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Guardstone with guardian deva, naga around head, and dwarf yakshas at the base in front of the Thuparama Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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2020 Reflection on Lessons Learned: Dharma Protectors

Guardstone with a guardian deva with a multi-headed naga around its head and dwarf yakshas at the base in front of the Thuparama Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This is a reposting of an earlier article that includes...

October 19, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), September 7, 2024?

We started Lesson 16 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the line from the Heart Sutra that says, “Form is emptiness; emptiness...

September 9, 2024

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Photo of Vulture Peak (Gridhrakūta) in Rajgir, India.

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Five Time Periods of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Teaching

Vulture Peak (Gridhrakūta) in Rajgir, India. At our class discussion on August 24, 2024, we discussed the second and third sentences from the Prajna-Paramita Heart Sutra: “Sariputra, form does not differ from...

August 25, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 20, 2024?

We continued discussing Lesson 13 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: “PART TWO-I “. . . saw that they (the five aggregates) were all empty. . .” at our July 20, 2024 ZOOM session...

July 22, 2024

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Commentary from Class on “The Ten Illusory Things”

A mirage of water on a road. In a recent class on the passage “. . . illuminated the five aggregates, saw that they are all empty. . .” from Expounding the Absolute Truth from the Heart Sutra, we engaged in...

July 22, 2024

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The Ways to Become a Holy Being or Saint

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. The following charts have been part of the “Buddhist Practice” section of the Holy...

July 10, 2024

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Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Background Information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. There is an on-line encyclopedia that now has a wide selection of information on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III with links to more. It provides considerable information in...

July 7, 2024

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Image of Mahakala at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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Xiuxing Practice Program & Solitary Retreat Requirements

Image of Mahakala Vajra at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. This article is a revised version of one posted on March 28 that highlights and updates the features of the...

June 9, 2024

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Experiencing a Solitary Retreat

Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche, Solitary Retreatant. The following story in Chinese and also translated into English is the experience of Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche from the Bodhisattva Wish Temple in New York City...

May 8, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 13, 2024?

On January 13 we almost finished our discussion 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 15, 2024

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