The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. We are now almost...
Lotus at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Buddhist Town’s annual event included exhibitions, a Wiser tournament, seminars, and an outdoor meditation session by the lake. The event ended with praying and...
Bell Pavilion at Mountain Spirit Center (Tae Go Sa), a Korean meditation retreat center and temple near Tehachapi, California. We decided to provide a flyer and background information on Holy Heavenly Lake and the...
Ven. Bodagama Chandima and Sri Lankan Delegation at Bodhi Tree Blessing Ceremony, Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. Around 300 pilgrims arrived from Buddhist Town in Hesperia California on June 5 for a chance...
Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We are almost out of our temple brochure and with many coming in June to see the Holy Vajra Poles and Bodhi Tree, I felt I needed to update and...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). I recently received an email from my brother Glenn with an article that I want to share. So much of what he sends me is so distressing but this was something uplifting and since many...
Statue of Milarepa. Another reposting of earlier article to bring awareness to an excellent class at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary on the great Patriarch Milarepa. B26-The Life of Milarepa I am very happy to...
The Jade Emperor, Ming dynasty (16th century) painting, White Cloud Temple, Beijing, China. Questions were raised about just who the Jade Emperor is at our recent ZOOM discussion on Expounding the Absolute Truth through...
Painting of “Monk Ji Gong” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Monk Ji, a sort of Chinese Robin Hood from ancient times, was known for his supernormal powers and compassion for the poor and disenfranchised as...
Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR. In today’s class, we heard that the Buddha Master used a term to describe a type of house in China with a specific type of garden, one in the “Suzhou-style.” This...