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Lama Tharchin Rinpoche (1936-2013), founder of the Vajrayana Foundation,Pema Osel Ling (Lotus Land of Clear Light), is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California near Corralitos, California.

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More on our use of “Debates” as a tool to help us understand the Dharma

Last Sunday someone suggested we consider using “points of view” instead of using the term “debate” to describe what we want to do in following the Buddha Master’s guidelines on how to...

July 6, 2020

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Operation Lemonade and the Lemonade Sangha

Last Saturday (April 4, 2020) we held the second “Open Mike” and created what I am calling the Lemonade Sangha. On Sunday we held the first, and somewhat experimental virtual Dharma class on What Is...

April 7, 2020

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Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

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The Four Bodhisattva Vows–Los Cuatro Vows del Bodhisattva

The second chant, done every morning and known as “The Four Bodhisattva Vows,” is from our refuge ceremony and one of the set of vows taken when you become a Buddhist: The Four Bodhisattva Vows...

September 22, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Listening to the Dharma In North Carolina

Sorry, I didn’t report last week on the wonderful trip I had to the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center in North Carolina, but there was much to report and not enough time to do it justice. I went to help my...

June 9, 2019

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What are the four grave offenses and the five cardinal sins of Buddhism?

The five cardinal offenses within Buddhism are: 1-Intentionally murdering one’s father, 2-Intentionally murdering one’s mother, 3-Killing an Arhat or Bodhisattva (any fully enlightened being), 4-Shedding the...

July 29, 2018

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Events Prison Retreats

Get on the Bus

Every year, a group in Southern California sponsors a program that offers free transportation and support to enable poor children to visit their mothers in prison. Today buses of children will come to Chowchilla, the...

May 11, 2018

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