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Followers kneel as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III enters to give a discourse and blessing to those who came to celebrate His birthday.

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Celebrating the Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Dharma Assembly

On June 24, 2018 thousands of followers of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gathered at Holy Heavenly Lake, California to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday. Although it was quite warm, a cool and magical breeze prevailed...

July 1, 2018

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on Inner-Tantric Initiation

I have already mentioned important announcements from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters given during the first 35 days of the Chinese lunar calendar in 2018 concerning receiving true inner-tantric initiations...

June 17, 2018

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The Peapeople of Sonora

At least once a year, we plan a trip to Sonora, California to visit a menagerie of wild turkeys, peafowl, cats, deer, etc. Four new peachicks have joined the ostentation of peafowl that have congregated at Reba and...

June 10, 2018

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Photo of H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his Palyul Retreat Center with Kenpo Tenzin Norgay who served as our translator. Photograph taken after our audience with His Holiness at his North American headquarters and retreat near McDonough, New York.

Buddha-dharma Events Miracles

Why talk about “Miracles” and supernatural powers?

In 2008, I had the good fortune to meet with H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his American retreat center in upstate New York and heard the former head of the Nyingma Sect, the oldest Buddhist lineage in Tibet, praise H.H. Dorje...

June 10, 2018

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Receiving the Ni-Wan Lambre (Mud-Pill) Dharma–A State Practice

I was able to have my own crown opened through the Ni-Wan Lambre or Mud-Pill Dharma, a State Practice from The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. It was an awesome experience that produces concrete...

June 1, 2018

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Photo of Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023.

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Great Holy Beings Showed Their Approval

Great Holy Beings showed their approval when H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III first gave the discourse “What Is Cultivation?” that was published in both English and Chinese as The Dharma of Cultivation...

May 20, 2018

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"The Wheel of Life," painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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What is Samsara? Evil View #17

In Buddhism, living beings are divided into six categories: heavenly beings, asuras or demi-gods, human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, and those in hell. It is generally understood that each category of...

May 19, 2018

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Events Prison Retreats

Get on the Bus

Every year, a group in Southern California sponsors a program that offers free transportation and support to enable poor children to visit their mothers in prison. Today buses of children will come to Chowchilla, the...

May 11, 2018

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Practicing Forbearance

It is stated in ‘Learning from Buddha’ that so many ancient virtuous ones made use of slander, curses, and attacks against them from other people, transforming such experiences into enlightenment...

April 28, 2018

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Events Prison Retreats

Trip to Death Row

I was finally able to visit some of the Buddhist women on death row at the largest female correctional facility in the West. I have been trying to meet at least once a month with a group of regular inmates. Seven women...

April 18, 2018

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