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The Phoenix and the Chicken

The following paragraphs are from a final draft of the “PREFACE” of my book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform. In 2019, the Buddha Master gave me a scathing...

October 28, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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A Vicious Demon and Formidable Beast

My brother Glenn recently sent me the article reposted below and asked me if I had seen it. I had not, but knew the book it was from and the author of that book. She had been a lawyer in Taiwan, but became a nun and had...

December 5, 2022

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Your Yidam

The green light flashed at a dharma ceremony when a certain vajra pill was activated. This is a reposting of an article posted over a year ago that bears repeating. Some of you have asked me about yidams and yidam...

October 25, 2021

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“Thus Have I Seen” now available

“The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform” is now available on Amazon as well as directly from the publisher and I can now report I have my first review. If any of you feel so moved it...

August 1, 2021

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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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The Diamond Blessing

Glass of Water. The following paragraph is from a story that I do not believe I have shared before on this blog from Chapter Two of Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform where I...

December 17, 2020

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H.H. Dharma King Penor Rinpoche-REVISED

The Palyul network of monasteries is the largest of the six main subsects within the Nyingma sect. There are more than four hundred of its branch monasteries spread throughout Tibet and its dharma centers are spread...

December 17, 2020

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H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his Palyul Retreat Center with Kenpo Tenzin Norgay who served as our translator. Photograph taken after our audience with His Holiness at his North American headquarters and retreat near McDonough, New York.

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Proof That My Master Is a Buddha

H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his Palyul Retreat Center with Kenpo Tenzin Norgay who served as our translator. Photograph taken after our audience with His Holiness at his North American headquarters and retreat near...

December 6, 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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