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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...