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

Photo of Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Attended Meditation Retreat-Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas

Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada. On November 13 and 14, The Benevolence and Pure Cultivation Temples in Las Vegas, Nevada conducted a special Zen Meditation Retreat for English (and Chinese)...

November 19, 2025

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Photo of "Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Lessons Seven & Eight: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 25, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the seventh ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 11, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 19, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 8, 2005

On November 8, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the...

November 10, 2025

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Photo of Practicing "Moving Meditation", Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, NV.

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Tathagata True Dharma (Ru Lai Zheng Fa) Moving Meditation Retreat for English Speakers in Las Vegas, November 13 & 14, 2025-Updated

Practicing “Moving Meditation”, Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, NV. Last June the Abbots from the Benevolence and Pure Cultivation Temples in Las Vegas, Venerable Zhengda Jiaozun and Venerable Fa Chao...

November 8, 2025

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Lesson Six: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 11, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the sixth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 4, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of...

November 5, 2025

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Kamalasila (740-795)

Since I used Kamalasila’s Bhavanakrama (Stages of Meditation) as a source in trying to decipher the very preliminary and only known translation of Dorje PaMu’s Dharma of Concentration, Contemplation, and...

November 5, 2025

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Santaraksita (725-788)

19th-century painting depicting biographical episodes from the life of Santaraksita (725-788), the abbot of Nalanda Monastery in India and founder of Samye Monastery in Tibet. SOURCE: Wikapedia. Śāntarakṣita was an...

November 5, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 1, 2005

On November 1, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the...

November 4, 2025

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Lesson Five: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 4, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fifth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 23, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 3, 2025

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Yo-Yo Ma Recommends Three Books

Yo Yo Ma. The following is an article reprinted from The New Yorker, that I found interesting. I doubt if I will find time to read any of these, but I found the recommendations by somone I have always greatly admired to...

November 1, 2025

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