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Annual Dharma Discourse Released on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day This Year is also in English!!

Yesterday a dharma discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III 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...

January 20, 2020

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Buddha Hall at The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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Schedule of English & Spanish Buddhist Classes and Retreats for 2020

The following represents the schedule for English and Spanish dharma classes for 2020. Please check calendar before you come as dates may change and new ones may be added. Spanish translators are only confirmed for the...

January 20, 2020

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Malaysian Students Visit Temple

Disciples from Malaysia visited the Holy Vajrasana Temple today and meditated near the Holy Vajra Poles. After paying their respects to the many Buddha and Bodhisattva altars, these students of the Buddha braved the...

January 20, 2020

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Apology and Correction

I want to apologize and correct something I said at the class held in San Francisco at Hua Zang Si last week. The English translation from Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra stated that...

January 13, 2020

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day–Classes and Chanting this Sunday in Sanger

In 2011 the mayor of the District of Columbia declared January 19 as His Holiness. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day in the Nation’a capitol. Since then we have celebrated that day, honoring the vast number of...

January 12, 2020

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Realization

Only through cultivation, learning dharma, and changing the order in which effects would otherwise mature due to causes can you realize prajna, your intrinsic nature, liberation, and accomplishment. H.H. Dorje Chang...

January 12, 2020

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February Retreat at Temple will focus on Prajna, Parami, and Ta

There are still a few beds open at the temple and room for many more commuters to our February 7-14 retreat on the Heart Sutra. We will have Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada disciples and both lay and monastics...

January 12, 2020

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Class at Hua Zang Si studying "Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra."

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Bilingual Class at Hua Zang Si Study the Matter of Cause and Effect

Saturday, January 11, 2020, nuns and laypersons listened to a reading from a preliminary translation in English and Spanish of part of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s discourse given at the end of His sutra...

January 12, 2020

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

This video was released by the China International Education TV. The parts I know about were filmed late in October. A link to a translation of the narrative are found below. CLICK for link to translation of narrative...

January 12, 2020

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Cultivation

Cultivation is adopting specific methods to correct yourself and conform with the principles taught by the Buddha.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra

January 12, 2020

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