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

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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 is form.” The Buddha Master provided many examples to explain this concept. A few of the questions we discussed follows:

Explain the statement that “Everything that has form is empty and false”.

Why do  we not realize our five aggregates are empty?

What is meant by “all levels” of Buddha-nature?

What is the nature of all conditioned phenomena?

Because there was considerable discussion on the meaning of the term “MARVELOUS EXISTENCE”, a PDF file listing the 54 references to that term by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III provided in Learning from Buddha College & Seminary (LFBCS) courses DCB21, DCB22, and DCB23 are included in Lesson 16. Those enrolled in DCB23 can CLICK to download that file. An additional 24 references will be added in future classes.


We will continue Lesson 16 of DCB23 at our September 14, 2024 ZOOM session at 9:00 am discussing the “Second-Phase Principles” in questions 71-85.

If you have enrolled in C41 or DCB22 (or DCB21 or DCB26) you may continue to use the same ZOOM link to attend the Saturday morning discussions. You will need to enroll in DCB23 to be able to watch the video recordings of the classes or study the related questions.

The recording of the September 7 DCB23-Lesson 16A class is now available. You must be enrolled in DCB23 in one of the membership programs at the LFBCS to access the course materials, questions covered (in parenthesis), and/or the class recordings. Please note that these links will only work if you are logged into LFBCS with your membership identification number AND are enrolled in this class.

September 7, 2024: Lesson 16A-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra–II, “. . . Sariputra, Form Does Not Differ from Emptiness; Emptiness Does Not Differ from Form.” (49-70) and (HERE) for recording of class.

August 31, 2024: Lesson 15BThe Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra–II, “. . . Sariputra, Form Does Not Differ from Emptiness; Emptiness Does Not Differ from Form.” (34-48) and (HERE) for recording of class.

August 24, 2024: Lesson 15A-The Great Stage–Wisdom Path of the right view of emptiness, Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra–II, “. . . Sariputra, Form Does Not Differ from Emptiness; Emptiness Does Not Differ from Form.” (1-33) and (HERE) for recording of class.

CLICK for article on the entire text of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.

CLICK for article with instructions on how to enroll in LFBCS classes and how to register for the 8 ZOOM discussions.

CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB22 and links to videos of all 21 ZOOM class discussions on DCB22 held from February 10, 2024 to August 3, 2024.

CLICK for article on the last class held on DCB21 and links to videos of all 18 ZOOM class discussions on DCB21 held from November 2022 to April 2023. Note: not all of the forwards, notes, and introductions are complete.

CLICK for article on last class held on DCB26 and links to videos of all 8 ZOOM class discussions held on DCB26 held from April 2024 to June 2024.

CLICK for Background information on Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and why it is such an important text.

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