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Should you quit your job and become a monastic?

One does not need to become a monastic to follow the Buddha. Shakyamuni Buddha had disciples who were monastics, but also those who were not. Some were kings and in government and other professions. We often refer to...

July 22, 2018

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May monastics eat meat?

Although different Buddhist traditions hold different views on the matter, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been very clear that it is an erroneous view to believe that monastics may eat meat. Laymen and laywomen may eat...

July 22, 2018

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Understanding the 128 Evil and Erroneous Views

Each post on this blog will feature one or more of the 128 Evil and Erroneous Views identified in “The Supreme and Unsurpassed Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL)” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and related short articles...

July 22, 2018

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Coach Ake leading the boys in meditation.

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A Blessing and Thanks to Thai Rescue

When I heard that the young coach had been a monk and had the boys meditate while trapped in their watery cave in Thailand, I could understand how it could happen. He kept them calm and conserve their energy and air. I...

July 15, 2018

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The Metaphor of the Poisonous Snake: Is this Eliminating Evil & Supporting Good or Assisting Evil & Destroying Good?

Island. Chen Yigu posted a story about how a poisonous snake came to a isolated island that was guarded by an elderly man. One day when the guardian was away, the evil snake created havoc by eating the many birds that...

July 15, 2018

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Do Bodhisattvas Get Sick?

It is an erroneous view to hold that Bodhisattvas never get sick. Even Great bodhisattvas get sick. Sometimes they even get sick for the sake of living beings like Ven. Vimalakirti. Erroneous View #61: THE VIEW...

July 15, 2018

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"Nostalgia for the Homeland," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Erroneous Views Concerning Illness

If you are ill, you must cultivate yourself, request empowerment and Buddhist pills, seek medical help, and take appropriate medicine. You should not just rely on the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and empowerment. Erroneous...

July 15, 2018

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Do Not Waste Time—Cultivation as Buddha-dharma

The true Buddha-dharma emphasizes real practice and skills and is not merely theoretical Buddhist studies. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has said that after you enter the door of Buddhism, you must cultivate yourself...

July 8, 2018

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Evil Views concerning Buddha-Dharma: #19, #25, & #27

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III warns us of three evil views concerning how we regard the teachings and application of those teachings of the Buddhas to our lives in the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation...

July 8, 2018

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"Amazing View of the World" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Precise definition of Buddha-Dharma

The term Buddha-Dharma is used in different ways in different contexts. It can mean our actual practice, the results and manifestations from that practice, what the Buddhas taught, or as Dorje PaMu once described it as...

July 8, 2018

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