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Studying the Heart Sutra at recent retreat at the temple.

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Discussion Held on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. We held our first zoom session this morning and were able to discuss various questions for this part of DCB26-How to Realize...

September 17, 2022

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra

We just finished another 30-day retreat (August 5-September 5, 2022) devoted to studying Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. Seventeen people participated and eight were able to complete reading the...

September 12, 2022

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The Learning from Buddha College and Seminary–What’s New?

This week we have added a number of new courses to the curriculum plus a very short video that serves as a visitors guide to anyone visiting the site for the first time. Reba Jinbo Rinpoche also added three new user...

April 14, 2022

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Learning from Buddha College & Seminary Opens

Altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple in Sanger, California with copy of “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” I can think of no way to better honor our beloved Buddha Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

April 7, 2022

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10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California.

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Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center will not open.

10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California. We will not attempt to hold classes at Hesperia at this time. For now we will just focus on developing the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center so as to support the...

April 7, 2022

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Photo of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO.

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Dharma Class on Shantideva’s “Bodhisattvacharyavatara” will continue on December 19, 2021

Guan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO. On October 3, 2021, we finished reading the text of Shantideva’s “A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.” It was decided...

October 24, 2021

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Dharma Discourse Read on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On September 25 & 28 and on October 2, we held ZOOM classes on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices” using a preliminary translation of a discourse given by...

October 4, 2021

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

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Second Reading of a Dharma Discourse Saturday, September 7, on “Receiving the Effects of the Causes You Plant”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California. In 1995 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III traveled to many countries. While in Taiwan, He gave a series of Dharma...

August 31, 2021

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“Why Learn Buddhism” Dharma Discourse read July 31 and August 17, 2021

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha. While still in China, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a Dharma Discourse for beginners on the birthday of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva that dealt with the question, “Why do You Learn Buddhism?” In...

August 16, 2021

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Other Beings Come to ZOOM Class

Orbs appeared in attic of Holy Vajrasana Temple while the temple was being remodeled. The little light that was with us for the entire reading last night appeared like one of the strings. At least one “orb” was visible...

August 7, 2021

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