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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 22, 2025?

We started Lesson 28 today on “With nothing to attain, therefore, . . . ” with a discussion of the terms “inclusion” and these words from the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The following are some of the...

March 23, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 15, 2025?

We finished our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Hearing the Dharma and Small and Great Dharmas” today. We have also posted a 40-question quiz on this entire lesson for those of you who are enrolled in this course...

March 16, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 8, 2025?

We continued our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article about a 2020 course on the Five Vidyas is reposted last week to provide more background and links to other articles on the Five Vidyas...

March 8, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 1, 2025?

We continued our discussion of Lesson 26 today, focusing again on “Qigong” and “Who Can Be Known as a Master of Esoteric Dharma?” We also started a discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article...

March 1, 2025

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The Great Dharma of Zen Practice in Brief

Pilgrims meditating with the Holy Vajra Poles.at the Holy Vajrasana temple. This article provides a brief summary of the entire teaching of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha iII on zen meditation practice. Although the practice...

February 5, 2025

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Meditation-Revised

This article summarizing teachings on meditation by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III from two sources was originally published in 2018, but was reposted on May 6, 2020 because it was very relevant in our study of zen at that...

February 5, 2025

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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Expounds The Great Dharma of Zen Practice: Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article is a slightly revised reposting of one posted over a year ago about the complete dharma of Zen practice as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

February 4, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 11, 2025

Today we discussed the methods used by different schools and traditions to attain awakening including the Chan/Zen School, the Dharma Characteristics-Consciousness Only School, the Pure Land School, the Huayen...

January 10, 2025

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New Registration Required to Attend Sunday SAUMOL Readings Starting January 2025

View of Kings Canyon, East of Holy Vajrasana Temple. To start the new year Reba Jinbo is asking everybody to re-register for the Sunday Morning SAUMOL Reading so that he can update his mailing list. The Meeting ID will...

December 28, 2024

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