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Photo of Entrance to the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California with Lucy Lentil guarding the site.

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Second 30-Day Solitary Retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple-Part I

Ms. Lucy Lentil guarding Temple entrance. From April 18 to May 18, 2025, Anjurshri (Armine) Alioto from Columbia, Missouri, experienced her second Solitary Silent Thirty-Day Meditation Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana...

July 26, 2025

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Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing

Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing. This is another recipe that features the Mediterranean Diet complete with a typical Greek sauce serving as the dressing. The following recipe is for one serving, but you can easily...

July 25, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), July 20, 2025

We held a class in Hesperia on July 20 with Lesson 1 and 2 from LFBS course DCB21. We first discussed H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s views and approaches to expounding the Dharma included in the Prajna...

July 22, 2025

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QUOTE-What Is the Dharma imparted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III?

It is the same liberation dharma of all Buddhas in the ten directions, the unconditioned dharma that is the absolute truth of the universe and human life, the unsurpassable great dharma leading to no-arising and no...

July 22, 2025

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C41(A)-Three Major Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice Revisited & Revised

The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. We are now almost...

July 21, 2025

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Holy Heavenly Lake at sunrise, Hesperia, California.

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Temporary Home for the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center

Holy Heavenly Lake at sunrise, Hesperia, California. Watching the sun rise over the San Bernardino Mountains on the southern shore of Holy Heavenly Lake is a sight to behold. This is the site of the Zheng Xing Garden...

July 21, 2025

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Food

Chile-Lime Seasoning

This time I am not offering any new recipe, just a new seasoning that I think some of you might enjoy. It is from Trader Joe’s and it is wonderful on just about everything. I just tried it–quite a lot of...

July 20, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), July 12, 2025

On July 12 we finished our discussion of DCB25 Lesson 34E using “. . . Which Can Remove All Suffering and Is True, Not False.“ from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are part of the...

July 13, 2025

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QUOTE-Removal of Sins

“How do Buddhas and Bodhisattvas do that? That is done by having people listen to the truths that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas expound. After listening, they have to act accordingly. Only then can they achieve realization...

July 13, 2025

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Photo of Camp in the midst of pine, cedar and oak forest.

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Group Meditation Retreat Planned in San Bernadino Mountains, September 12-16, 2025.

Camp is in the midst of pine, cedar, and oak forest with trails for walking meditation. We will have a small group meditation retreat at Camp De Benneville near Angelus Oaks, California starting September 12 and ending...

July 13, 2025

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