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

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True Story Behind the Persecution of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

The internet has many negative articles falsely claiming that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is wanted by the Chinese government for fraud. These stories are simply not true. It is true that there were charges brought...

April 30, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events Quotes

QUOTE–Exoneration

The thing that I want to do is: I will bear all negative karmas and sins of living beings, I will give all my good karmas and merit to you. If I show that to exonerate me, the people who slandered me would not get...

April 30, 2023

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Welcome to SAUMOL, Morning Chanting, & Meditation Practice: Updated April 20, 2023

Entry to Holy Vajrasana Temple. To stress how important the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) is, we must remember that just before the Buddha left this world His Holiness told us...

April 20, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Text Sources -REVISED

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. The main text may be currently available on Amazon. However you may also be able to find Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Je Tsongkhapa with commentary by Pabongka...

April 16, 2023

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Holy Birthday Celebration of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III-2022

Last year the World Buddhism Association Headquarters and the Holy Miracles Temple and other temples held a two day ceremony to respectfully honor the birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in San Gabriel, California...

April 14, 2023

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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Great Compassion Empowerment Held in Salt Lake City

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva came to Salt Lake City and empowered those attending the Great Compassion Dharma Assembly last Saturday, April 8, 2023. After the solemn ceremony those attending shared their experiences and...

April 13, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 1, 2023

This Morning we discussed Lesson 7 of DCB21 on the History of Master Xuanzang (602-664 CE), the Chinese translator who went to India to seek the correct Dharma and transform the translation process of bringing the...

April 2, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

C41(A)-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). This course is designed to introduce the basic teachings of both H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and the 14th Century Tibetan Master Je Tsongkhapa in the context of Je Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim or...

April 1, 2023

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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Great Compassion Empowerment Dharma Assembly planned in Salt Lake City-REVISED

Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva. There will be a Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Great Empowerment Dharma Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, April 8, 2023 starting at 1:00 pm Mountain...

April 1, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Science

Emptiness and Quantum Physics

Albert Einstein

A reader of this blog sent me this video on the Buddhist concept of emptiness and modern quantum physics that I think some of you may find interesting.

April 1, 2023

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