Spirit beings or orbs dance around four of the vajra poles as seen in this photograph taken after a meditation retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In 2018 we held a series of ZOOM classes on Learning from Buddha...
Lunar New Year Prayer at Holy Miracles Temple, Pasadena, CA. On February 10, 2024, offerings of lotus lamps, rice and fresh flowers were made, while Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Universal Gateway Chapter from the...
On December 16 we continued our discussion of 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...
Revised October 31, 2021. We are cleaning the temple, starting a new adobe storage shed, and getting ready for a very ambitions retreat and class schedule starting in January. The rest of this year we will only have...
No matter how enlightened one may think he or she is, one must not be disrespectful to representations of holy beings no matter what form they may take. I have noticed that some people have a tendency to be more...
Students should make offerings and show gratitude to their root master who transmits dharma to them as this master is the source of their liberation and enlightenment. Erroneous View # 57: THE VIEW THAT IT IS...
It is wrong to collect offerings for one’s own greedy use, whether under the guise of building temples or stupas, conducting a dharma assembly or event, or for disaster relief. Erroneous View #87: THE VIEW THAT IT IS...
Learning the Dharma should always be free and initiations and transmission of dharma cannot be sold. One can only receive initiations and transmitted dharma if their spiritual foundation or karmic affinity is sufficient...
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...