Thus Have I Seen (and Heard)

Food

Japanese Souffle Pancake (Non-Vegan)

Japanese Souffle Pancake. I first tried this trendy dish in San Diego, but I first heard of it in the New York Times when it featured a delightful source in Pasadena. It is a delightful, if a bit difficult dish to...

November 28, 2020

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Carrot Soup with Miso, Ginger, and Lime

Carrot Soup with Miso, Ginger, and Lime. This is a tasty little soup that is full of healthy spices and other ingredients: Turmeric powder, miso, cinnamon, as well as carrots, ginger and onions (for the non-monastics)...

November 27, 2020

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Seven Gems or Jewels

Xuanfa Institute Logo. The following paragraphs, like the last two blog articles, are from the PREFACE from my forthcoming book Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform. I will...

November 25, 2020

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Why I Follow H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

View of the Sierras from the Holy Vajrasana Temple. It is the year 2020, the time of Covid-19, and I am currently sheltered-in-place at the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center in the midst of fruit and nut trees...

November 25, 2020

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Buddha-dharma Science

Psychoenergetic Science: A Second Coperican-Scale Revolution

Dr. Tiller, a professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Stanford University, tells us that “the term Psychoenergetics[1] was coined by the Russians in the Soviet era or 1950-1970. This was done...

November 25, 2020

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Class on “Learning from Buddha” Continues on November 22, 2020

Cover of Chinese book “Learning from Buddha”. We continued our discussion the second lesson on Learning from Buddha on Buddha Dharma. We discussed where to find the Pure Lands and the three stages of arousing...

November 20, 2020

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The Phoenix

In classical Greco-Roman (western) mythology, the phoenix is a large elegant bird like an eagle or peacock that lives for five to six centuries in the Arabian dessert, and after living this time, self-cremates, burning...

November 15, 2020

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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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The Pope of Buddhism His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III

The Pope of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The conferment of the Pope of Buddhism to His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III originated in January 2018 when the World Peace Prize Awarding Council and World Peace...

November 14, 2020

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Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform

We have finally agreed on a cover for my forth coming book. The publishers say we may have copies of this book by the end of the year. The following paragraphs are from the “PREFACE” to give you an idea of...

November 10, 2020

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Class on “Learning from Buddha” Continues on November 15, 2020

Cover of Chinese book “Learning from Buddha”. Sunday we continued our discussion of the first of three lessons on cultivation and started the second lesson on Dharma. We discussed the various Pure Lands and who goes...

November 10, 2020

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