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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), February 21, 2026

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on February 21, 2026 with the introductory section that included two photos of the Buddha Master and a related discourse explaining how and why He changed from an...

February 22, 2026

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Photo of Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times.

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A Journey into Consciousness Revised

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. This was originally just an article by David Marchese, published February 7-9, 2026 in The New York Times on author Michael Pollan’s thinking...

February 21, 2026

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Yo-Yo Ma Recommends Three Books

Yo Yo Ma. The following is an article reprinted from The New Yorker, that I found interesting. I doubt if I will find time to read any of these, but I found the recommendations by somone I have always greatly admired to...

November 1, 2025

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Photo of Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495.

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Saying ‘Thank You’ to Chat GPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.

Model of Leonardo’s robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495. I know some of you are using Chat GPT or other forms of A.I. and thought you might enjoy this recent New York...

April 26, 2025

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Photo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).

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A little music, a little Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). I recently received an email from my brother Glenn with an article that I want to share. So much of what he sends me is so distressing but this was something uplifting and since many...

April 21, 2025

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Use of Artifical Intelligence (AI) in Buddhist Studies

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha as generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently Reba Jinbo Rinpoche introduced me to a new app called “Co-Pilot.” Being curious and having had some good experience with AI already, I...

December 12, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 16, 2024

On March 16, 2024 we finished our study of the deep and shallow wisdom-based insights we gain from DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring what...

March 18, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 9, 2024

On March 9, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring more deeply how Avalokiteshvara observed her intrinsic nature to become...

March 11, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 24, 2024

On February 24, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring how the methods of the various sects or schools of Buddhism work and...

February 26, 2024

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Mystery of Consciousness: Non-Buddhist Perspective

Graham Hancock, 2022. During last weeks zoom discussion several participants shared information on videos they had seen concerning consciousness. Here is a conversation between two non-Buddhist British writers on the...

December 23, 2023

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