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Ultimate Bathing the Buddha Dharma Assembly

Lifting the pool The following paragraphs represent another story from Chapter Two of my book Thus Have I Seen: The MarvelousTrue Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform: In order to study and learn the Dharma with H.H...

December 29, 2020

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Why This Title for My Book?

Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand. Why use the expression “Thus Have I Seen (or Heard)”? It is said that Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha’s cousin and attendant for His last twenty-five years on...

November 28, 2020

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The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform

Three-color nectar bestowed at Holy Miracles Temple on March 14, 2014. There are many who do not believe in supernatural phenomena, and others, especially certain Buddhists, who downplay their importance. Perhaps they...

November 28, 2020

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The Story of Chudapanthaka

“Chuda sweeping,” from Pabongka Rinpoche’s “Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand.” In our class Sunday, one of the students reminded us of the story of Chudapanthaka who reached...

November 10, 2020

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Offering flowers at temple in Sri Lanka.

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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

At our Sunday morning chanting yesterday we started with a reading on the first two chapters of The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra. I chose the Charles Luk translation from the Chinese translation by Kumarajiva, but there...

September 21, 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 Great Dharma of Zen

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. Introduction: We are about to study the great dharma of zen practice that H.H. Dorje...

May 6, 2020

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Dharma Class at Hesperia Sunday, February 2, 2020

We will start Sunday’s class at 10:00 am at 10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California with a few chants and a short meditation. Then we will listen to a rare recorded discourse in both Chinese and English by H...

January 30, 2020

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QUOTE–The Lotus Pool Assembly

In the Lotus Pool Assembly as vast as the sea, may Amita, the Thus Come One, Avalokiteshvara, and Mahashamaprapta sitting on the lotus daises, lead beings to ascend the golden ladder, and based on great vows...

December 16, 2019

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Lesson Learned from Meeting the Great Holy Wangzha Shangzun

Over three and a half years ago, I had the extremely good and rare fortune to meet the great Holy Wangzha Shangzun. It was after the amazing Jin Gang Fa Man Ze Jue Dharma Assembly to determine whether Shakyamuni...

May 29, 2019

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The Story of Angulimala

The following account of the serial killer who became an enlightened disciple of the Buddha is from “Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy in Great Briton.” I liked it because of its source and...

March 10, 2019

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