Two new courses—D07.1(A)-Concise Discourses and D07:2(A)-Discourses by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Answers Questions from Western Disciples—from 2006 and 2009 are available for all beginning students. Questions range...
I mentioned in my last blog that I had added another biography to the curriculum at the Learning from Buddha College and Seminary. It is on Lady Niguma (10th to 11th centuries), a Tibetan Matriarch of the...
As stars, blurred vision, candles, illusions, dew, bubbles, dreams, lightning, and clouds; so should all that is conditioned be seen. “The Diamond Sutra”
Lady Yeshe Tshogyal. Some Buddhist believe that you need to be born as a male to become a holy being and that the spiritual capacity of females is not as great as that of males, but that is not the case. Green Tara...
We celebrate the year-end retreat around Rohatsu, the Japanese term for the day of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment. In Japan they use the Gregorian Calendar and celebrate the day on the eighth day of December, but we...
We have a new class that has been added to the curriculum–B24-Lady Niguma (10th-11th century CE). I have only done about half of the homework, but the structure is there for anyone wanting to start the course. It...
Since everything is an illusory display, It is possible to attain enlightenment. “Analysis of the Stages of Self-Consecration” by Aryadeva (200-250 CE)
On December 23, 2021 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III lifted the Buddha Vajra Pestle with a hook and one hand after three professional strongmen could not as shown in the video below. English translation is added below...
Wangzha Shangzun reciting Heart Sutra. Wangzha Shangzun as Nick Best on his strongman channel reveals what happened to him when he tried to lift the Buddha Vajra Pestle (Scepter) at the Holy Miracles Temple. Other...
“Water Lilies Dreaming amidst Cloud-Like Mist’ painting by Yuhua Shouzhi Wang On November 18, 2022 the LAWeekly published an article on Yuhua Shouzhi Wang’s style of painting. Ms. Wang, known to us as the Buddha...