Gesang Suolang Rinpoche in her Salt Lake City garden. Iris. Many of you may not know that Gesang Suolang (Margaret Park Esterman) was an avid Gardner and inventor. She actually received patents for some of her...
On February 10, 2024 we started DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by looking at the origins and meaning of Avalokiteshvara’s names. We learned that “unimpeded freedom and...
“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on the altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. The Learning from Buddha Seminary will begin weekly ZOOM class discussions on Part Two of the magnificent...
On February 3, 2024 we finished our discussion of Learning from Buddha College and Seminary Lesson 6 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice that was part of the Buddha Master’s...
Yi Que Dan Pu-Rinpoche and wife, Xin Wang, visit the Holy Vajra Poles. Yi Que Dan Pu-Rinpoche returned to the temple today with his wife, Xin Wang, to once more pay respect to the Holy Vajra Poles and the descendent of...
Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche Reading Preliminary Translation of Part One of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra at Hua Zang Si, San Francisco, California. Last weekend, I read from Part One of...
Hua Zang Si has released their 2024 calendar of scheduled Dharma Assemblies with the next one celebrating Maitreya Bodhisattva scheduled for February 4, starting at 9:30 am. All of the other assemblies will also be held...
In 1992, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave a series of very famous discourses in China using the text, meaning, and principles of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to clearly explain the...
On January 20 we finished our discussion of the paramitas and other Bodhisattva practices part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice. After summarizing the six paramitas...