The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center, Sanger, California, with copy of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on altar. Although this article was to introduce DCB22, the...
We started DCB25, the last class on the text of the Heart Sutra, with lesson 29 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance” from the Heart Sutra. The following...
Malati, Vasundhara, Zhaxi Zhuoma, and Fazang Lama at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Welcoming committee at Holy Heavenly Lake. A group of us recently visited the Holy Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia to...
Statue of Milarepa. Another reposting of earlier article to bring awareness to an excellent class at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary on the great Patriarch Milarepa. B26-The Life of Milarepa I am very happy to...
We finished Lesson 28 today and LFBCS class DCB24 and these words from the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, “With nothing to attain, therefore, . . . ”. The following are some of the questions addressed during this ZOOM...
This newsletter contains a progress report of the City of Hesperia’s review of Buddhist Town and the challenges faced. It also includes exciting news of a possible collaboration with Nagananda International...
We started Lesson 28 today on “With nothing to attain, therefore, . . . ” with a discussion of the terms “inclusion” and these words from the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The following are some of the...
There are a number of events planned around the Holy Birthday Celebration to honor our Buddha Master that you may be interested in. Please note that you do need to register to be able to attend some of these events...
We finished our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Hearing the Dharma and Small and Great Dharmas” today. We have also posted a 40-question quiz on this entire lesson for those of you who are enrolled in this course...
We continued our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article about a 2020 course on the Five Vidyas is reposted last week to provide more background and links to other articles on the Five Vidyas...