Category - Retreats

Buddha-dharma Events Miracles Retreats

Ayya Saddha’s Amazing Story

Ayya Saddha at Holy Vajrasana Temple in (July 23, 2023) meditating peacefully under a tree. Avya Saddha is a Theravada nun from Cambodia–the first Khmer Bhikkhuni to ever take official residence at a Khmer...

September 9, 2024

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Photo of Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California

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Fa Chan Temple opens in Hesperia

Zendo at the Fa Chan Temple, Hesperia, California. On June 17, 2024 at Fa Chan Temple in Hesperia, California, Fa Zang Rinpoche held the first Oryoki lunch at the newly installed Zendo for Zen...

July 3, 2024

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Photo of Bodi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, 2024

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Bodhi Tree Report

Bodi Tree at Holy Vajrasana Temple, 2024. The Ficus religiosa or Bodhigara growing at the Holy Vajrasana Temple is a descendent of the Maha Bodhi Tree at Sri Lanka, the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with...

June 10, 2024

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Photo of Pilgrims in search of the Dharma from video on Site of the Vajra Throne Empowered by Dorje Chang Buddha

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Site of Holy Vajra Throne

Pilgrims seeking Dharma from video. In 2011 a video was made about “The Site of the Vajra Throne Empowered by Dorje Chang Buddha”. Many of you have seen it. It told the story of how the Holy Vajrasana Temple...

June 10, 2024

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Photo of tree that rained amitra (nectar) while several monastics were on retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Seven-day Solitary Silent Retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple

Tree that rained amitra (nectar) while several monastics were on retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Sister Bhusita of the Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy in North Carolina and two other nuns attended...

June 9, 2024

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Image of Mahakala at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California.

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Xiuxing Practice Program & Solitary Retreat Requirements

Image of Mahakala Vajra at the Dharma Protector Chapel of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sanger, California. This article is a revised version of one posted on March 28 that highlights and updates the features of the...

June 9, 2024

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Photo of Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong.

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Ode to the Holy Vajra Poles

Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong in 2015. When people do Solitary Retreats at the temple, they respond in different ways to the temple environment. Some sing. Many chant and some dance. We missed recording the opening...

May 9, 2024

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Experiencing a Solitary Retreat

Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche, Solitary Retreatant. The following story in Chinese and also translated into English is the experience of Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche from the Bodhisattva Wish Temple in New York City...

May 8, 2024

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Quotes Retreats

Do Not Be a Believer in Appearances

Anjushri (Armine) Alioto attended a thirty-day solitary retreat at the Dharma Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center near Sanger, California in October 2023. Although she had the use of a tent...

April 6, 2024

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Photo of Holy Vajra Poles with flowering apricot and plums in background.

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Spring Comes to Holy Vajrasana Temple

Holy Vajra Poles with flowering apricot and plums in background. The pond has been very full and given the snow in the Sierras, I am hoping it stays that way. It never rains in the summer so that we are dependent upon...

March 16, 2024

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