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Buddha-dharma Quotes

QUOTE–Beneficial Effects

What is important for a Buddhist is to enter deeply into the sutras, vinayas, and shastras and emphasize cultivation. Only then can one practice the Dharma to receive beneficial effects. Regarding physical health, that...

August 18, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles

Evaluation of Physique, Physical Strength, and Physical Health of Male Practitioners of Buddhism

World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) now offers test to verify through physical evaluation whether male cultivators have solid power of inner realization. Female cultivators may also take the test to try...

August 18, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Classes held in Sanger, Portland, San Diego, Rosemead, and Stockton

Classes were recently held throughout California and in Oregon on “Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra,” the “Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation,” and...

August 18, 2019

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Events Retreats

Trip to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park

After spending many hours per day listening to, reading, and discussing the commentary by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on the “Heart Sutra,” some of the students took to the mountains and enjoyed the sights...

August 17, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra

Another series of classes was held over the Labor Day weekend to listen to and study the amazing sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that uses the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra as its foundation. We only made it through...

August 3, 2019

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Events

Trip to the Scenic Corridor of the Columbia River Gorge

We were able to take a quick trip up the spectacular Columbia River Gorge while in Portland for a SAUMOL class and hang out in the mist and tranquility of some of the more spectacular waterfalls and explore the many...

July 27, 2019

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Trip to Alaska

I wanted to see the massive glaciers in Alaska before they all melted. The first one I saw outside of Juneau was a shock. There was not much ice to be seen and what was there was dirty and disappointing. As I looked...

July 24, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events

Two New Dharma Discourses Available

Benxin Chiren Rinpoche translated two recently distributed dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha at a class held at the Amitabha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom on July 12, 2019. The first was a discourse...

July 16, 2019

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–SAUMOL Shortcut to Enlightenment

All Buddhas in ten directions perform marvelous methods, As Dorje Chang Buddha III; with a heart of humility, I now expound the shortcut to enlightenment. It is certain to liberate you from the death-knots of samsara...

July 14, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events

SAUMOL Classes Continue in San DIego

The SAUMOL classes continued in San DIego on July 13 & 14 with a reading and discussion of the “Most Excellent Enlightenment Emptiness-Practice Oceanic Mind-Essence.” CLICK for article on the class. Another...

July 14, 2019

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