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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 13, 2023?

We started our discussion of C41-Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice: Lesson 3 this morning, but were unable to finish the questions on the “Ten Wholesome Behaviors” and “Purification-The Four Opponent...

May 17, 2023

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Flyer for C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

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May 10, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 6, 2023?

We discussed Lesson 2-“The Preliminaries to Taking the Path” today to better understand the importance of listening to and reading Dharma and how to do so in the correct way. We also heard the foundation...

May 9, 2023

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Schedule of Events at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

The July retreat at the Temple has been cancelled. Saturday discussions started on April 29 with an introductory class on C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Two short retreats are scheduled for...

May 2, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 30, 2023

Zoom discussion yesterday, April 29, 2023 covered the introduction to C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. We explored how Buddhism came to the West from many different cultures and periods of...

April 30, 2023

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Welcome to SAUMOL, Morning Chanting, & Meditation Practice: Updated April 20, 2023

Entry to Holy Vajrasana Temple. To stress how important the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) is, we must remember that just before the Buddha left this world His Holiness told us...

April 20, 2023

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C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Text Sources -REVISED

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. The main text may be currently available on Amazon. However you may also be able to find Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Je Tsongkhapa with commentary by Pabongka...

April 16, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 1, 2023

This Morning we discussed Lesson 7 of DCB21 on the History of Master Xuanzang (602-664 CE), the Chinese translator who went to India to seek the correct Dharma and transform the translation process of bringing the...

April 2, 2023

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Opening Your Crown

Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Since we discussed the significance of opening your crown in attaining liberation at our recent LFBCS class, I thought it might be helpful to provide access to the discourse that...

April 2, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 18, 2023

This Saturday, March 18, 2023, we finished our discussion of “ta” with a discussion on whether it is possible to attain sudden enlightenment including a discussion of what happened with the sixth patriarch of Chan/Zen...

March 19, 2023

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