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Buddha-dharma Quotes

Quote-Dhyana

. . . dhyana entails abiding imperturbably in our dharma-nature of true emptiness, yet not being attached to such emptiness. Only that can be called true dhyana.” Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

January 30, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 21, 2023

The Saturday morning discussions for LFBCS students started again at 9:00 am, January 21, 2023, on the title of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra with the third of many sessions on “Prajna,” one of the most important and...

January 26, 2023

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Quote-Nagarjuna

Wisdom that knows the reality of all dharmas. “Maha-Prajna-Paramita Sastra” by Nagarjuna (circa 150-250 CE)

December 20, 2022

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 19, 2022

A zoom discussion was held last Saturday, December 17, on DCB21 Lesson 2 that provided H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s introduction to the title of the Prajna Parami-ta Heart Sutra and how it would be studied. In the...

December 19, 2022

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Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020.

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The Five Turbidities & Hope

Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020. This article was originally posted last month as an expression of hope...

December 13, 2022

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The White Horse Temple

White Horse Temple, Luoyang, China. In the first century CE, Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty had a dream about a golden Buddha who had been born earlier in India and wanted to know more about this magical holy...

December 12, 2022

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 11, 2022

Discussion on Lesson 1 of DCB21 of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra was held December 10. This lesson dealt with who would benefit from this text, and what would happen to them from hearing this...

December 11, 2022

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

Quote-State of No Birth and No Death

Reality, or true form, is the true perfect state that you who learn from Buddha want to attain. It is the state of no birth and no death. It is this reality. ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra’ H.H...

December 11, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 5, 2022

We finished the first Lesson on DCB21-“Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Title of the Heart Sutra” on December 3 with a discussion on why certain Buddhist defame H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Imparting the...

December 5, 2022

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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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The Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna. Some of you have commented on the tables I included in the November 23, 2022 post on “Dharmas According to the ‘Prajnaparamita Sutras’” that was in response to questions asked about what...

December 5, 2022

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