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Zambala’s Alhambra Gallery to close

The Zambala Tibet Collection of Tibetan antiques, thangkas, dharma instruments, and the like will be on sale this weekend and the next for those of you wanting to enhance your altars and collections. I just received the...

August 26, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles Retreats

More classes scheduled for San Diego on “Learning from Buddha”

I will be reading from a preliminary English translation of a very important book by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III entitled Learning from Buddha. The book is based on three discourses given by the Buddha Master to...

August 26, 2019

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Another Bilingual Class in Stockton on Sunday, August 25

The Northern California Spanish Sangha will continue its study of “Learning from Buddha” in Stockton, California, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm on Sunday August 25 at the apartment of Edwin and Blanca Miranda...

August 18, 2019

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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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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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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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