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2024 Dharma Assemblies Scheduled at Hua Zang Si

Hua Zang Si has released their 2024 calendar of scheduled Dharma Assemblies with the next one celebrating Maitreya Bodhisattva scheduled for February 4, starting at 9:30 am. All of the other assemblies will also be held...

February 1, 2024

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Samatha and Vipashyana or Special Insight

I want to share some background in preparation for our classes on the Paramitas–especially the last two, Meditation and Wisdom. I found that Tsongkapa in one of his many lamrims, the Middle-Length Treatise on the...

February 27, 2023

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The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Master Kamalashila (740-795), the 12th Abbot of Nalanda University, India. This BLOG is featuring components from the Learning from the Buddha College and Seminary course C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of...

February 11, 2023

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Maitreya Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly Held at Hua Zang Si

Maitreya Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, CA. Hua Zang Si, a temple in San Francisco, California held its annual Dharma Assembly to celebrate the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva on January 15, 2023. It is...

January 26, 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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31 Planes in the Six Realms of Existence

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. At our class last week someone asked about the various heavens and hells as expressed in...

January 31, 2021

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Nectar Manifests to Honor Publishing of Commentary on the Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

In March 2014 an extremely holy book by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra,’ was published and distributed at a Grand Dharma Assembly held in Hong Kong. Prior to that on...

July 1, 2018

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Eight Great Bodhisattvas

Although the eight great bodhisattvas all possess the same qualities and powers, each one displays perfection in a particular area or activity. Youthful Manjushri embodies wisdom; glorious Vajrapani represents...

June 24, 2018

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2024 Dharma Assemblies Scheduled at Hua Zang Si

Samatha and Vipashyana or Special Insight

The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Maitreya Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly Held at Hua Zang Si

31 Planes in the Six Realms of Existence

Nectar Manifests to Honor Publishing of Commentary on the Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Eight Great Bodhisattvas