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Photo of Sunrise over the woods containing the Dharma Protector Chapel and tent where the retreat was held.

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Second 30-Day Solitary Retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple-Part III

Sunrise over the woods containing the Dharma Protector Chapel and tent where the retreat was held. Reflection on My Second 30-Day Retreat What I learned from Buddha Part III Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat...

February 25, 2026

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

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on February 21, 2026 with the introductory section that included two photos of the Buddha Master and a related discourse explaining how and why He changed from an...

February 22, 2026

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A Journey into Consciousness Revised

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. This was originally just an article by David Marchese, published February 7-9, 2026 in The New York Times on author Michael Pollan’s thinking...

February 21, 2026

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

We started our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on February 14, 2026 with the introductory sections that included commentary from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the publishers, and translators on the background and...

February 20, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), January 17 & 24, 2026

We have finished reading and studying all of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. On January 17, 2026 we finished our discussion of DCB26-Lesson 39 “Receiving Formal and Main Practices” and...

January 30, 2026

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QUOTE-True Practice

Disciples, true practice is established upon the determination to learn from Buddha. On the foundation of having a mind determined to leave samsara and a mind cognizant of impermanence, those who truly practice...

January 30, 2026

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What Professor Huang Huibang (Hui Hui) Learned from Hearing “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At the end of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, Professor Huang Huibang, an elderly disciple of His Holiness also known as...

January 25, 2026

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QUOTE-H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Dharma Teachings

Stay far away from feudal superstition, strange or heretically induced phenomena, evil masters, deceivers, non-Buddhists under the guise of Buddhism, cults, evil teachings, and evil books. Strictly abide by the precepts...

January 25, 2026

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QUOTE-Sutras and Commentaries

Heart Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Suramgama Sutra, the Agama Sutras, the Hetu-Vidya Treatise, the Madhyamaka Treatise, the Abhidharma-kosa Treatise, the Prajna Treatises, the...

January 25, 2026

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Ven. Xu Yun (1840-1959), Accomplished Chinese Chan (Zen) Master and Patriarch

Xu (Hsu) Yun (1840-1959), Patriarch of Wei Yang, Lin Ji, Fa Yan, Cao Dong, and Yu Men Chan Schools. This holy man was a great leader of Chinese Buddhism over a very long and difficult time in China. It appears that he...

January 22, 2026

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