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Dharma Assembly Whereby We Seek Blessings and Protection from Disasters and to Release the Dead From Suffering

Several of you have lost family, friends, and other loved ones over the past year or years and have asked me what to do. I have always responded with the suggestion that you could recite The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha...

December 22, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Quotes

QUOTE-Lotus Pool Assembly

In the Lotus Pool Assembly as vast as the sea, may Amita, the Thus Come One, Avalokiteshvara, and Mahashamaprapta sitting on the lotus daises, lead beings to ascend the golden ladder, and based on great vows...

December 16, 2019

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All Day Class in San DIego on “Learning from Buddha”–CANCELLED

We will continue and hopefully finish Parts II and III of Learning from Buddha at the Eye of the Buddha at 4247 Park Blvd., San Diego, California at a later date. In the morning we will explore just what is included in...

November 30, 2019

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List of the Core Teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

At a recent class in San Diego on Learning From Buddha, I realized how beautifully and completely the various texts that we now have in English from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III were integrated. They all taught the...

November 30, 2019

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How to Start a Dharma Listening Center

I am once again focusing on setting up and supporting Xuanfa Dharma Centers where people can learn the dharma of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Shakyamuni Buddha. Normally, it is required that you have at least ten...

November 30, 2019

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–What Is Bodhichitta?

With respect to an ordinary person, bodhicitta is compassionately helping other people and vowing that they learn Buddhism and attain liberation.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
from “What Is Cultivation?”

November 30, 2019

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What is Bodhichitta and How Do You Cultivate It?

“There are two types of bodhicitta. There is bodhicitta in the holy sense and bodhicitta in the worldly sense. Bodhicitta in the worldly sense can be roughly divided into “vow bodhicitta” and “action bodhicitta.” The...

November 30, 2019

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November 24 Class in Sanger

I will read a preliminary translation and lead a discussion on Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III starting at 11:00 am with chanting and meditation starting at 10:00 am...

November 18, 2019

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New Xuanfa Dharma Center at Holy Heavenly Lake in Hesperia

In anticipation of building a second temple at Holy Heavenly Lake, we would like to start a dharma study group to introduce Buddhism to the local community. We hope to start classes there in January 2020 and continue on...

November 18, 2019

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Dharma Class in Rosemead on November 15

We will continue listening to preliminary translations by Benxin Chiren Wu of the series of dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Correcting Dharma and Exposing Evil Monk” at the...

November 10, 2019

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