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Why I Follow H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

View of the Sierras from the Holy Vajrasana Temple. It is the year 2020, the time of Covid-19, and I am currently sheltered-in-place at the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center in the midst of fruit and nut trees...

November 25, 2020

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"Pink Lotus," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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The Lotus Sutra: Chapter XXV—The Gateway to Every Direction [Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara]

We have started reading from certain sutras at our Sunday morning service. Today we listened to the first part of Chapter 25, often referred to as the Kuan Yin or Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva chapter or sutra. Next week...

August 30, 2020

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Visitors from Other Realms: Bodhisattvas, Devas, Animals, Ghosts, Spirits

The blessings of the Holy Vajrasana Temple are not just for human beings. Various light forms and beings from other realms including ghosts and spirits are seen and photographed at this site. When the yurt was finished...

July 21, 2020

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Studying the sutra while sheltering-in-place.

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Mini-Retreat at Temple

Last weekend we held a mini-retreat with three socially distanced guests for an intensive study of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. We will try and do this once a month to enable as many as possible...

June 30, 2020

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Let the Temple come to you–Register to Join Events

We held our first Sunday chanting and meditation session at the temple this morning. Chanting started at 7:00 am. The Meeting Room opens around 6:45 am, but you need to be checked in before 7:00. Once I start there may...

May 31, 2020

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Life at the Holy Vajrasana Temple in the Time of COVID-19

We are continuing to shelter-in-place in California. It is possible for individuals to come and read the preliminary translations we have on kindle of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra or the Supreme...

May 10, 2020

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“What Is Cultivation?” The First Virtual Class

Sunday, April 5, 2020 we held our first virtual class on The Dharma of CultivationTransmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Over sixty persons registered for this Dharma class from six countries and and at least 51...

April 7, 2020

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March Classes in Hesperia and Sanger on Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha on Reasons to Become a Buddhist

On March 1 in Hesperia and March 8 in Sanger, we listened to to a new bilingual discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III entitled “Taking Refuge to Become a Buddhist Disciple and Practicing According to the...

March 19, 2020

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Chanting at Amitabha Buddha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

New Bilingual Discourse Released in Rosemead, Sanger, and Hesperia

The students who attended the recent retreat in Sanger and others were able to hear a newly released discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III entitled “Taking Refuge to Become a Buddhist Disciple and Practicing...

March 17, 2020

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Special Discourse Given at Holy Miracles Temple

Several students who attended the February retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple and other recent classes and I were able to meet the Buddha Master after the retreat at the Holy Miracles Temple and receive His blessings...

February 15, 2020

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