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Photo of Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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Meditation Retreats Planned for Holy Vajrasana Temple

Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We have scheduled three seven-day group retreats at the temple. The first one is scheduled for April 18-24, 2026. Because it is so soon and we...

April 7, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 5, 2026

We started our 2026 series of Hesperia classes on April 5 at 19099 Lemon Street, covering Lessons Seven & Eight on “Three Kinds of Prajna” discussing the third–Intrinsic-reality prajna. The...

April 5, 2026

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Series of Classes on the Heart Sutra continuing at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California

Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Starting July 20, 2025, I read from a preliminary translation of EXPOUNDING THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THROUGH THE HEART SUTRA and started a discussion of what H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

April 5, 2026

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Photo Courtesy: Catherine Song | Hua Zang Si temple‘s serene atmosphere fostered reverence as attendees honored Shakyamuni Buddha's Holy Birthday.

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Hua Zang Si Video on 2026 “Love without Limits” Donation Drive

Shakyamuni Buddha Hall. This Hua Zang Si video documents the good works their nuns and laypeople do every year to give to their San Francisco community–helping feed the hungry through the San Francisco-Marin Food...

April 4, 2026

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Michael Pollan Wants to Know Where Consciousness Comes From

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. The New York Times has offered a book review of Michael Pollan’s new book, A WORLD APPEARS: A Journey Into Consciousness. Because so many of you showed...

April 3, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 21, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 21, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Preliminary Practice, Assignment 5. We also discussed a related section of the Understanding Definitive Truth Sutra where the...

March 29, 2026

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Photo of Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California.

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Free Buddhist Class, April 5, 2026, 10:00 am-3:00 pm-Hesperia, CA

Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. I will be reading again from an unpublished translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the [Prajna Parami-ta] Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

March 28, 2026

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Dharma Assembly Respectfully Honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III-June 27 & 28, 2026

In commemoration of the upcoming Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, the World Buddhism Association Headquarters, Holy Miracles Temple, Hua Zang Si, Benevolence Temple, and the Sanger Mission are jointly...

March 28, 2026

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San Francisco Tour Planned for July 2 & 3, 2026.

International Art Museum of America Opening Day. The International Art Museum of America (IAMA) will organize a 2-day, 1-night bus tour on July 2 (Thursday) – July 3 (Friday), 2026, visiting the International Art Museum...

March 25, 2026

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Events Honoring the Holy Birthday of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Dharma Assembly, Glendale, California. There are many events scheduled in June and July to respectfully honor the birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III including the Dharma Assembly in...

March 23, 2026

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