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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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Weekend Retreat Survives the Rain

Over 50 disciples attended a weekend retreat at the temple, participating in sitting and walking meditation, chanting, oryoki rituals, and listening to Dharma Discourses by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The weather was...

February 17, 2019

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Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center Newsletter

This blog is intended for non-Chinese language individuals who wish to learn more about H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha and His teachings. Our temple, The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, also publishes a monthly...

February 3, 2019

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More Retreats and Classes to be held on “The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” & “Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra”

I have already reported that I now have permission to read a preliminary and unapproved translation of the 2010 release of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) at the temple, which we did at...

January 27, 2019

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Listen to the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL)

We know that the SAUMOL is the holiest Buddha-dharma that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has transmitted in His current lifetime. It is the mind essence part of cultivation. Please understand that dharma practices...

November 11, 2018

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