Category - Retreats

Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Another Kalu Rinpoche Interview

H.E. Kalu Rinpoche (1990- ). This is another interview with H.E. Kalu Rinpoche II in Bhutan with Farmer Sangay that I think you might find interesting. He covers practice; enlightenment; awareness; meditation...

March 16, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

Course offered on “Imparting Dharma through the Title of the Heart Sutra”-Revised Again & Again

Student studying “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Once again we will need to revise our schedule in our study of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra to allow more time for our...

January 30, 2023

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Events Food Retreats

Eight Treasure (Laba) Congee

We celebrate the year-end retreat around Rohatsu, the Japanese term for the day of Shakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment. In Japan they use the Gregorian Calendar and celebrate the day on the eighth day of December, but we...

December 30, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 5, 2022

We finished the first Lesson on DCB21-“Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Title of the Heart Sutra” on December 3 with a discussion on why certain Buddhist defame H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Imparting the...

December 5, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Feedback from Don Asper on Retreat on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s Sutra Based on the Heart Sutra

As the Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LRBCS) prepares to discuss and explore Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, I thought it might be helpful to see how one of us reacted to being able to...

November 18, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

Revised Holy Vajrasana Temple Website

Canadian Goose Family Visiting the Temple. The Holy Vajrasana Temple website has been updated to better integrate it with the Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) activities, complement this more-or-less...

October 9, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

Discussion on Preliminary Practices Begins on “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Student studying “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Today, October 1, 2022, we continued our discussion of questions from DCB26 on “How to Realize Prajna” a discourse...

October 1, 2022

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Discussion on Causality Continued on “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Attendees all witnessed Buddhas bestow nectar at the dharma assembly, as a congratulation to the Supreme Treasure Scripture “Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Yesterday, September 24...

September 25, 2022

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Meditation Retreats Planned for Temple

Details of “Jewels” that appeared on Grass Mandala. We have not been able to reschedule retreats for most of the past two years. Now that the Pandemic is official over, we are trying to open up the temple...

September 25, 2022

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Food Retreats

Breakfast Egg Soup

This is a very tasty and spicy breakfast soup that we served with buttered toast and sliced tomatoes and/or avocados. I have decided to give options on how to use this and future recipes for Oryoki service for either...

September 23, 2022

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