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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 24, 2023?

Lesson 4- the Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation continued with a discussion of why Buddhists were not interested in going to “heaven.” Buddhists consider the heavens as a reward for living a good...

June 26, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 17, 2023?

We continued Lesson 4-The Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation today by discussing the remaining links 9-12 of the “Twelve Links of Dependent or Conditional Origination:” grasping, existence, birth, and aging...

June 18, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 10, 2023?

We continued Lesson 4-The Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation today by discussing links 3-8 of the “Twelve Links of Dependent or Conditional Origination:” consciousness, name and form, the six entrances or...

June 13, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 27, 2023?

We started Lesson 4-The Intermediate Stage or Path of Renunciation today at 9:00 am PDT with D12(A)-Cutting Off the Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings and the related “Eight Worldly Winds,” which are relevant...

May 28, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 20, 2023?

We finished C41-Lesson 3-Initial Stage with a discussion of “Ten Wholesome Behaviors” and “Purification-The Four Opponent Powers.” The mantra “The Wrongs of Others Are My Wrongs” was also added to this...

May 21, 2023

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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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The Path of Renunciation-REVISED

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Another class has been added on May 27 to provide time to discuss Lessons 20 & 21 from...

May 17, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 13, 2023?

We started our discussion of C41-Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice: Lesson 3 this morning, but were unable to finish the questions on the “Ten Wholesome Behaviors” and “Purification-The Four Opponent...

May 17, 2023

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Flyer for C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

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May 10, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 6, 2023?

We discussed Lesson 2-“The Preliminaries to Taking the Path” today to better understand the importance of listening to and reading Dharma and how to do so in the correct way. We also heard the foundation...

May 9, 2023

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Schedule of Events at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

The July retreat at the Temple has been cancelled. Saturday discussions started on April 29 with an introductory class on C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Two short retreats are scheduled for...

May 2, 2023

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