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Buddha-dharma

What makes you a Buddhist?

It is not enough to just participate in a refuge ceremony and receive a refuge certificate–you need to behave like a Buddha, following the precepts and not holding any of the 128 views that have been discussed on...

September 30, 2018

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"Two Lotus Flowers, One Lotus BUd, One Dharma Nature," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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What Is the Correct View Concerning Luck and Divination? Evil View #15

It is not correct to superstitiously believe in worldly fortune telling and relying on luck. This denies the law of cause and effect. We must realize that all phenomena and common experiences are the result of our...

September 30, 2018

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Merit

All realization of emptiness is attained through merit accumulated from cultivation. Only by transforming one’s karma through cultivation that accumulates merit can one realize emptiness. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

September 23, 2018

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Buddha-dharma Events

Dharma King Gar Tongstan Chooses to Move On

On September 20, 2018, Dharma King Gar Tongstan left this world in a perfectly liberated state, just as he had predicted he would. He said he would leave this world after a “last dharma assembly.” That is...

September 23, 2018

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Good Deeds

One must know that doing good deeds is performing conditioned charity. Based on the law of cause and effect, such charity will result in karmic rewards in the human or heavenly realms. However, attaining holy nirvana...

September 23, 2018

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What is Merit and How Does One Acquire It? Evil View #13 and Erroneous Views #16, #18, & #86

There are many incorrect and even evil views held by Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike concerning the role of merit in becoming an enlightened or Holy Being. First you must understand that you cannot become a holy being...

September 23, 2018

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles

Rare Holy Fire Offering Dharma Assembly Held at Holy Miracles Temple

A very rare dharma assembly was held in Pasadena, California on September 19, 2018 by a tremendously great holy virtuous one. It is believed that this dharma has not been performed anywhere in the world for over 80...

September 23, 2018

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Bodhi Conduct, Vajra Form

It is a completely erroneous view to think that those who use the vajra form of bodhi conduct to teach and transform living beings are not holy ones. That is because Buddhas engage in various kinds of deeds and manifest...

September 16, 2018

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Can You Determine if Someone is a Bodhisattva by Their Voice or Conduct?

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas use many forms and methods to expound the dharma and benefit living beings. Sometimes they use the gentle “Bodhi Voice” and sometimes they may use the more wrathful “Vajra...

September 16, 2018

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How Should Good Buddhists Treat Their parents? Evil Views #12 & #22 and Erroneous View #41

There are Buddhists who do not treat their parents with appropriate respect and do not try to bring their parents to learn Buddhism. This is not correct. Evil View No. 12: Acknowledging that cutting off self...

September 16, 2018

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