Spirit beings or orbs dance around four of the vajra poles as seen in this photograph taken after a meditation retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In 2018 we held a series of ZOOM classes on Learning from Buddha...
The internet has many negative articles falsely claiming that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is wanted by the Chinese government for fraud. These stories are simply not true. It is true that there were charges brought...
The thing that I want to do is: I will bear all negative karmas and sins of living beings, I will give all my good karmas and merit to you. If I show that to exonerate me, the people who slandered me would not get...
If you have not seen Christopher Arsenault’s repentance ceremony where he became Fazhong Lama again, you will want to watch the attached video from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. I believe the video and...
The Cat Who Went to Heaven as he appeared in the temple painting. Aside from fairly simplified understanding of Buddhism that did not reflect the Buddhist cosmology and saw the events of the Buddha’s life through...
Calico Japanese Bobtail Cat. We have just finished our study of the “128 Evil or Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL). As promised, I want us to spend at least...
Xuanfa Institute Logo. The following paragraphs, like the last two blog articles, are from the PREFACE from my forthcoming book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform. I will...
1-Stay far away from feudal superstition, etc.; 2-Strictly abide by the precept; 3-Take great compassion as foundation; 4-Do not do anything that is evil; 5-Do all things that are good; 6-Give up self-interests and...
On August 16 we held our last class on the Five Vidyas and shared how they impacted our lives and practice and what we had learned from this series of classes. I reported in my earlier blog about a story told in that...
The wrongs of others are my wrongs. To regard others and yourself as one is great compassion. A true cultivator regards the mistakes of others as his own mistakes. Do not talk about the wrongs of others. Do not...