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Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche Reading Preliminary Translation of Part One of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California.

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Title of the Heart Sutra

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche Reading Preliminary Translation of Part One of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Last weekend, I read from Part One of...

February 1, 2024

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center with copy of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" on the altar.

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Enroll in DCB22-“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-I”

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California, with copy of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on altar. This is the first of a series of four Learning...

January 25, 2024

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English Class on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” to be given at Hua Zang Si January 27 & 28, 2024

In 1992, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a series of very famous discourses in China using the text, meaning, and principles of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to clearly explain the...

January 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 20, 2024?

On January 20 we finished our discussion of the paramitas and other Bodhisattva practices part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. After summarizing the six paramitas...

January 25, 2024

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Quote-Attaining Liberation

Practitioners must especially bear in mind that becoming awakened to the reality state of the three prajnas is not tantamount to attaining liberation and does not mean that cultivation is no longer needed. I previously...

January 25, 2024

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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Zoom Discussions of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” Have Started

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” in front of the Buddha. We should finish our review of Part One of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

January 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 13, 2024?

On January 13 we almost finished our discussion 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...

January 15, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 6, 2024?

On January 6 we finished our discussion 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...

January 12, 2024

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QUOTE-Wisdom and Dhyana

All wisdom comes from dhyana. Without dhyana, what arises is worldly cleverness or intelligence. The dhyana of practitioners of non-Buddhist ways falls into the categories of two types of emptiness—nihilistic...

January 12, 2024

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Learning from Buddha College & Seminary

Catalog of required courses for Auditing, Buddhist Studies, Xiuxing Seminary, & Xiuxing Practice Programs at Learning from Buddha College & Seminary.

January 12, 2024

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