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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...