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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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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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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). In our Saturday class this week we discussed how our feelings and emotions impacted our lives and our Dharma practice. I promised to research and share what the Buddha Master...

July 4, 2024

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Photo of Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California

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Fa Chan Temple opens in Hesperia

Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California. On June 17, 2024 at Fa Chan Temple in Hesperia, California, Fa Zang Rinpoche held the first Oryoki lunch at the newly installed Zendo for Zen meditation. Zhengda Zhou...

July 3, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 22, 2024?

Today we finished our discussion Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) Course DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna”. We covered the remaining questions in Lesson 39-“Receiving Formal or Main Practice”...

June 25, 2024

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Photo of tree that rained amitra (nectar) while several monastics were on retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Seven-day Solitary Silent Retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple

Tree that rained amitra (nectar) while several monastics were on retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Sister Bhusita of the Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy in North Carolina and two other nuns attended...

June 9, 2024

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Image of Mahakala at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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Xiuxing Practice Program & Solitary Retreat Requirements

Image of Mahakala Vajra at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. This article is a revised version of one posted on March 28 that highlights and updates the features of the...

June 9, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 8, 2024?

I added another question and related quote to the summary of the May 4, 2024 Class on DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna”. It relates to what Buddhists, even Bodhisattvas, should do to deal with those who do great...

June 9, 2024

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural & Art Museum, Covina, CA.

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Reading of New H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Discourse

Special Events Respectfully Honoring the Holy Birthday of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III1. Respectfully listening to the audio recording of a special Dharma that has not been previously released: “Buddha...

June 9, 2024

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