Category - Retreats

Silly B, the cat who cried after receiving a Vajra-Bodhi Pill in 2015.

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Silly B Passes On

The cat who cried after receiving the Vajra-Bodhi Pill in Hong Kong in December 2015 has passed on after a fight with cancer. In December 2015, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche and Gesang Luosang Rinpoche led a meditation retreat...

February 17, 2019

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Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center Newsletter

This blog is intended for non-Chinese language individuals who wish to learn more about H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha and His teachings. Our temple, The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, also publishes a monthly...

February 3, 2019

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More Retreats and Classes to be held on “The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” & “Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra”

I have already reported that I now have permission to read a preliminary and unapproved translation of the 2010 release of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) at the temple, which we did at...

January 27, 2019

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Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of 'Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra' on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Hearing “Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra”

Last week I read the first part of this amazing sutra based on the “Heart Sutra” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to those attending our week-long retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. We will continue this effort with...

December 17, 2018

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Retreats and Classes held on “The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation”

Disciples attended classes at the Amitabha Buddha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom in Rosemead, California where we listened to translations of various discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on the Supreme and...

November 18, 2018

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Listen to the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL)

We know that the SAUMOL is the holiest Buddha-dharma that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has transmitted in His current lifetime. It is the mind essence part of cultivation. Please understand that dharma practices...

November 11, 2018

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Availability of Dharma Expounded and Transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in English

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has presented a sort of road map that must be followed if one wants to be liberated in this lifetime. The Buddha Master provided a list of sutras and commentaries that must be mastered for...

November 4, 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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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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What I Learned from A Private Thirty-day Retreat

What did I learn from my recent thirty-day retreat? Mainly, it increased by resolve to promote the Buddha-dharma of liberation to those who do not understand Chinese and formed the basis for starting this blog. First, I...

April 6, 2018

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