There will be a reading of the Amitabha Buddha Sutra for Steven James Holstrom at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on January 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time. You may join us on line using . Mr. Holstrom, the father of our...
Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall. Having received requests for this article with the chants we chant during the 6:00 am temple zoom boadcast, I am reposting FYI. Please note that some chants that we use have been...
Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa are available on certain Saturdays...
We continued our discussion of of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. We will...
We continued our discussion of “Shifting the Mind” practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. We...
Some of you have heard my story that one of my first serious contacts with Buddhism came through a book by the thirteenth century Zen master Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen Sect. It was a book I picked...
Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023. Another Solitary Retreat finished at the temple with most auspicious events. A Buddha Light appeared on the last day of the retreat and the Holy Vajra Poles...
We finished our discussion of the first part of Learning from Buddha on cultivation with a discussion of the “Parable of the Conjured or Phantom City” and what HH Dorje Chang Buddha III wants from His...
In case you have not noticed the courses offered by LFBCS have changed their appearance. There was a recent software upgrade and we are just beginning to understand how to use it. So far, I like it and find it easier to...
The yurt that became the Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In December 2010, after finishing our Protector Chapel, The Buddha Master transmitted to me a special dharma that must be practiced there with...