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Elderly Dharma King Dorje Losang, after release from prison, 2003.

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Torture of Two of H.H. Dorje Chang’s Rinpoches by Shenzhen Public Security Bureau

Elderly Dharma King Dorje Losang, after release from prison, 2003. I had witnessed a video of these two rinpoches taken at the time they were released from prison. I do not remember if this was part of that video...

August 12, 2026

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Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. , Washington D.C., January 19, 2012.

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Releasing Captured Lives & Doing Charity Work to Celebrate H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, Washington, DC, January 19, 2012. The following is taken from an article written in partnership with Robert Wright that was published in the LA Weekly on January 26, 2023. CLICK to see the...

December 26, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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Torture of Dorje Losang and Jiang Gong Kang Rinpoche Video

Elder Dharma King Dorje Losang. A video interview in 2003 of Elder Dharma King Dorje Losang, and another rinpoche disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III after they were tortured and released from prison in China has...

October 8, 2022

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Buddhist camp in back near trees with orange TIbetan door.

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Keystone Pipeline Dead

Buddhist camp in back near trees with maroon and saffron TIbetan door. On June 9. 2021 TransCanada (TC) Energy cancelled all their remaining plans for the Keystone XL pipeline. This came as good news to the native...

June 13, 2021

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"Pink Lotus," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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The Lotus Sutra: Chapter XXV—The Gateway to Every Direction [Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara]

We have started reading from certain sutras at our Sunday morning service. Today we listened to the first part of Chapter 25, often referred to as the Kuan Yin or Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva chapter or sutra. Next week...

August 30, 2020

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Operation Lemonade

We held an “Open Mike” style meeting on Sunday with over 20 trying to participate. We used “Zoom” which you may be seeing or already using if you are working or taking classes at home. We shared what we are doing and...

March 25, 2020

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The Story of Angulimala

The following account of the serial killer who became an enlightened disciple of the Buddha is from “Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy in Great Briton.” I liked it because of its source and...

March 10, 2019

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Bhikkhuni Pannavati and others leaving the ordination ceremony.

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More Nun Ordination in Thailand

It is illegal for women to take full ordination as a Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) in Thailand due to a 1928 law. Monks who have tried to ordain women have been ejected from the Thai sangha and even imprisoned. There does...

January 13, 2019

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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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