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Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of 'Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra' on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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New Course: DCB24-HEART SUTRA III

Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra’ on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. I finally added the...

October 10, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 1, 2024?

Today, we finished our ZOOM discussion of the Dharma to Pass through Barriers in Lesson 39, Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) class DCB26 “How to Realize Prajna.” The discussion focused on what is...

June 1, 2024

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QUOTE-Repentance

I tell all of you that learning from Buddha is not a matter of self-deception, where you learn for a while, yet everything you have done is false. That is why in my last Dharma discourse I said that if you dare not...

June 1, 2024

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Fazhang Lama at his repentance ceremony.

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Only a Buddha is the King of Compassion, Free of Any Anger or Hatred, Who Benefits Living Beings Without Any Consideration of Personal Honor or Disgrace

If you have not seen Christopher Arsenault’s repentance ceremony where he became Fazhong Lama again, you will want to watch the attached video from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. I believe the video and...

August 20, 2021

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Retreat

Studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Oryoki lunch during the retreat. We spent Independence Day and the following week on retreat and by chanting, studying Expounding the Absolute Truth...

July 7, 2021

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Purification-The Four Opponent Powers

The sutras say that “there can be no fault so serious that it cannot be purified by the four powers or four opponent forces.” Even Milarepa and Angulimala, who were both mass-murderers, were able to purify...

March 20, 2021

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What do you do if you make a mistake in teaching the Sutras? Evil View #37

Like making any mistake, you repent openly and not be concerned about saving face. Mistakenly expounding the teachings of the sutras is not a small offense. It is a serious sin, that must be corrected. Evil View...

June 16, 2019

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New Course: DCB24-HEART SUTRA III

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 1, 2024?

QUOTE-Repentance

Only a Buddha is the King of Compassion, Free of Any Anger or Hatred, Who Benefits Living Beings Without Any Consideration of Personal Honor or Disgrace

Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Retreat

Purification-The Four Opponent Powers

What do you do if you make a mistake in teaching the Sutras? Evil View #37