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Photo of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO.

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Dharma Class on Shantideva’s “Bodhisattvacharyavatara” will continue on December 19, 2021

Guan Yin Bodhisattva of the Southern Seas, Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO. On October 3, 2021, we finished reading the text of Shantideva’s “A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life.” It was decided...

October 24, 2021

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Discourse Read from Trip to Taiwan on “Basic Concepts-1”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. We will start at the beginning of the discourses H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III gave on a 1995 trip to Taiwan where He presented various aspects of the Buddha Dharma. In this discourse He...

October 24, 2021

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Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche reading a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to the Lemonade Sangha.

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Spirit Beings join our Classes

On our October 17 class we had other “visitors” join us. Just before the class started, I saw a small orb-like light dance behind me while I was looking at the ZOOM screen. Then I noticed a large light form on the right...

October 24, 2021

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Prototype of Hermit Meditation Cave begins

Preparing the site. We can only build a 12-foot diameter cave without a building permit and only use it for storage, but yesterday (October 18, 2021) we started preparing a pad for an experimental version of what we...

October 19, 2021

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Temple Pond Cleaned of Invasive Cattails

Bobcat prepares to attack cattails and other vegetation. Yesterday two bobcats descended on the cattail clogged pond at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. The pond had been dry since earlier in the year when we no longer...

October 16, 2021

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

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“Probe the Fundamental Origin of Propagating True Buddha-dharma” Video with English Translation of Transcript

CLICK for English translation of the text of this video. This past week several people asked me about this video, so I thought I would post it again for those who missed it and/or maybe did not see the English...

October 16, 2021

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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC BUDDHISM

There are two methods to understand exoteric Buddhism. One method is to exert effort in learning the sutras. Another method is your Buddha Master teaches you a type of wisdom that enables you to open yourself to the...

October 14, 2021

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Dharma Discourses Read on the “Differences Between Exoteric & Esoteric Buddhism”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On Tuesday, October 5, and again on Saturday, October 9, 2021, we listened to a reading of a preliminary translation of the first part of another discourse expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang...

October 14, 2021

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Did Buddhist Monks Reach North America in 1350?

Zuni Dancers. Professor Nancy Davis from the University of Chicago has published “The Zuni Enigma: a Native American People’s Possible Japanese Connection,” where she develops the concept that the Zuni people in New...

October 4, 2021

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Dharma Discourse Read on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices”

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. On September 25 & 28 and on October 2, we held ZOOM classes on the “Relationship between Main Practices and Preliminary Practices” using a preliminary translation of a discourse given by...

October 4, 2021

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