Zhaxi Zhuoma, Author at Thus Have I Seen (and Heard)

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

Buddha-dharma

The Four Bodhisattva Vows–Los Cuatro Vows del Bodhisattva

The second chant, done every morning and known as “The Four Bodhisattva Vows,” is from our refuge ceremony and one of the set of vows taken when you become a Buddhist: The Four Bodhisattva Vows...

September 22, 2019

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Incense Offering–Ofrenda de Incienso: REVISED

This simple chant is offered at the beginning of most activities at our and most Buddhist temples and ceremonies to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Mahasattvas. Non-Buddhists sometimes mistake our devotion as...

September 22, 2019

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New Series of Classes Started in San Diego

Couldn’t resist sharing this photo taken in San Juan Capistrano on the way to today’s class on “Learning From Buddha.” This was the first in a series of three classes where H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III told us how and...

September 15, 2019

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“The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” English and Spanish Classes to be held in San Francisco and in English in Salt Lake City

Come hear a reading of a preliminary and unofficial English translation of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) at Hua Zang Si, 3134 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA. 94110 (415-920-9816)...

September 12, 2019

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Temple Flooded

Every summer we get snow runoff twice a month from the Sierras in the form of “flood irrigation.” It never rains in Central California in the summer so it is essential. This time a 90-year old neighbor...

September 12, 2019

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New Western Rinpoche Recognized

Patricia Farrell of Hua Zang Si in San Francisco has just been recognized as a rinpoche. I first met the new rinpoche when we both lived in Asheville, North Carolina, and am very happy to see her be so honored. I wish...

September 11, 2019

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SAUMOL reading for the Spanish Sangha in Sanger

I was able to read almost three quarters of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) today for the Spanish Sangha. This was intended to help the translators be better prepared to do the translation...

September 8, 2019

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“Learning From Buddha” series of classes scheduled for San Diego

Starting at 10:00 am, September 14, at the Eye of the Buddha, I will begin reading Part I of Learning from Buddha, a book on the cultivation of character and the cultivation of mind by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. We...

September 4, 2019

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Classes

Another series of classes on the preliminary translation of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s sutra that uses the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to bestow true Buddha-dharma was held over the Labor Day Week End at the temple...

September 4, 2019

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SAUMOL Classes scheduled for Sanger, Rosemead, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City

The first meeting of the Northern California Spanish Sangha at the Holy Vajrasana Temple will be held this weekend near Sanger at 10:00 am with bilingual chanting and Spanish translation of the Supreme and Unsurpassable...

September 3, 2019

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