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My Book has arrived

Details of “Jewels” that appeared on Grass Mandala. My publisher just told me I would soon receive some copies of Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform. I did publish some...

April 5, 2021

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Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020.

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Final series of Erroneous and “Evil Views on Emptiness”Class, March 14, 2021

Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020. We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views...

March 8, 2021

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Continued Study of “128 Views Concerning Protocols & Family”

“An Old Farmer’s Grain-Drying Yard,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views Concerning Protocols and Family” from the Supreme and...

February 20, 2021

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Why This Title for My Book?

Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand. Why use the expression “Thus Have I Seen (or Heard)”? It is said that Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha’s cousin and attendant for His last twenty-five years on...

November 28, 2020

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Concept of “in the Holy Sense” & the “Mundane”

A recent announcement from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) explains how the terms “in the holy sense” and “mundane (worldly)” are used in their announcements. It is not the...

March 3, 2019

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

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What is Bodhichitta and How Important is it in Buddhism?

Bodhicitta is holy compassion that truly helps living beings become liberated from suffering. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III tells us there are several evil and erroneous views that are held concerning bodhichitta...

June 24, 2018

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on Inner-Tantric Initiation

I have already mentioned important announcements from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters given during the first 35 days of the Chinese lunar calendar in 2018 concerning receiving true inner-tantric initiations...

June 17, 2018

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What Is Cultivation? Evil Views #16 & #29, and Erroneous Views #1, #2, #4, #5, #9, #33, #47, & #89

Many of the evil and erroneous views pertain to cultivation because there are many incorrect teachings on this matter. The most complete and helpful writing on this can be found in The Dharma of Cultivation Transmitted...

May 20, 2018

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Important Announcements from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters

If you want to become enlightened in this lifetime, you need to seek and receive a true inner-tantric initiation. Starting on day one of this year’s Lunar New Year (February 16, 2018), Holy Virtuous ones and...

March 26, 2018

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