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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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Description of October 11-20 Retreat-Classes on Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra at Temple

The upcoming retreat to continue studying the preliminary translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra will start on Friday evening at 7:00 pm with my reading an introduction to the Sutra by H.H...

October 6, 2019

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Holy Vajrasana Temple Video

A documentary film was released at the International Buddhism Sangha Association Conference held in Hong Kong on August 6, 2011, that explains how a fourth vajra throne was recognized at the Xuanfa Institute near...

October 6, 2019

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Creamy Mushroom Cauliflower Soup

Creamy Mushroom Cauliflower Soup. This is an excellent vegan soup that we like to serve at the temple. You can leave out the onions and garlic for monastics and serve green onions and/or sautéed onions and garlic in a...

October 4, 2019

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Oryioki Meals at the Temple

Meals served at the temple are based on a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables with a minimum of spices and other stimulants, designed to provide adequate nutrition, while enabling you to remain mentally alert. We...

September 29, 2019

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Index to Articles on Chants (English & Spanish)

Click the following English & Spanish chant titles for articles on this blog about the individual chants. Incense Offering–Ofrenda de incienso The Four Bodhisattva Vows–Los Cuatro Vows del Bodhisattva...

September 29, 2019

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Incense Offering–Ofrenda de Incienso: REVISED

This simple chant is offered at the beginning of most activities at our and most Buddhist temples and ceremonies to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Mahasattvas. Non-Buddhists sometimes mistake our devotion as...

September 22, 2019

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Temple Flooded

Every summer we get snow runoff twice a month from the Sierras in the form of “flood irrigation.” It never rains in Central California in the summer so it is essential. This time a 90-year old neighbor...

September 12, 2019

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The Holy Vajrasana Temple Chant Book

If you have attended retreats or dharma assemblies at the Holy Vajrassana Temple, you have probably used our chant book and you may have noticed that it is evolving. We started with pretty much what our other temples...

September 11, 2019

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SAUMOL reading for the Spanish Sangha in Sanger

I was able to read almost three quarters of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) today for the Spanish Sangha. This was intended to help the translators be better prepared to do the translation...

September 8, 2019

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Retreats to Continue Study the Sutra based on Heart Sutra Planned

There will be two more long retreats to continue our study of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s sutra based on the Heart Sutra from the preliminary English translation of Imparting the Absolute Truth Through the Heart...

June 9, 2019

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