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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 10, 2024

On February 10, 2024 we started DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by looking at the origins and meaning of Avalokiteshvara’s names. We learned that “unimpeded freedom and...

February 15, 2024

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Quote-Meaning of Prajna Parami-Ta

Put together, the six characters for prajna-paramita mean relying on supreme wisdom to thoroughly illuminate the power of dhyana, using right dhyana to produce the wisdom of prajna, and, with equality of dhyana and...

February 5, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 3, 2024

On February 3, 2024 we finished our discussion of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary Lesson 6 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice that was part of the Buddha Master’s...

February 5, 2024

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Quote-Attaining Liberation

Practitioners must especially bear in mind that becoming awakened to the reality state of the three prajnas is not tantamount to attaining liberation and does not mean that cultivation is no longer needed. I previously...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Plain Dharmakaya

There is the state where for the first time suddenly delusive thoughts are removed, such that the prior thought is already gone, and the next thought has not yet arisen. After achieving such a state or after realizing...

January 25, 2024

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Photograph of painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The photograph was taken by Rolf Müller on April 17, 2005.

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Journey to the West: Gongjue Tuji’s Story

Painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” showing the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Monk Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche...

January 22, 2024

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Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche Establishes H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Website in Germany

Altar at Xuanfa Dharmazentrum, Cologne, Germany. There is now a beautiful website in German (and English) in Europe that introduces H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and the authentic Buddha Dharma of Shakyamuni Buddha as...

January 14, 2024

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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On-Line Chants for the Holy Vajrasana Temple-Revised Again

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall. Having received requests for this article with the chants we chant during the 6:00 am temple zoom boadcast, I am reposting FYI. Please note that some chants that we use have been...

December 25, 2023

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Mystery of Consciousness: Non-Buddhist Perspective

Graham Hancock, 2022. During last weeks zoom discussion several participants shared information on videos they had seen concerning consciousness. Here is a conversation between two non-Buddhist British writers on the...

December 23, 2023

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QUOTE-Cultivating Goodness

The true-thusness of dharma-nature being intrinsically empty and tranquil, how could there be form? However, karma binds and entraps the body that is a provisional combination of the four great elements. One can be...

December 20, 2023

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