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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE—Great Nirvana of No Abiding

To reach the great nirvana of no abiding, one must have thoroughly realized the prajna of emptiness being marvelous existence, truly recognized the state of supreme prajna, and not only realized the emptiness of...

May 3, 2025

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Site of future center for Xuanfa Institute at Buddha Town in Hesperia, CA.

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HHL Buddhist Town Newsletter, March 2025

Site of future center for Xuanfa Institute at Buddhist Town in Hesperia, CA. March newsletter for Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town is now available. More information on Ven. Chandima and his return to participate in the...

April 29, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 26, 2025?

We have changed the name from Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) to Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS) to reflect our focus more on the “practice” and not the “academic” side of our programs. It was...

April 27, 2025

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QUOTE-Dream-Thinking

Dream-thinking also refers to the four kinds of dreaming minds that are produced from the internal consciousness—arising, abiding, changing, and delusion. These four kinds of dreaming minds are like ropes that bind...

April 27, 2025

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QUOTE-Ultimate Nirvana

The ultimate nirvana that is referred to here in the Heart Sutra means becoming a Buddha. Once one forever leaves the four kinds of dreaming minds, one ends the five underlying grounds of affliction. Expounding the...

April 27, 2025

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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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Eggs Florentine-Air Fryer or Oven

Eggs Florentine. Eggs and spinach are always good together. This is just a contemporary version of a classic. I’m using my air fryer again as I am cooking in my cave instead of the temple kitchen. I do that when...

April 26, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 19, 2025?

We finished Lesson 29 of DCB25 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance. Because there is no hindrance, they have no fear“ from the Heart Sutra. The following are some of the...

April 21, 2025

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QUOTE–How do we eliminate fear?

When we realize the prajna wisdom that there is nothing to attain or obtain, we know that all the phenomena I just mentioned that living beings greedily crave are unattainable and unobtainable. We then have no fear at...

April 21, 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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