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Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of 'Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra' on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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New Course: DCB24-HEART SUTRA III

Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra’ on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. I finally added the...

October 10, 2024

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"Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on the altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Expounding the Absolute Truth-Part Two Discussion Starts

“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on the altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. The Learning from Buddha College and Seminary will begin weekly ZOOM class discussions on Part Two of the...

February 5, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 15, 2023?

We finished Lesson 4 on the Intermediate Stage or the Path of Renunciation on July 15 with a discussion of what it means to become accomplished; why the three disciplines of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom are...

July 19, 2023

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QUOTE-Mundane & SupraMundane

The two noble truths of suffering and accumulation that I spoke of earlier belong to mundane cause and effect. The two noble truths of cessation and path belong to supra-mundane cause and effect. The noble truth of...

July 19, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 24, 2023?

Lesson 4- the Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation continued with a discussion of why Buddhists were not interested in going to “heaven.” Buddhists consider the heavens as a reward for living a good...

June 26, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 27, 2023?

We started Lesson 4-The Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation today at 9:00 am PDT with D12(A)-Cutting Off the Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings and the related “Eight Worldly Winds,” which are relevant...

May 28, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 20, 2023?

We finished C41-Lesson 3-Initial Stage with a discussion of “Ten Wholesome Behaviors” and “Purification-The Four Opponent Powers.” The mantra “The Wrongs of Others Are My Wrongs” was also added to this...

May 21, 2023

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Retreat

Studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Oryoki lunch during the retreat. We spent Independence Day and the following week on retreat and by chanting, studying Expounding the Absolute Truth...

July 7, 2021

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Holy Vajra Pill that flew to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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Thirty-seven Factors of Enlightenment

The Sanskrit term bodhi-pakshana or bodhipakshika-dharma or bodhipakkhiya-dhamma literally means those 37 factors or things pertaining to enlightenment. They include the prerequisites for the attainment of enlightenment...

September 6, 2020

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October Retreat on the Heart Sutra

Serious students gathered to continue and start their study of the Buddha Master’s sutra based on the Heart Sutra. Others joined the group for the long week end. Although I was able to read much of the text, I had...

November 10, 2019

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