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Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, MahaTheri.

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Meditation Summit-January 23-30, 2024

Venerable Pannavati Karuna Bhikkhuni, MahaTheri, founder of the Heartwood Refuge and the Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy in Hendersonville, North Carolina, has sent an invitation to an “Art of...

January 14, 2024

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

Quote-Awakening

Thus, it cannot be said that attaining awakening is equal to ending the cycle of birth and death and results in elimination of karmic hindrances. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part One, H.H...

January 13, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 6, 2024?

On January 6 we finished our discussion of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice...

January 12, 2024

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Wisdom and Dhyana

All wisdom comes from dhyana. Without dhyana, what arises is worldly cleverness or intelligence. The dhyana of practitioners of non-Buddhist ways falls into the categories of two types of emptiness—nihilistic...

January 12, 2024

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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Learning from Buddha College & Seminary

Catalog of required courses for Auditing, Buddhist Studies, Xiuxing Seminary, & Xiuxing Practice Programs at Learning from Buddha College & Seminary.

January 12, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 30, 2023?

On December 30 we continued our discussion of of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist...

January 5, 2024

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The Four Opponent Powers and Vajrasattva Practice

Painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva by Zhaxi Zhuoma Much of last weeks discussion was on the process of purification and how we truly repent and the role that confession has in this process. We were reminded of the Four...

January 5, 2024

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Steven James Holstrom Memorial

There will be a reading of the Amitabha Buddha Sutra for Steven James Holstrom at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on January 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time. You may join us on line using . Mr. Holstrom, the father of our...

January 4, 2024

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Celebration of Amitabha Buddha’s Birthday Held at Hua Zang Si

Amitabha Buddha Dharma Assembly, Hua Zang Si, December 24, 2023. Hua Zang Si, our temple in San Francisco, held it’s annual Dharma Assembly to celebrate the birthday of Amitabha Buddha on December 24, 2023. There...

January 4, 2024

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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. , Washington D.c., January 19, 2012.

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Releasing Captured Lives & Doing Charity Work to Celebrate H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, Washington, DC, January 19, 2012. The following is taken from an article written in partnership with Robert Wright that was published in the LA Weekly on January 26, 2023. CLICK to see the...

December 26, 2023

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