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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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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...

April 28, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 20, 2024?

We finished our discussion of “consciousness” and the Five Aggregates in DCB22 with a mandate from the Buddha Master that we must immediately begin our cultivation, starting right where we are. When Do You...

April 24, 2024

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Painting of Prajnaparamita personified. Sanskrit Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript written in the Ranjana script. Nalanda, Bihar, India. Circa 700-1100.

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How to Realize Prajna

Painting of Prajnaparamita personified. Sanskrit Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript written in the Ranjana script. Nalanda, Bihar, India. Circa 700-1100. At the end of Expounding the Absolute Truth through...

April 13, 2024

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Do Not Be a Believer in Appearances

Anjushri (Armine) Alioto attended a thirty-day solitary retreat at the Dharma Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center near Sanger, California in October 2023. Although she had the use of a tent...

April 6, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 30, 2024?

On March 30, 2024 we began our study of Lesson 11A, the Fifth Aggregate-Consciousness, from DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part Two-I. The following are key points from last...

April 6, 2024

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Is Dharma Practice Simply Applying Mudras and Chanting Mantras? Erroneous View #3

A student recently asked me about Erroneous View #24-“Acknowledging that one may postpone learning from Buddha until one is less busy with worldly matters,” while other students have asked about how to...

March 15, 2024

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Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Definitive Tenets Imparted by Buddha-Revised

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. All practitioners of Buddhism should understand and abide by these “Definitive Tenets Imparted by Buddha” at all times. 2024-03-08-FINAL-TenetsDownload...

March 13, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 9, 2024

On March 9, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring more deeply how Avalokiteshvara observed her intrinsic nature to become...

March 11, 2024

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QUOTE–Seeing One’s Original Nature

There are different levels of dhyana and wisdom.

March 9, 2024

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The photo below shows Chaco and me in the Sangre de Christo Mountains outside of Taos, NM.

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The Issue of Euthanasia for Buddhists and the Pets With Which They Live

I recently received a comment on this article by someone who argued for euthanasia to relieve the suffering of dying pet companions. Since I do not agree that euthanasia is an option for Buddhists and responded as such...

February 22, 2024

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