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Is Dharma Practice Simply Applying Mudras and Chanting Mantras? Erroneous View #3

A student recently asked me about Erroneous View #24-“Acknowledging that one may postpone learning from Buddha until one is less busy with worldly matters,” while other students have asked about how to...

March 15, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 30, 2023?

On December 30 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 Buddhist...

January 5, 2024

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Holy Vajra Pill that flew to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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What Are Saints or Holy Beings in Buddhism?

Holy Vajra Pill that flew to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. The following is a section of my book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform on just what is a saint or...

October 28, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 4, 2023

Finally we completed the 295 questions we covered to date on the background and title of the Heart Sutra. Over 200 of these questions were on the title and we have only finished one word “PRAJNA.” Of course that is a...

March 4, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 26, 2023

Saturday’s discussion (February 25, 2023) may have been our most impactful yet–or at least it was for me. I could see the “ahas” as we gained insight into the true meaning of “prajna,” especially the third and...

February 27, 2023

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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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"Wintry Branches in the North" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Can You Slack Off on Your Dharma Practice after You See Your Original Nature? Erroneous View #23

No! Even if you attain certain realization powers and can understand the nature of all phenomena, you must still cultivate yourself and develop your bodhichitta. Avoid heretical thinking and behavior and continue your...

February 24, 2019

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"Cat," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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You Must Keep All the Precepts: That Means Not Killing Any Living Being

Today we have several articles on euthanasia for pets: A popular Buddhist Magazine suggests that it is showing compassion to put a pet out of its suffering, but a Buddhist tells his story about how he learned that was...

January 6, 2019

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You must practice the Six Paramitas!

Even if you receive great dharmas and practice them faithfully, you must still be generous, abide by the precepts, exhibit great effort and patience, and develop your concentration, and wisdom. Erroneous View #13: THE...

August 5, 2018

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