer at Holy Miracles Temple

Fa Zang Lama making offering at Holy Miracles Temple, 2024 Lunar New Year Dharma Assembly.

Join Buddhist disciples as they offer prayers for the new year at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

December 20, 2024

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Photo of Holy Miracles Temple Food and Goods Drive outside the Heart of Compassion Food Bank-2024.

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Charity at the Holy Miracles Temple

Holy Miracles Temple Food and Goods Drive-2024. Between February 10 and 21, 2024, the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California held a food and goods drive to help living beings in southern California. Volunteers...

December 20, 2024

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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum Annual Christmas Festival.

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Covina Tree Lighting Celebration & Festival-2024

The H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum cohosted its annual tree lighting celebration and festival in Covina, California with much joy and a light show and other festivities. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

December 18, 2024

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Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town-November 2024

Rainbow at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California.

The November newsletter for Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town November 2024 is now available.

December 16, 2024

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Food

Mustard Greens

Tired of broccoli and kale? Want something a bit spicier? Mustard greens may be right for you. Actually this recipe would work with most greens, but you may need to adjust the timing. Like spinach and other greens, a...

December 16, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 15, 2024?

There will be three more sessions for our S01-Seminar on the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, December 21 at 9:00 am, December 22 at 1:00 pm, and December 28 at 9:00 am. The Sunday session on the 22nd...

December 14, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

S01-SAUMOL Seminar continues December 21 and 22, 2024

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On December 14 we continued our discussion of the introduction and the “Xiaman Most Excellent Oceanic Mind-essence” parts of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation...

December 14, 2024

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Photo of Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China.

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The Upayakausalya Sutra

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China. I believe the story we discussed at yesterday’s seminar on the SAUMOL is from the Skill-in-Means or Skillful Means Sutra (Upāyakauśalya-sūtra)...

December 14, 2024

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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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Correct Use of the Sutras and Other Holy Works

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In the very last part of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra the Buddha...

December 12, 2024

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Who can hear the Dharma?

Both humans and non-humans can listen to a Buddha expound Dharma. Therefore, to say that only humankind can listen to the true Dharma is extremely selfish speech. Buddha Dharma in the heavenly realms is higher than...

December 12, 2024

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