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

Finally we completed the 295 questions we covered to date on the background and title of the Heart Sutra. Over 200 of these questions were on the title and we have only finished one word “PRAJNA.” Of course that is a...

March 4, 2023

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Quote-Procrastination

As soon as you sense illness, take medicine,”Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

March 4, 2023

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Videos from the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

I just saw the following videos posted from the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I am sorry, but I have no English translation yet for the these, but from about minute 9:40 of the first video you will recognize...

February 27, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 26, 2023

Saturday’s discussion (February 25, 2023) may have been our most impactful yet–or at least it was for me. I could see the “ahas” as we gained insight into the true meaning of “prajna,” especially the third and...

February 27, 2023

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Quote-Meditation, Vipashyana

Distilling words about phenomena should be known as the path of samatha, While a full analysis of their meanings should be known as the path of special insight (vipashyana). “Mahayana Sutralamkara (Ornament for the...

February 27, 2023

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Quote-Meditation, Samatha

Samatha is a one-pointed mind; special insight (vipashyana) is fine investigation” The Cloud of Jewels of Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha

February 27, 2023

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Samatha and Vipashyana or Special Insight

I want to share some background in preparation for our classes on the Paramitas–especially the last two, Meditation and Wisdom. I found that Tsongkapa in one of his many lamrims, the Middle-Length Treatise on the...

February 27, 2023

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QUOTE-Meditation, Beginner’s Mind

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many posssibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. . . . When you have no thoughts of achievement ...

February 27, 2023

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Kamalashila & His Three Bhavanakramas

Kamalashila (740-795) Kamalashila was a great Indian scholar and the main disciple of the Abbot of Nalanda Monastery, Shantarakshita. Shantarakshita (725-788) is considered the last of the great Indian Buddhist scholars...

February 26, 2023

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United Meditation/Prayer for Peace and a Great Awakening for Our Planet

Baima Gabu Rinpoche brought us a notice of an event that I wanted to share with you. There will be an eight-day meditation/prayer offered for peace and a great awakening of our planet, starting Sunday March 5th to...

February 25, 2023

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