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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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 11, 2023-Revised

Please note that I am sharing more of what we discuss each week about Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. This week you will also find an index and links to these weekly articles and, for those who...

March 12, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 4, 2023

Finally we completed the 295 questions we covered to date on the background and title of the Heart Sutra. Over 200 of these questions were on the title and we have only finished one word “PRAJNA.” Of course that is a...

March 4, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 26, 2023

Saturday’s discussion (February 25, 2023) may have been our most impactful yet–or at least it was for me. I could see the “ahas” as we gained insight into the true meaning of “prajna,” especially the third and...

February 27, 2023

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Kamalashila & His Three Bhavanakramas

Kamalashila (740-795) Kamalashila was a great Indian scholar and the main disciple of the Abbot of Nalanda Monastery, Shantarakshita. Shantarakshita (725-788) is considered the last of the great Indian Buddhist scholars...

February 26, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 22, 2023

Our ZOOM discussion on February 18 finished Lesson 4 and began Lesson 5, continuing our study of the three types of prajna from DCB21 on the components of the title of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

February 22, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 12, 2023

Yesterday we discussed the middle-view state and how to avoid the “two frightening extremes” of existence and non-existence. We also considered what the rainbow body was and how to achieve it and other topics. Next...

February 12, 2023

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