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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Concentrated Mind

The concentrated mind understands reality as it is.Shakyamuni Buddha as quoted in Monk Kamalashila’s The Progress of Meditation: The Three Bhavanakramas, p. 111.

February 20, 2023

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If one discerns selflessness (nairatmya) of phenomena, And, if having examined those, one should meditate on that, He has attained the cause for the result of Nirvana. Anything else is not a cause for serenity.” King of...

February 20, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 12, 2023

Yesterday we discussed the middle-view state and how to avoid the “two frightening extremes” of existence and non-existence. We also considered what the rainbow body was and how to achieve it and other topics. Next...

February 12, 2023

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Group Meditation Sessions

Amitabha Buddha at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco. NOTICE: sessions on hold until April 10. I have started a daily Zoom session from 6:00 to 7:00 pm every day for a group meditation session. I am adding a 30 minute...

February 12, 2023

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Nine Stages of Sthiti or Mental Abiding

The Elephant Path of Mental Abiding. This image illustrates the nine stages of mental abiding that happen as one progresses in one’s meditation by showing a wild black elephant symbolizing our wild monkey-mind we start...

February 12, 2023

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The Five Obstacles and Their Antidotes to Achieving Mental Abiding

Master Kamalashila (740-795), the 12th Abbot of Nalanda University, India. This BLOG is featuring components from the Learning from the Buddha College and Seminary course C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of...

February 11, 2023

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Course added to LFBCS on Three Principal Stages or Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Bronze statue of Je Tsongkapa. As I was developing the second lesson in C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice, I realized a major omission. Je Tsongkapa included a basic introduction into...

February 11, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 4, 2023

Yesterday the Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Saturday morning discussion group met again to explore another 16 questions (182-198) concerning the three types of prajnas. We considered what is...

February 7, 2023

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Rainbow Body

We will be entering a discussion on the concept of attaining a “Rainbow Body” in either next week or the following week’s Saturday discussion of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. I wanted to provide...

February 6, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles

New Photo of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III lifting Buddha Pestle

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III lifting Buddha Vajra Pestle. Professional strongmen waiting to lift various pestles, December 23, 2021. More pictures have been found documenting H.H. DOrje Chang Buddha III lifting the...

February 2, 2023

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