Category - Events

Buddha Hall at The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Schedule of English & Spanish Buddhist Classes and Retreats for 2020

The following represents the schedule for English and Spanish dharma classes for 2020. Please check calendar before you come as dates may change and new ones may be added. Spanish translators are only confirmed for the...

January 20, 2020

Add comment

175 views

3 min read

Buddha-dharma Events

Malaysian Students Visit Temple

Disciples from Malaysia visited the Holy Vajrasana Temple today and meditated near the Holy Vajra Poles. After paying their respects to the many Buddha and Bodhisattva altars, these students of the Buddha braved the...

January 20, 2020

Add comment

28 views

1 min read

Buddha-dharma Events

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day–Classes and Chanting this Sunday in Sanger

In 2011 the mayor of the District of Columbia declared January 19 as His Holiness. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day in the Nation’a capitol. Since then we have celebrated that day, honoring the vast number of...

January 12, 2020

Add comment

43 views

2 min read

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

February Retreat at Temple will focus on Prajna, Parami, and Ta

There are still a few beds open at the temple and room for many more commuters to our February 7-14 retreat on the Heart Sutra. We will have Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada disciples and both lay and monastics...

January 12, 2020

Add comment

91 views

3 min read

Class at Hua Zang Si studying "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra."

Buddha-dharma Events

Bilingual Class at Hua Zang Si Study the Matter of Cause and Effect

Saturday, January 11, 2020, nuns and laypersons listened to a reading from a preliminary translation in English and Spanish of part of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s discourse given at the end of His sutra...

January 12, 2020

2 comments

202 views

4 min read

Buddha-dharma Events

Video with Translated Transcript of “Probe the Fundamental Origin of Propagating True Buddha-dharma”

This video was released by the China International Education TV. The parts I know about were filmed late in October. A link to a translation of the narrative are found below. CLICK for link to translation of narrative...

January 12, 2020

2 comments

110 views

1 min read

Photo of Geese couple bringing their babies to visit the Holy Vajrasana Temple near Sanger, California.

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Staying at the Temple

People have asked about staying at the temple. We do have rates, registration forms, and FAQ posted on our temple website. These were developed for those wishing to come and take private retreats. Now that some of you...

January 12, 2020

Add comment

74 views

3 min read

Ven. Pannavati at Blessing of the Animals ceremony at the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, May 2019.

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Video of Ven. Pannavati and Dharma Voci Choir at the Heartwood Retreat and Refuge Center in North Carolina

Bhikshunni Pannavati, Co-founder of the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center and much more, in Hendersonville, North Carolina brings her own style of music to her dharma talks and engages her local sangha in music as a...

January 12, 2020

1 comment

234 views

1 min read

Class held at Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center in Hesperia, California on Sunday, January 4, 2020.

Buddha-dharma Events

Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center Opens in Hesperia

We now have a temporary dharma center located above the site of the future True Dharma Temple and Buddha Town at 10161 Choiceana Avenue in Hesperia, California. We held our first class there this past Sunday (CLICK for...

January 7, 2020

Add comment

268 views

1 min read

Example of accomplishment in the Five Vidyas by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III whereby Mist is permanently contained in a rock sculpture.

Buddha-dharma Events

Expansion of Meaning of Five Vidyas, Greatly Compassionate Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Empowerment Dharma Assemblies, et al

World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) recently published a response to a number of inquires that included an explanation of the “Five Vidyas.” It offers additional insights into the correct meaning...

January 7, 2020

Add comment

55 views

1 min read