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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

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

Student studying “Expounding 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 “Expounding 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 “Expounding 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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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra

We just finished another 30-day retreat (August 5-September 5, 2022) devoted to studying Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. Seventeen people participated and eight were able to complete reading the...

September 12, 2022

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Retreats

LFBCS Revision to Courses on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

“Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” on the altar at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. You may have noticed that not all the courses offered at Learning From Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) are the...

August 1, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS My Book Retreats

Course Offered on “Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master”

Pobangka Rinpoche (1878-1941), Tibet. A new course on “D04(A)-Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master” is now available for Auditing and other students at the Learning from Buddha College & Seminary. It...

July 7, 2022

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German Rinpoche Receives Guidance from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III-Revised

In mid-February, Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche from Cologne, Germany told me he had been visited by our Buddha Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, and reassured that he would be able to receive the inner-tantric initiation He...

July 1, 2022

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Events Garden Retreats

Oops! Wind Storm Takes Out Favorite Tree

Lake at the temple after the first snow runoff in 2022. I am glad we got some photos of the eucalyptus tree by our lake before Mother Nature decided to relocate it. We had a very fierce wind storm this week and it blew...

June 25, 2022

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Events Retreats

STATUS REPORT

Sunset at the lake at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Short note to let you know the Heart Sutra 10-Day retreat scheduled for March 18-28 has been postponed, but will be rescheduled as soon as: 1-we recover from quarantine...

March 7, 2022

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