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The Four Erroneous Views on Meditation from the “SAUMOL”

I started the class on May 17, 2020, with a brief overview of what the Supreme and Unsurpassed Mahamudra of Liberation contained and did not contain. I couldn’t post or discuss the actual dharma contained in this...

May 18, 2020

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QUOTE–Bodhichitta

Bodhicitta is actual conduct based upon great compassion that aids living beings in becoming Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. It is the mind of love in the holy sense that the enlightened and the unenlightened or the holy and...

April 11, 2020

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QUOTE–SAUMOL

One must teach people to cultivate and act out of bodhicitta. That is what people who have understood their mind and seen their original nature should do. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III “The Supreme and Unsurpassable...

February 24, 2019

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Holy Mandala created through a stone slab.

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Who is a Worthy Master? Erroneous Views #40 & #46

Anyone who boasts that he or she is a virtuous or holy person and serves as a role model for others is not worthy of being a master nor are they an appropriate role model for anyone. A true guru doesn’t just speak...

December 2, 2018

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What Is Unacceptable Behavior in a Master? Erroneous Views #72, #73, & #74

You should not accept as your Vajra Master anyone who is arrogant, filled with self-pride, ignorant, false, or does not have bodhicitta. The “Fifty Stanzas of Guru Devotion” do not apply to false gurus, only...

December 2, 2018

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"Pink Lotus," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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What is Bodhichitta and How Important is it in Buddhism?

Bodhicitta is holy compassion that truly helps living beings become liberated from suffering. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III tells us there are several evil and erroneous views that are held concerning bodhichitta...

June 24, 2018

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QUOTE–Bodhichitta

If one does not act out of bodhicitta, the results of any great dharma one practices will be like the reflection of the moon on water or flowers in a mirror—seen but not real. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III ”Supreme and...

June 17, 2018

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Correct View on Opening of the Crown: Erroneous View #56

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha has told us that only when the crown opens up, even with a tiny opening, can the basic accomplishment of ending the cycle of rebirth and death be reached. One cannot achieve liberation without...

June 2, 2018

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