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Photo of Flyer for May 30-31, 2025 Dharma Assembly honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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May 30-June 8, 2025 Events

There are a number of events planned around the Holy Birthday Celebration to honor our Buddha Master that you may be interested in. Please note that you do need to register to be able to attend some of these events...

March 22, 2025

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Photo of Morning Sunrise at Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Quizzes Added to Courses on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Early Morning Winter Sunrise at Holy Vajrasana Temple. I am in the process of adding quizzes to all the courses related to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. They...

March 5, 2025

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C41(A)-Three Major Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice Revisited & Revised

The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. Although this...

January 10, 2025

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New Registration Required to Attend Sunday SAUMOL Readings Starting January 2025

View of Kings Canyon, East of Holy Vajrasana Temple. To start the new year Reba Jinbo is asking everybody to re-register for the Sunday Morning SAUMOL Reading so that he can update his mailing list. The Meeting ID will...

December 28, 2024

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S01-SAUMOL Seminar finished December 28, 2024

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, Washington D.C., January 19, 2012. We finished our discussion today, December 28 , on Step Three of the Final Project for the Seminar on SAUMOL course. All participants used the ZOOM...

December 28, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 15, 2024?

There will be three more sessions for our S01-Seminar on the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, December 21 at 9:00 am, December 22 at 1:00 pm, and December 28 at 9:00 am. The Sunday session on the 22nd...

December 14, 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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Correct Use of the Sutras and Other Holy Works

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In the very last part of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra the Buddha...

December 12, 2024

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QUOTE-Who can hear the Dharma?

Both humans and non-humans can listen to a Buddha expound Dharma. Therefore, to say that only humankind can listen to the true Dharma is extremely selfish speech. Buddha Dharma in the heavenly realms is higher than...

December 12, 2024

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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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Enroll in DCB24-“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the 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. On January 4, 2025 we...

December 9, 2024

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Photo of Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250.

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Three Virtues & Six Tastes

Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250. Patriarch Dogen is the author of the “Teno Kyokun” often translated as “Instructions to a Zen Cook.” The following is an...

December 7, 2024

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