Category - Buddha-dharma

Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Miracles

True Stories about the Making of Daba Buqiong and Kazhuo Ande Pills and about the Iron-Clad Determination of a Great Yogi

Medicine Buddha Thangka. This article provides information on the three main aspects of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation: the dharma of not falling into evil and erroneous views, the dharma of...

December 9, 2023

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

Quote-Seven Joint Preliminary Practices

At this time, I must shift my mind consciousness and immediately practice the seven joint preliminary practices, pondering deeply: 1) it is difficult to obtain a human body; 2) death and impermanence; 3) the...

December 8, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 2, 2023?

We continued our discussion of “Shifting the Mind” 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. We...

December 8, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events Food Retreats

From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment

Some of you have heard my story that one of my first serious contacts with Buddhism came through a book by the thirteenth century Zen master Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen Sect. It was a book I picked...

November 29, 2023

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Photo of Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023.

Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Miracles Retreats

What Happens at a Solitary Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple

Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023. Another Solitary Retreat finished at the temple with most auspicious events. A Buddha Light appeared on the last day of the retreat and the Holy Vajra Poles...

November 29, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 18, 2023?

We finished our discussion of the first part of Learning from Buddha on cultivation with a discussion of the “Parable of the Conjured or Phantom City” and what HH Dorje Chang Buddha III wants from His...

November 29, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), November 4, 2023?

In case you have not noticed the courses offered by LFBCS have changed their appearance. There was a recent software upgrade and we are just beginning to understand how to use it. So far, I like it and find it easier to...

November 9, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Quotes

QUOTE-Liberation Dharma

. . . At all times, we must think about bringing auspiciousness, serenity, happiness, and peace to living beings and to the world, to the extent of giving our all and even our lives. I have already brought true Buddha...

November 9, 2023

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ZOOM Class on the “Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL)”

Join us for online discussions of the SAUMOL starting November 18, 2023 at 9:00 am PST on ZOOM. You will need to both enroll in ongoing course C41(A)-Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practices AND to...

November 9, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

Solitary Retreats

The yurt that became the Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In December 2010, after finishing our Protector Chapel, The Buddha Master transmitted to me a special dharma that must be practiced there with...

November 8, 2023

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