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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), September 23, 2023?

C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Logo for Xuanfa Institute We began Lesson 5-The Great Stage with the Method Path of Bodhichitta. This lesson is concerned with the merit-building part of the...

September 29, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), August 8, 2023?

Two major changes to future discussions of the LFBCS course C41(A) will enable us to have ZOOM discussions of both of the major Dharmas given us by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: The “Supreme and Unsurpassable...

August 8, 2023

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

Introduction to the Stages and Paths of Buddhism Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). [April 29-July...

August 8, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 15, 2023?

We finished Lesson 4 on the Intermediate Stage or the Path of Renunciation on July 15 with a discussion of what it means to become accomplished; why the three disciplines of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom are...

July 19, 2023

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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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B24-Lady Niguma Biography Course

Lady Niguma. We held our first class discussion on June 20, 2023 discussing the Eight Chariots and how the Niguma lineage fit into that framework along with the question, “Who was Lady Niguma?” We finished...

June 21, 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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ZOOM Meetings Planned to Discuss Biography of Lady Niguma (10th-11th centuries)-Revised

In addition to our featured courses that we will discuss most Saturday mornings, I want to add an opportunity to investigate the lives and teachings of Buddhist masters–the patriarchs and matriarchs of the major...

June 17, 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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