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Dharma Discourse Read on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On September 25 & 28 and on October 2, we held ZOOM classes on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices” using a preliminary translation of a discourse given by...

October 4, 2021

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Class held on The “Monk Sutra” & an “Essay on Experiencing Effects” on September 18, 2021

This Saturday at 9:00 am Pacific Time, we read a preliminary translation of a sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III entitled “A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson.” This wonderful Dharma work consists of two...

September 24, 2021

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World Buddhism Association Headquarters Reply to Inquiry No. 20210102

You inquired about whether Hong Kong now has a vajra master. It seems that you do not understand the concept of vajra master. Certainly not just in Hong Kong, there are many who have the title of vajra master throughout...

September 24, 2021

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Discourses by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I started Saturday morning July 17 at 9:00 am reading from a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and will continue every Saturday that we are...

September 23, 2021

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center with copy of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" on the altar.

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Special Retreat on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” Held August 20-31, 2021

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California, with copy of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” We were not successful in reading the entire text of...

August 31, 2021

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Photo of Lotus blooming on Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA.

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Visit to Holy Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California

Lotus blooming on Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA. Sunlight sparkled like diamonds on the surface of Holy Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia when our retreat group visited it Saturday afternoon...

August 31, 2021

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Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva.

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September 4 & 11, 2021 Reading of Dharma Discourses on Supernormal Powers, Qigong, and Cultivating Good Fortune & Wisdom

Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva. We will repeat the second part of the Discourse on “Cultivating Good Fortune and Wisdom”, which also discusses qigong along with another discourse...

August 31, 2021

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

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Second Reading of a Dharma Discourse Saturday, September 7, on “Receiving the Effects of the Causes You Plant”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California. In 1995 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III traveled to many countries. While in Taiwan, He gave a series of Dharma...

August 31, 2021

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Fazhang Lama at his repentance ceremony.

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Only a Buddha is the King of Compassion, Free of Any Anger or Hatred, Who Benefits Living Beings Without Any Consideration of Personal Honor or Disgrace

If you have not seen Christopher Arsenault’s repentance ceremony where he became Fazhong Lama again, you will want to watch the attached video from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. I believe the video and...

August 20, 2021

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“Why Learn Buddhism” Dharma Discourse read July 31 and August 17, 2021

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha. While still in China, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a Dharma Discourse for beginners on the birthday of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva that dealt with the question, “Why do You Learn Buddhism?” In...

August 16, 2021

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