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Register for On-Line Dharma Class on “Ten Erroneous Views on Vajra Masters” from the SAUMOL–June 7, 2020, 2-4 pm

We will hold our fifth class on the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation on June 7, starting at 2:00 pm PDT. This class will focus on certain erroneous...

June 1, 2020

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Chanting at Amitabha Buddha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom

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How Cultivation Guides our Lives

We looked at three erroneous views held about cultivation and revisited one on how sitting meditation relates to cultivation this afternoon at our regular Sunday afternoon dharma class. We did this as many present were...

May 31, 2020

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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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What Is Cultivation?-CLASS IV

I wasn’t sure it was a good idea to hold another class on What Is Cultivation?, but it was. I think we could have spent another hour having all 37-38 who attended giving their stories on how they were taking...

April 27, 2020

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Virtual Dharma Classes and “Operation Lemonade” Open Mike

Some changes. First, for both the classes and Open Mike, Reba (David Farrell) will be Co-Hosting to help with all aspects technical like admitting, muting, unmuting, chatting, etc. and to help you understand how to...

March 31, 2020

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REVISED: On-line Dharma Class on “What Is Cultivation?” at 2:00 pm, April 5, 2020

We had scheduled a class on the Dharma book The Dharma of Cultivation by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center in Hesperia, California for April 5, 2020. With the ban on public...

March 25, 2020

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Serving and receiving Oryoki lunch at retreat.

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Seven-Day Retreat Held at Holy Vajrasana Temple

Students came from North Carolina, California, and Arizona to hear and read from a preliminary translation of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. They also were able to hear a newly released discourse...

February 15, 2020

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Buddha Hall at The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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Schedule of English & Spanish Buddhist Classes and Retreats for 2020

The following represents the schedule for English and Spanish dharma classes for 2020. Please check calendar before you come as dates may change and new ones may be added. Spanish translators are only confirmed for the...

January 20, 2020

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Apology and Correction

I want to apologize and correct something I said at the class held in San Francisco at Hua Zang Si last week. The English translation from Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra stated that...

January 13, 2020

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day–Classes and Chanting this Sunday in Sanger

In 2011 the mayor of the District of Columbia declared January 19 as His Holiness. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day in the Nation’a capitol. Since then we have celebrated that day, honoring the vast number of...

January 12, 2020

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February Retreat at Temple will focus on Prajna, Parami, and Ta

There are still a few beds open at the temple and room for many more commuters to our February 7-14 retreat on the Heart Sutra. We will have Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada disciples and both lay and monastics...

January 12, 2020

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