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Video on 2011 Conference in Hong Kong

I found a video from an early Hong Kong conference that I attended that you might find interesting because it offers testimonials on the virtues of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. It is in...

December 22, 2019

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Manjurshri Bodhisattva stands guard over the Chinese edition of ‘Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra’ on the altar in the Buddha Hall at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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Year-End Retreat: Classes on remainder of “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

The last retreat we have scheduled on the Buddha Master’s sutra that uses the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra to teach us how to realize prajna will start Friday evening, December 27, at 7:00 with the introduction to...

December 22, 2019

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Dharma Assembly Whereby We Seek Blessings and Protection from Disasters and to Release the Dead From Suffering

Several of you have lost family, friends, and other loved ones over the past year or years and have asked me what to do. I have always responded with the suggestion that you could recite The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha...

December 22, 2019

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QUOTE-Lotus Pool Assembly

In the Lotus Pool Assembly as vast as the sea, may Amita, the Thus Come One, Avalokiteshvara, and Mahashamaprapta sitting on the lotus daises, lead beings to ascend the golden ladder, and based on great vows...

December 16, 2019

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All Day Class in San DIego on “Learning from Buddha”–CANCELLED

We will continue and hopefully finish Parts II and III of Learning from Buddha at the Eye of the Buddha at 4247 Park Blvd., San Diego, California at a later date. In the morning we will explore just what is included in...

November 30, 2019

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List of the Core Teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

At a recent class in San Diego on Learning From Buddha, I realized how beautifully and completely the various texts that we now have in English from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III were integrated. They all taught the...

November 30, 2019

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How to Start a Dharma Listening Center

I am once again focusing on setting up and supporting Xuanfa Dharma Centers where people can learn the dharma of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and Shakyamuni Buddha. Normally, it is required that you have at least ten...

November 30, 2019

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QUOTE–What Is Bodhichitta?

With respect to an ordinary person, bodhicitta is compassionately helping other people and vowing that they learn Buddhism and attain liberation.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
from “What Is Cultivation?”

November 30, 2019

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What is Bodhichitta and How Do You Cultivate It?

“There are two types of bodhicitta. There is bodhicitta in the holy sense and bodhicitta in the worldly sense. Bodhicitta in the worldly sense can be roughly divided into “vow bodhicitta” and “action bodhicitta.” The...

November 30, 2019

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Sister Dharmadina holding Scarlet Elizabeth Lane.

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Sister Dharmadina Becomes a Grandma

Sister Dharmadina (Elisa Lane) was nervous at our recent class in San Diego. Her son and daughter-in-law were expecting and past due. But all went well and the beautiful little girl came into our sangha to a very happy...

November 26, 2019

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