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Meditation Retreats Planned for Holy Vajrasana Temple

Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We have scheduled three seven-day group retreats at the temple. The first one is scheduled for April 18-24, 2026. Because it is so soon and we...

April 7, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 5, 2026

We started our 2026 series of Hesperia classes on April 5 at 19099 Lemon Street, covering Lessons Seven & Eight on “Three Kinds of Prajna” discussing the third–Intrinsic-reality prajna. The...

April 5, 2026

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Series of Classes on the Heart Sutra continuing at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California

Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Starting July 20, 2025, I read from a preliminary translation of EXPOUNDING THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH THROUGH THE HEART SUTRA and started a discussion of what H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

April 5, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 21, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 21, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Preliminary Practice, Assignment 5. We also discussed a related section of the Understanding Definitive Truth Sutra where the...

March 29, 2026

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QUOTE-Meaning of “Ta”or Correct Dhyana (Chan/Zen)

Dhyana is absolute imperturbability. It is when all thoughts are still, all thoughts are absent. Perhaps one concentrates on brightness, achieving absolute imperturbability. Perhaps one concentrates on a Buddha image...

March 29, 2026

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The Great Dharma of Zen Practice in Brief

Pilgrims meditating with the Holy Vajra Poles.at the Holy Vajrasana temple. This article provides a brief summary of the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha iII on zen meditation practice. You should read the entire...

March 29, 2026

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Free Buddhist Class, April 5, 2026, 10:00 am-3:00 pm-Hesperia, CA

Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. I will be reading again from an unpublished translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the [Prajna Parami-ta] Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

March 28, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 14, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 14, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Introduction, Assignment 4. We also discussed the examination given by the World Buddhism Association Headquarters. The...

March 17, 2026

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. . . Buddha Dharma is the perfect practice of the three practices—the preliminary practice, main practice, and concluding practice—of the true Dharma of the Tathagatas.“ Learning from Buddhaby H.H. Dorje Chang...

March 17, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 7, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 7, 2026 finishing Lesson Three: Cultivation, Assignment 3. The following are brief summaries of our discussion on March 7, 2026 with links to the video of...

March 9, 2026

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