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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary, October 29, 2022

Xuanfa Institute Logo. Two new videos of the class held on October 29, 2022 concerning DCB26-How to Realize Prajna have been added to that course for Buddhist Studies and Xiuxing Seminary Students. Please note the...

October 29, 2022

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Discussion on “The Four Limitless States of Mind Held on October 22, 2022

October 22, 2022 Sunrise at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Today we focused on the “Four Limitless States of Mind.” We first looked at who we applied those states of mind to first, second, and so on until we applied them to...

October 22, 2022

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New Session to Continue Discussion on Preliminary Practice Dharmas on October 22, 2022

Queen Anne’s Lace or Wild Carrot. We were unable to finish all of Lesson 38 today. We will continue our discussion of the preliminary practices with a special session on October 22 at 9:00 am Pacific Daylight Time...

October 16, 2022

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Revised Holy Vajrasana Temple Website

Canadian Goose Family Visiting the Temple. The Holy Vajrasana Temple website has been updated to better integrate it with the Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) activities, complement this more-or-less...

October 9, 2022

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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. , Washington D.c., January 19, 2012.

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QUOTE–Bad Karma

Why can it be said that we must stay far away from evil or bad karma but it cannot be said that we must eliminate evil or bad karma? Within the truth of Buddhism, there is the doctrine that the law of cause and effect...

October 1, 2022

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The Power of Vows

I want to talk about one aspect of cultivation that is very important. It is one of the eight right views that you must hold to be successful in your cultivation. It is not the first—that would be impermanence. That is...

August 10, 2022

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New Class Saturday, May 14 on “Benefiting Living Beings”

Ashtamangala. This Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 9-11 am Pacific time, I will read the last part of a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Up to Now, I Have Always...

May 10, 2022

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Learning from Buddha College & Seminary Being Tested, Revised

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche reading the preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse on ZOOM. The Learning from Buddha College & Seminary website has been launched—at least in beta-test mode. Those of you who registered...

February 9, 2022

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Spirits dancing around the Holy Vajra Poles after a retreat at the temple.

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Discourse on “Impermanence” Read on July 17 and again on July 27

Spirits dancing around the Holy Vajra Poles after a retreat at the temple. We listened to a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in China on “Impermanence” at 9:00 am PDT on July 17 and will do so again...

July 24, 2021

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Protocols for Continuing the Readings of the SAUMOL

We have now been able to hold a virtual reading of all of what we have in English of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. Sunday morning March 7 we started with the Introduction, Preface, and the...

April 2, 2021

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