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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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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

REVISED SCHEDULE-Zoom Discussions to be held on C41-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhism and DCB22

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa are available on certain Saturdays...

December 20, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 2, 2023?

We continued our discussion of “Shifting the Mind” practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. We...

December 8, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 18, 2023?

We finished our discussion of the first part of Learning from Buddha on cultivation with a discussion of the “Parable of the Conjured or Phantom City” and what HH Dorje Chang Buddha III wants from His...

November 29, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 4, 2023?

In case you have not noticed the courses offered by LFBCS have changed their appearance. There was a recent software upgrade and we are just beginning to understand how to use it. So far, I like it and find it easier to...

November 9, 2023

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ZOOM Class on the “Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL)”

Join us for online discussions of the SAUMOL starting November 18, 2023 at 9:00 am PST on ZOOM. You will need to both enroll in ongoing course C41(A)-Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practices AND to...

November 9, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 28, 2023?

Logo for Xuanfa Institute. The ZOOM discussion today continued our discussion comparing the methods used to develop bodhichitta expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkapa. We found that the “Dharma...

October 29, 2023

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