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Photo of Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China.

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Moving & Sitting Zen Meditation Practice at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China

Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China. This article is about the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, located on the south-western slopes of Yunju Mountain, Jiangxi Province. It...

November 26, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 22, 2005

On November 22, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We finished Lesson 37 on the practice Dharma including how we repay our karmic debts. We began Lesson 38 on the actual Dharma...

November 24, 2025

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Photos of Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California.

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2025 Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly in SFO

Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist temple in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, held a Namo Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly...

November 23, 2025

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The Three Groups of Purifying Precepts

Every morning we chant: I vow to cut off all evil within me. There will be no evil that I will not cut off. I vow to practice all types of goodness. There’ll be no type of goodness I will not practice. I vow to...

November 23, 2025

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Photo of Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Attended Meditation Retreat-Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas

Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada. On November 13 and 14, The Benevolence and Pure Cultivation Temples in Las Vegas, Nevada conducted a special Zen Meditation Retreat for English (and Chinese)...

November 19, 2025

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Photo of "Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Lessons Seven & Eight: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 25, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the seventh ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 11, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 19, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 8, 2005

On November 8, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the...

November 10, 2025

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Photo of Practicing "Moving Meditation", Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, NV.

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Tathagata True Dharma (Ru Lai Zheng Fa) Moving Meditation Retreat for English Speakers in Las Vegas, November 13 & 14, 2025-Updated

Practicing “Moving Meditation”, Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, NV. Last June the Abbots from the Benevolence and Pure Cultivation Temples in Las Vegas, Venerable Zhengda Jiaozun and Venerable Fa Chao...

November 8, 2025

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Lesson Six: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 11, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the sixth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 4, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of...

November 5, 2025

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Kamalasila (740-795)

Since I used Kamalasila’s Bhavanakrama (Stages of Meditation) as a source in trying to decipher the very preliminary and only known translation of Dorje PaMu’s Dharma of Concentration, Contemplation, and...

November 5, 2025

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