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The Four Opponent Powers and Vajrasattva Practice

Painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva by Zhaxi Zhuoma This article on the Four R’s or Opponent Powers or Forces is a reposting of an article posted over two years ago on how to repent. If you find certain weaknesses...

May 3, 2026

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What’s Moving? A Zen Story

Rock in a Zen Garden, Kyoto, Japan. At our ZOOM class today on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, we discussed the “Eight Winds”. Someone asked what they were. Another Zen story, that of Su Dongpo (1037-1101) and...

May 2, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 25, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on April 25, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6. We are almost finished with this course and have scheduled Dorje...

April 28, 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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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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Photo of Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California.

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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...

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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