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Photo of Summer Squash-Korean Radish-Cucumber Muchim.

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Korean Salad-Muchim

Summer Squash-Korean Radish-Cucumber Muchim. This is considered a dressed or seasoned salad (muchim) in Korean and can be made with different vegetables or fruit. The one shown here is composed of smashed Persian...

August 3, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 27, 2024?

We finished Lesson 13 with our study of the “Ten Illusory Things” and what they can teach us about emptiness as well as “The Eighteen Kinds of Emptiness”. The Buddha Master provided a detailed...

August 2, 2024

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Vietnamese Corn Milk

Vietnamese Corn Milk. I enjoyed this drink when I first visited Hanoi in 2010 and loved it. The recipes I found all added sweetened condensed milk, which would probably be delicious, but I prefer just the subtle...

August 1, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 20, 2024?

We continued discussing Lesson 13 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: “PART TWO-I “. . . saw that they (the five aggregates) were all empty. . .” at our July 20, 2024 ZOOM session...

July 22, 2024

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Photo of Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250.

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The Mountains & Waters Discourse (Sansui Kyo)

Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250. The Sansui Kyo, sometimes referred to as the Mountains and Waters Sutra is a short essay by the 13th century Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)...

July 22, 2024

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Commentary from Class on “The Ten Illusory Things”

A mirage of water on a road. In a recent class on the passage “. . . illuminated the five aggregates, saw that they are all empty. . .” from Expounding the Absolute Truth from the Heart Sutra, we engaged in...

July 22, 2024

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QUOTE-Marvelous Existence

It clearly illustrates the truth that true emptiness is marvelous existence. Although all phenomena are illusory, if one is not attached to them, then marvelous existence will transform into true emptiness. If one is...

July 21, 2024

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QUOTE-Difference between Living Beings and Buddhas & Bodhisattvas

The only difference between living beings on the one hand and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the other hand is the difference between being deluded and being awake. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

July 21, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 13, 2024?

We finished discussing Lesson 12 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: “PART TWO-I “. . . saw that they (the five aggregates) were all empty. . .” at our July 13...

July 18, 2024

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