A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche

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Junipero Serra.Credit...Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images
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Who are Holy Beings?

I found this recent article in the New York Times to be of interest. This is about a Catholic Saint and certain issues about whether he should be a saint or not. That was not what interested me, but the issue of what is...

August 21, 2020
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Suicide

At our class held on August 9, someone asked about suicide–whether people who commit suicide go to hell and, if so, will they be there forever? My response was, as I understand it, yes and no. Yes, they do go to...

August 15, 2020
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"Everlasting Wondrous Appeal," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
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What Are the Five Vidyas?

At yesterday’s dharma class, we discussed the Five Vidyas in preparation for our debate on the two erroneous views that we will hold next week. I shared my realization that you need to understand what the Five...

August 10, 2020
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Peacocks roosting in tree next to patio at Reba and Uma's home in Sonora, California.
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Peachicks come again to Sonora

Male peacocks in tree roosting next to Reba and Uma’s patio. The baby peachicks have arrived at the Sonoran home of Uma and Reba as they do every spring. Lucky, an almost white peachick, was abandoned by its...

July 27, 2020
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