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Photo of Monks arriving at Washington National Cathedral on February 10, 2026.

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Buddhist monks arrive in Washington after 2,300-mile journey

Monks arriving at Washington National Cathedral on February 10, 2026. Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks finished a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Febraury...

February 10, 2026

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“McMindfulness” or Capitalist Spirituality?

Jay Caspian Kang, Korean-American writer for the New Yorker. Jay Caspian Kang discusses in the current New Yorker how the concept of mindfulness has been co-opted by corporations—and how we can reclaim the practice for...

February 10, 2026

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Call Me by My True Names

Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Our current political reality, Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time show with Bad Bunny, and the article posted on mindfulness and “Capitalist Spirituality”, all reminded me of Thich...

February 9, 2026

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New Saturday Zoom Discussion

On Saturday, February 14, 2025 a new Zoom discussion will start with a new Zoom number. Be sure you’re ready! The topic will be the course DCB35 – Learning from Buddha STEP ONE: Enroll in the course DCB35...

February 7, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), January 17 & 24, 2026

We have finished reading and studying all of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. On January 17, 2026 we finished our discussion of DCB26-Lesson 39 “Receiving Formal and Main Practices” and...

January 30, 2026

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QUOTE-True Practice

Disciples, true practice is established upon the determination to learn from Buddha. On the foundation of having a mind determined to leave samsara and a mind cognizant of impermanence, those who truly practice...

January 30, 2026

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Photo of Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

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What Professor Huang Huibang (Hui Hui) Learned from Hearing “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At the end of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, Professor Huang Huibang, an elderly disciple of His Holiness also known as...

January 25, 2026

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Photo of The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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New ZOOM discussion starting February 14, 2026, on DCB35-Learning from Buddha

This course, DCB35, is based on the published preliminary English translation of Learning from Buddha. It is an important teaching from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that was given as a discourse...

January 25, 2026

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QUOTE-H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Dharma Teachings

Stay far away from feudal superstition, strange or heretically induced phenomena, evil masters, deceivers, non-Buddhists under the guise of Buddhism, cults, evil teachings, and evil books. Strictly abide by the precepts...

January 25, 2026

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QUOTE-Sutras and Commentaries

Heart Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Suramgama Sutra, the Agama Sutras, the Hetu-Vidya Treatise, the Madhyamaka Treatise, the Abhidharma-kosa Treatise, the Prajna Treatises, the...

January 25, 2026

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