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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), May 10, 2025

We started Lesson 32 of DCB25 using “All Buddhas of the three times rely on prajna-paramita and thereby attain anuttara-samyak-sambhodi.” from the Heart Sutra as our text. The...

May 11, 2025

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Photo of Bathing Buddha Dharma Assembly, Hua Zang Si, Pasadena, CA.

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Buddha’s Birthday Celebration at Hua Zang Si

Bathing Buddha Dharma Assembly, Hua Zang Si, Pasadena, CA. San Francisco, CA – On Sunday, May 4, 2025 (Sunday) – Hua Zang Si, a renowned Buddhist temple in San Francisco, solemnly hosted the Bathing the Buddha...

May 11, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), May 3, 2025

We completed Lesson 31 of DCB25 using The Different Levels of Nirvana from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are some of the questions addressed during this ZOOM session relating to the different...

May 3, 2025

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Site of future center for Xuanfa Institute at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA.

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HHL Buddhist Town Newsletter, March 2025

Site of future center for Xuanfa Institute at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA. March newsletter for Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town is now available. More information on Ven. Chandima and his return to participate in the...

April 29, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 26, 2025?

We have changed the name from Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) to Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS) to reflect our focus more on the “practice” and not the “academic” side of our programs. It was...

April 27, 2025

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Photo of Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495.

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Saying ‘Thank You’ to Chat GPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.

Model of Leonardo’s robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495. I know some of you are using Chat GPT or other forms of A.I. and thought you might enjoy this recent New York...

April 26, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 19, 2025?

We finished Lesson 29 of DCB25 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance. Because there is no hindrance, they have no fear“ from the Heart Sutra. The...

April 21, 2025

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Photo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

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A little music, a little Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). I recently received an email from my brother Glenn with an article that I want to share. So much of what he sends me is so distressing but this was something uplifting and since many...

April 21, 2025

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Photo of Pond at Holy Vajrasana Temple with nesting goose on island, Sanger, California.

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Dharma Classes Planned for Sanger and Hesperia, California

Pond at Holy Vajrasana Temple with nesting goose on island, Sanger, California. If you want to hear a reading of a preliminary English translation of one of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s most definitive...

April 21, 2025

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Photo of Bodi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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Bodhi Tree Gets a Makeover

Bodhi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. Our Bodhi Tree (Ficus religiosa) or Bodhigara is growing in a different direction or I should say directions. Monday morning a local arborist and bonsai expert...

April 21, 2025

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