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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Retreat

Studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Oryoki lunch during the retreat. We spent Independence Day and the following week on retreat and by chanting, studying Expounding the Absolute Truth...

July 7, 2021

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Dharma King Gar Tongstan's sharira from his 2018 cremation.

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14 Great Achievers

Dharma King Gar Tongstan’s sharira from his 2018 cremation. The World Buddhism Association Headquarters has published articles on fifteen of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s most accomplished disciples. I’ve listed the...

June 21, 2021

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Join Our Next Open Mike–June 26, 2021, 9-11 am

If you have not already done so, you need to register to join our next Lemonade Sangha Open Mike. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the link you need to join the meeting. These open...

June 21, 2021

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Second Announcement from WBAH on Ranking Among the Eighteen Dharmas

Shakyamuni Buddha. World Buddhism Association Headquarters（Announcement No. 20210103） Preliminary Translation The Unsurpassed Top Dharma Among the 84,000 Dharma Methods from the Buddha Regarding your inquiry about the...

June 18, 2021

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Important Announcement from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Shakyamuni Buddha. A special class will be held on a recent announcement from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters next Sunday, June 20, 2020. I must first state that this is only a preliminary translation of...

June 14, 2021

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First Vesak Celebration Held at White House

(Left to right) Wangmo Dixey, Rev. Marvin Harada, Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff. Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith. On Wednesday May 26, 2021, for the first time in US...

June 13, 2021

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Preliminary Translation of WBAH Announcement 20210101

Shakyamuni Buddha. CLICK for link to Website of the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for discourse given by the Buddha Master to Nan Wuqiang Buddha (Shakya) on May 1, 2021. This has not yet been translated, but the...

June 6, 2021

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Photo of Venerable Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves

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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

Translated and edited from the Chinese (Kumarajiva ed. T.475) by Charles Luk (Lu K’uan Yi) in 1972. CHAPTER ONE: THE BUDDHA LAND Thus have I heard, once upon a time the Buddha sojourned in the Amra park at Vaisali...

June 1, 2021

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Memorial Day Retreat

Oryoki breakast during Memorial Day Retreat 2021. The retreat was held under COVID rules requiring masks except for meals and social distancing, but we managed to cover all of Part One which just explained each word in...

May 25, 2021

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California

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Seminars-Retreats at the Holy Vajrasana Temple

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California. Fresno County is now in the moderate COVID Restriction Zone (ORANGE) and assuming it stays there, I would like to plan for Seminar...

May 23, 2021

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