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It Will Be Fruitless If One Does Not Listen to Discourses in Accordance with the Dharma Expounded in This Discourse—Parts I & II

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III [The following combines my notes and understanding from listening to several English translations of the first two of three CDs on a discourse given by the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in 2000...

September 26, 2024

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Bardo Teachings: The Way of Death and Rebirth

Ven. Lodru Rinpoche. At our ZOOM class today, we discussed the bardo and I mentioned this article, so I am reposting it FYI. In April 2023 I attended an on-line teaching on Five Element Calm-Abiding Practice and Five...

August 3, 2024

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The Ways to Become a Holy Being or Saint

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. The following charts have been part of the “Buddhist Practice” section of the Holy...

July 10, 2024

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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 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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DharmaVoci to Render Musical Offerings in Covina, California

Performing at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum 10th Anniversary Special Event on June 16, 2024, 4:00-7:00 pm. DharmaVoci rehearsing at Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy in...

June 9, 2024

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