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

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Kamalashila & His Three Bhavanakramas

Kamalashila (740-795) Kamalashila was a great Indian scholar and the main disciple of the Abbot of Nalanda Monastery, Shantarakshita. Shantarakshita (725-788) is considered the last of the great Indian Buddhist scholars...

February 26, 2023

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United Meditation/Prayer for Peace and a Great Awakening for Our Planet

Baima Gabu Rinpoche brought us a notice of an event that I wanted to share with you. There will be an eight-day meditation/prayer offered for peace and a great awakening of our planet, starting Sunday March 5th to...

February 25, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 22, 2023

Our ZOOM discussion on February 18 finished Lesson 4 and began Lesson 5, continuing our study of the three types of prajna from DCB21 on the components of the title of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

February 22, 2023

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Maha Karuna Dharani-REVISED

Thousand-Armed & Eyed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Hua Zang Si. Although this was posted originally on October 6, 2022, I wanted to repost it in gratitude for this very special blessing and to include an English...

February 21, 2023

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Concentrated Mind

The concentrated mind understands reality as it is.Shakyamuni Buddha as quoted in Monk Kamalashila’s The Progress of Meditation: The Three Bhavanakramas, p. 111.

February 20, 2023

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QUOTE-Three Types of Prajna

If one discerns selflessness (nairatmya) of phenomena, And, if having examined those, one should meditate on that, He has attained the cause for the result of Nirvana. Anything else is not a cause for serenity.” King of...

February 20, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 12, 2023

Yesterday we discussed the middle-view state and how to avoid the “two frightening extremes” of existence and non-existence. We also considered what the rainbow body was and how to achieve it and other topics. Next...

February 12, 2023

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Group Meditation Sessions

Amitabha Buddha at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco. NOTICE: sessions on hold until April 10. I have started a daily Zoom session from 6:00 to 7:00 pm every day for a group meditation session. I am adding a 30 minute...

February 12, 2023

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Nine Stages of Sthiti or Mental Abiding

The Elephant Path of Mental Abiding. This image illustrates the nine stages of mental abiding that happen as one progresses in one’s meditation by showing a wild black elephant symbolizing our wild monkey-mind we start...

February 12, 2023

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The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Master Kamalashila (740-795), the 12th Abbot of Nalanda University, India. This BLOG is featuring components from the Learning from the Buddha College and Seminary course C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of...

February 11, 2023

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