Spring Garden Salad. This is my garden salad because I made it from vegetables from my garden. I could add crisp Persian cucumbers and more herbs, but for now this was enough. Ingredients: Za’atar Dressing2 key limes...
We completed Lesson 31 of DCB25 using The Different Levels of Nirvana from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are some of the questions addressed during this ZOOM session relating to the different...
To reach the great nirvana of no abiding, one must have thoroughly realized the prajna of emptiness being marvelous existence, truly recognized the state of supreme prajna, and not only realized the emptiness of...
Site of future center for Xuanfa Institute at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA. March newsletter for Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town is now available. More information on Ven. Chandima and his return to participate in the...
We have changed the name from Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) to Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS) to reflect our focus more on the “practice” and not the “academic” side of our programs. It was...
Dream-thinking also refers to the four kinds of dreaming minds that are produced from the internal consciousness—arising, abiding, changing, and delusion. These four kinds of dreaming minds are like ropes that bind...
The ultimate nirvana that is referred to here in the Heart Sutra means becoming a Buddha. Once one forever leaves the four kinds of dreaming minds, one ends the five underlying grounds of affliction. Expounding the...
Model of Leonardo’s robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495. I know some of you are using Chat GPT or other forms of A.I. and thought you might enjoy this recent New York...
Eggs Florentine. Eggs and spinach are always good together. This is just a contemporary version of a classic. I’m using my air fryer again as I am cooking in my cave instead of the temple kitchen. I do that when...
We finished Lesson 29 of DCB25 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance. Because there is no hindrance, they have no fear“ from the Heart Sutra. The...