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English Class on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” to be given at Hua Zang Si January 27 & 28, 2024

In 1992, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a series of very famous discourses in China using the text, meaning, and principles of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to clearly explain the...

January 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 20, 2024?

On January 20 we finished our discussion of the paramitas and other Bodhisattva practices part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. After summarizing the six paramitas...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Attaining Liberation

Practitioners must especially bear in mind that becoming awakened to the reality state of the three prajnas is not tantamount to attaining liberation and does not mean that cultivation is no longer needed. I previously...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Plain Dharmakaya

There is the state where for the first time suddenly delusive thoughts are removed, such that the prior thought is already gone, and the next thought has not yet arisen. After achieving such a state or after realizing...

January 25, 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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Zoom Discussions of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” Have Started

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” in front of the Buddha. We should finish our review of Part One of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

January 25, 2024

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Photograph of painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The photograph was taken by Rolf Müller on April 17, 2005.

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Journey to the West: Gongjue Tuji’s Story

Painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” showing the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Monk Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche...

January 22, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 13, 2024?

On January 13 we almost finished our discussion of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist...

January 15, 2024

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Quote-Awakening

Thus, it cannot be said that attaining awakening is equal to ending the cycle of birth and death and results in elimination of karmic hindrances. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part One, H.H...

January 13, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 30, 2023?

On December 30 we continued our discussion of of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist...

January 5, 2024

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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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