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Disciples from China in the Abbot's study at the Holy Vajrasana Temple in Sanger, CA.

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Seven-Dharmas System for ZOOM–REVISED AGAIN

The following is a proposal as to how you could be a participant or auditor (observer) in the Seven-Dharmas System for ZOOM (SDSZ). PLEASE read the BACKGROUND and PURPOSE OF DEBATE articles first. I am sure we will...

July 20, 2020

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Open Mike, Register for July 11, 2020 Session, 9-11 am

After the internet crashing, I did not think we would have an Open Mike again this week, but it came back in time to proceed and resulted in an excellent session, as they usually are. For those of you who were not there...

July 4, 2020

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Register for On-Line Dharma Class on “Eight Evil Views About Vajra Masters” from the SAUMOL-June 14, 2020, 2-4 pm

Today we discussed ten erroneous views concerning Vajra Masters.This included the idea that it was acceptable for vajra masters to make unreasonable demands on or take property from their disciples or use their position...

June 7, 2020

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Chanting at Amitabha Buddha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom

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How Cultivation Guides our Lives

We looked at three erroneous views held about cultivation and revisited one on how sitting meditation relates to cultivation this afternoon at our regular Sunday afternoon dharma class. We did this as many present were...

May 31, 2020

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Class on “The 128 Views-CULTIVATION-II” from the “SAUMOL”

We continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) next Sunday, May 31 starting at 2:00 pm. The Buddha Master has said that you will not...

May 27, 2020

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Rose Garden and Spirit House at The Holy Vajrasana Temple

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Class on “The 128 Views-CULTIVATION” from the “SAUMOL”

We continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) next Sunday, May 24 starting at 2:00 pm. The Buddha Master has said that you will...

May 18, 2020

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Lemonade Sangha Holds third Open Mike

We met this morning to share how we were managing our lives in this Age of the Covid-19 Virus. We also shared some of the lemonade moments that we were experiencing and asked questions about dharma matters and our...

April 11, 2020

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Operation Lemonade and the Lemonade Sangha

Last Saturday (April 4, 2020) we held the second “Open Mike” and created what I am calling the Lemonade Sangha. On Sunday we held the first, and somewhat experimental virtual Dharma class on What Is...

April 7, 2020

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Ven. Pannavati at Blessing of the Animals ceremony at the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, May 2019.

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Video of Ven. Pannavati and Dharma Voci Choir at the Heartwood Retreat and Refuge Center in North Carolina

Bhikshunni Pannavati, Co-founder of the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center and much more, in Hendersonville, North Carolina brings her own style of music to her dharma talks and engages her local sangha in music as a...

January 12, 2020

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Dharma Class in Rosemead on November 15

We will continue listening to preliminary translations by Benxin Chiren Wu of the series of dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Correcting Dharma and Exposing Evil Monk” at the...

November 10, 2019

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