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QUOTE-Difference between Living Beings and Buddhas & Bodhisattvas

The only difference between living beings on the one hand and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the other hand is the difference between being deluded and being awake. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

July 21, 2024

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QUOTE-Emptiness of Dharmas

The emptiness of dharmas is a state to be realized by Bodhisattvas. Not only should one realize the emptiness of personhood and self and the emptiness of mind, one should also realize the emptiness of dharmas. That is...

July 18, 2024

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Dharma Assembly for Dharma Protecting Deities Held at Hua Zang Si

Skanda Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si. Dharma Assembly honoring Skanda Bodhisattva & Guan-Yu Dharma Protector was held at Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist Temple in San Francisco, California on July 7, 2040. The next Dharma...

July 18, 2024

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Photo of Procession at 2024 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Birthday Celebration.

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Video of 2024 Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Procession at 2024 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Birthday Celebration. The celebration of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s birthday was held in Glendale, California on June 14 and 15, 2024. View the video below of the...

July 18, 2024

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The Ways to Become a Holy Being or Saint

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. The following charts have been part of the “Buddhist Practice” section of the Holy...

July 10, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 6, 2024?

We finished discussing Lesson 11 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO-I at our July 6, 2024 ZOOM session. After discussing DCB 11C-“Becoming a Good...

July 7, 2024

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What is the “Plain Dharmakaya”?

The Dharmakaya. The Buddha Master has told us that there are numerous states within the different levels of dhyana and wisdom, or seeing prajna. He explains the first step as the “plain dharmakaya,” and that...

July 7, 2024

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Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Background Information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There is an on-line encyclopedia that now has a wide selection of information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with links to more. It provides considerable information in...

July 7, 2024

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Photo of Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024.

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White House Hosts Vesak Celebration

Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024. Vesak honors the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing. On May 23, 2024, in recognition of the occasion, President Biden issued the following official statement from the...

July 6, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 29, 2024?

We returned to the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: PART TWO-I at our June 29, 2024 ZOOM session. We discussed Lesson 11B: Dual-use/Two-body Dharma (Yam-Yum) including...

July 4, 2024

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