Category - Retreats

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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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Kalu Rinpoche II Teachings in US

H.E. Kalu Rinpoche II. H.E. Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche will be offering several teachings in the next month that some of you might find interesting. March 16-17, 2024: Kagyu Shenpen Kunchab Buddhist Center, Santa Fe...

February 29, 2024

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Photograph of painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The photograph was taken by Rolf Müller on April 17, 2005.

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Journey to the West: Gongjue Tuji’s Story

Painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic “Journey to the West” showing the four heroes of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Monk Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche...

January 22, 2024

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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Learning from Buddha College & Seminary

Catalog of required courses for Auditing, Buddhist Studies, Xiuxing Seminary, & Xiuxing Practice Programs at Learning from Buddha College & Seminary.

January 12, 2024

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REVISED SCHEDULE-Zoom Discussions to be held on C41-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhism and DCB22

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. Free Course and Series of ZOOM Discussions featuring the teachings of two Buddhas: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Je Tsongkhapa are available on certain Saturdays...

December 20, 2023

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From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment

Some of you have heard my story that one of my first serious contacts with Buddhism came through a book by the thirteenth century Zen master Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen Sect. It was a book I picked...

November 29, 2023

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Photo of Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023.

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What Happens at a Solitary Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple

Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023. Another Solitary Retreat finished at the temple with most auspicious events. A Buddha Light appeared on the last day of the retreat and the Holy Vajra Poles...

November 29, 2023

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Solitary Retreats

The yurt that became the Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In December 2010, after finishing our Protector Chapel, The Buddha Master transmitted to me a special dharma that must be practiced there with...

November 8, 2023

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Holy Vajra Poles

Group visits the Vajra Poles. Today is the anniversary of our recognizing the Holy Vajra Poles. It was on November 8, 2010 that they started shaking. These photos and links to other articles tell the story. Chinese nuns...

November 8, 2023

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