Thus Have I Seen (and Heard)

Food

Chinese Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes

Chinese Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes Every Chinese cook who has made this at the temple had a different idea on how to do this dish and they were all good. The sesame oil and wine flavoring are from a New York Times...

March 16, 2021

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The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center with copy of "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" on the altar.

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Saturday Morning Virtual Meditation Practice at the Temple

The Buddha Hall, The Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center. Sonya wanted to add a zoom session that would focus on meditation and the rest of us agreed it was a great idea. We never have enough time for meditation...

March 15, 2021

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Buddha-dharma Events Miracles Quotes

The 128 Evil and Erroneous Views

Since we will be reviewing each of the 128 views monthly as part of our study and practice of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation, I wanted to publish the original titles given when the Buddha...

March 15, 2021

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Seminar on Correct Way to Listen to Dharma Discourses, The Holy Vajrasana Temple, July 1-4, 2016.

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The Seven-Dharmas System of Listening to Dharma Discourses: Background

I revisited this article in preparing for the application of this system to holding a debate about how the “128 Views” from the SAUMOL would apply to the book The Cat Who Went to Heaven. With a few edits, I...

March 15, 2021

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Events

American Time Zones

I am so sorry that some of you missed the first reading of the third Oceanic Mind-Essence” from the SAUMOL. We have rescheduled it for March 28 so you can catch up. Next Sunday, March 21, we will complete the...

March 15, 2021

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Food

Scrambled Eggs and Nettles

Eggs & Nettles. It is spring and the season for young tender nettles. If you have never tried them, I heartily recommend them. They are probably my favorite green. Just wear gloves to pick and prepare. Their sting...

March 13, 2021

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Diamond Sutra

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China Silk Road. We discussed a lovely English chanting of the Diamond Sutra at a recent class and I wanted to provide you with a link to both the...

March 9, 2021

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The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) Available

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I am so happy to be able to read for you the SAUMOL during our virtual Sunday Service. I will continue this coming Sunday, March 14, with the third mind-essence, the “Most Excellent...

March 8, 2021

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International Women’s Day

Zoom Version of OWABA Ceremony. The top half is the Certificate and flowers being offered to a proxy in North Carolina and the bottom is me on zoom in Sanger, California. I was honored today to receive one of the...

March 8, 2021

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Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020.

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Final series of Erroneous and “Evil Views on Emptiness”Class, March 14, 2021

Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020. We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views...

March 8, 2021

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