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Cat Explosion–HELP!!

Temple cats at feeding time. Last week you saw four adorable kittens seeking homes. They are included again below. They still need homes but now we have two more litters of kittens–wild ones, as several of the...

July 26, 2025

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Photo of Entrance to the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California with Lucy Lentil guarding the site.

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

Ms. Lucy Lentil guarding Temple entrance. From April 18 to May 18, 2025, Anjurshri (Armine) Alioto from Columbia, Missouri, experienced her second Solitary Silent Thirty-Day Meditation Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana...

July 26, 2025

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Photo of Camp in the midst of pine, cedar and oak forest.

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Group Meditation Retreat Planned in San Bernadino Mountains, September 12-16, 2025.

Camp is in the midst of pine, cedar, and oak forest with trails for walking meditation. We will have a small group meditation retreat at Camp De Benneville near Angelus Oaks, California starting September 12 and ending...

July 13, 2025

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Interested in Group Meditation Retreat in the Mountains?

I have been thinking about ways to help people who want to deepen their Dharma practice. This could include those who want to prepare for taking solitary retreats at either the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center...

July 8, 2025

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Photo of Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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New Brochure on the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger California

Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We are almost out of our temple brochure and with many coming in June to see the Holy Vajra Poles and Bodhi Tree, I felt I needed to update and...

May 23, 2025

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Photo of a Montage of events and plans for the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, CA.

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The Xuanfa Institute

Montage of events and plans for the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, CA. These photos provide an overview of what we have and are planning for Sanger and Hesperia. Sanger, California The above montage includes...

May 19, 2025

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Photo of "Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Expounds The Great Dharma of Zen Practice: Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article is a slightly revised reposting of one posted over a year ago about the complete dharma of Zen practice as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

February 4, 2025

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Photo of Giant Prayer Wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California.

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Land of the Medicine Buddha Video

Giant Prayer Wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California. Architectual drawing of Mahabodhi Stupa at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California. The Land of Medicine Buddha was opened as a Dharma and Retreat...

January 14, 2025

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Photo of Lotus blooming on Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA.

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Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town, November 2024

Lotus blooming on Heavenly Lake at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA.

The November newsletter for Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town November 2024 is now available.

CLICK to open Buddhist Town November 2024 newsletter..

December 16, 2024

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Photo of NYC students after retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple. Top Row: Yvonne Zhen Bao Liang, Xiu Min Lin, Li Zheng; Bottom row: Judy Li Chu Chen, Mei Chi Wu, & Jennie Yan Zhen Chen.

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More Solitary Retreats at Temple

NYC students after retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple. On November 16, these six students from New York City ended their seven-day Solitary Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple near Sanger, California. They stayed in...

November 22, 2024

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