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Greek Tzatziki Salad

Greek Tzatziki Salad. This is a very refreshing and filling salad. The cashews give a crunch, but should only be added just before serving. It is great served with spicy chili and garlic toast. The dill from my herb...

October 4, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Realizing Prajna

Because all living beings, including you disciples, have created much karma over continual lifetimes and eons, we still have to rely on cultivating ourselves to realize prajna.” Expounding the Absolute Truth...

October 1, 2024

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Photo of Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves

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More on Debating in Buddhism

Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves. With a major national focus on the Vice Presidential debates now, it is timely to consider again what “debate” can...

September 29, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events

What is the Purpose of Debates in Learning Dharma?

Inside the Jampaling Monastery in Chamdo Town of Chamdo Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, monks are enjoying sutra debates over Buddhist scriptures. This has been a well established training technique used by some...

September 29, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Miracles

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), September 14, 2024?

We finished Lesson 16 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 continuing our discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the line from the Heart Sutra that says, “Form is...

September 16, 2024

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Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly Held at Hua Zang Si

Ksitigarbha Bodhsattva at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist temple in San Francisco, celebrated the birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dharma Assembly on September 1, 2024. Ksitigarbha...

September 16, 2024

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Photo of Night Light from International Art Museum of America.

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Night Light available from IAMA

We have been invited to help promote this year’s cultural and creative product from the International Art Museum of America (IAMA) in San Francisco. This particular night light has a great effect, measuring 14cm x 18cm...

September 14, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles Retreats

Ayya Saddha’s Amazing Story

Ayya Saddha at Holy Vajrasana Temple in (July 23, 2023) meditating peacefully under a tree. Avya Saddha is a Theravada nun from Cambodia–the first Khmer Bhikkhuni to ever take official residence at a Khmer...

September 9, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Miracles Quotes

Qigong is Different from Buddhism

In Lesson 16 of DCB23-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra last week, the Buddha Master explained how certain visualization practices of qigong related to principles learned in regards to understanding...

September 4, 2024

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