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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 9, 2024?

We continued Lesson 21 of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no avidya and also...

November 13, 2024

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"The Wheel of Life," painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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The Wheel of Life (Bravachakra)

Painting of the “Wheel of Life” at the Holy Vajrasana Temple shows Shakyamuni Buddha pointing the way to Nirvana to beings in all six realms of existence (Samsara): the Hell realms, the ghost realm, the...

October 27, 2024

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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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31 Planes in the Six Realms of Existence

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. At our class last week someone asked about the various heavens and hells as expressed in...

January 31, 2021

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