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You must practice the Six Paramitas!

Even if you receive great dharmas and practice them faithfully, you must still be generous, abide by the precepts, exhibit great effort and patience, and develop your concentration, and wisdom. Erroneous View #13:  THE...

August 5, 2018
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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
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What is False or Impure Generosity?

Conscious giving where you are attached in any way to the act, is not correct cultivation, although it may be rewarded in this world or the heavenly realms. It does not help you become liberated or a holy person. The...

August 5, 2018
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What is an Icchantika?

  The Nirvana Sutra  says: “Chunda spoke once more, asking, ‘What is the meaning of the term icchantika?’ The Buddha said: ‘Chunda, suppose there should be monks or nuns, laymen or laywomen who speak careless and...

July 29, 2018
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"Old Tree." painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
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Taking Refuge & Receiving Precepts

To become a Buddhist, you take refuge in the Buddha, His teachings or the Dharma, and those who have become holy beings or the Sangha. You may either follow the Lesser Vehicle path of the Sravakas (Theravada or Elders)...

July 22, 2018
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