We started Lesson 16 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the line from the Heart Sutra that says, “Form is emptiness; emptiness...
We should understand the truth of emptiness. As long as you think you have any attainment, as long as you think you know and have attained this state of emptiness, then there is no reality that you have realized...
We finished Lesson 15 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the three doubts of Bodhisattvas and related principles. Part of this discussion follows: What are the three kinds...
In Lesson 16 of DCB23-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra last week, the Buddha Master explained how certain visualization practices of qigong related to principles learned in regards to understanding...
We started Lesson 15 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with an introduction to World-Honored Shakyamuni Buddha’s top disciple Sariputra–the meaning of his name, his remarkable...
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. On August 24, 2024 we...
We finished the entire LFBCS course DCB22 with Lesson 14 and our study of the meaning of the terms suffering and adversity and the nature of the ten kinds of suffering. You should read or listen to these teachings to...
Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra was presented to the Grand Dharma Assembly held in Hong Kong in March 2014. Long Hui Fa Shi and I were interviewed concerning the miraculous events related to this...
We finished Lesson 13 with our study of the “Ten Illusory Things” and what they can teach us about emptiness as well as “The Eighteen Kinds of Emptiness”. The Buddha Master provided a detailed...