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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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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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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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Photo of Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California.

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2025-2026 Schedule-Hua Zang Si

Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si has posted their schedule of major events for San Francisco for the remainder of 2025 and 2026. 2025 November 16 Sunday 9:30 a.m.Namo Medicine Buddha Dharma...

October 29, 2025

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Photo of DharmaVoci performing at the First Annual Buddhist Arts & Film Festival in Asheville, NC.

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Bodhi Fest, Asheville, NC, August 16, 2025

DharmaVoci performing at the First Annual Buddhist Arts & Film Festival in Asheville, NC. Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, Maha Theri-Producer of Bodhi Fest. On September 27, 2024 the wind and rains from Hurricane...

September 19, 2025

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Lesson Three: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 9, 6:00 pm

During the third ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 2, 2025, we reviewed all of the teachings on “Initial Breakthrough” mentioned in Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and...

September 4, 2025

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Lesson Two: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 2, 6:00 pm

We held our second ZOOM discussion on Lesson Two: P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” on August 26, 2025 focusing on two examples of zen practice from ancient times in China– the methods used by the Gaomin...

August 27, 2025

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Lesson One: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, August 26, 6:00 pm

“Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. We held our first ZOOM discussion on Lesson One: P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” on August 19, 2025 focusing on just what “zen” is...

August 22, 2025

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