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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), May 2, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on May 2, 2026 finishing Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6 and started Lesson Five: Self-Examination and Implementation, Assignment 7...

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The Four Opponent Powers and Vajrasattva Practice

Painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva by Zhaxi Zhuoma This article on the Four R’s or Opponent Powers or Forces is a reposting of an article posted over two years ago on how to repent. If you find certain weaknesses...

May 3, 2026

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Discussion on “Eliminating Barriers”

Clouds. At our May 2, 2026 ZOOM class we discussed repentance and the “Dharma to Pass thru Barriers”-a method to help us eliminate the eight types of evil karma that can cause us so much grief on our...

May 3, 2026

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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). Our Buddha Master expanded the “Eight Winds” to include 20 Dharmas that related to ordinary feelings and explained what they meant. This article is a reposting of an...

May 2, 2026

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Painting by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin, the frontispiece in the Album of Both Odes on the Red Cliff. 1301. Ink on paper. National Palace Museum, Taipei.

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The Story of Su Dongpo’s Farts

Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin. At our May 2, 2026 class on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, the matter of the “Eight Winds” was discussed and someone asked...

May 2, 2026

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QUOTE–Eight Winds & Five Vidyas

The Buddha also specified that those beneficial things taken out of the eight dharmas of gain, loss, honor, disgrace, praise, ridicule, pleasure, and suffering are called the Five Vidyas. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in...

May 2, 2026

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What’s Moving? A Zen Story

Rock in a Zen Garden, Kyoto, Japan. At our ZOOM class today on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, we discussed the “Eight Winds”. Someone asked what they were. Another Zen story, that of Su Dongpo (1037-1101) and...

May 2, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 25, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on April 25, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6. We are almost finished with this course and have scheduled Dorje...

April 28, 2026

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Dorje Pamu’s “Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow” Class to start May 23, 2026

14th century Tibetan thangka painting of Vajravarahirahi-Wikipedia. Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow, the text used for this course, is a collection of discourses given by Dorje Amang Nopu PaMu. This course is a...

April 28, 2026

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Statue of the Thousand Armed Kuan Yin Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California.

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Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly at Hua Zang Si-2026

Thousand-Armed Kuan Yin Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco.

April 19, 2026

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