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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), June 7, 2026

You may have noticed, but we have added a schedule of upcoming events to each of the BLOG articles. You may see the whole monthly schedules by clicking any of the events listed to the right of any article and then...

June 11, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), July 5, 2025

On July 5 we finished our discussion of DCB25 Lesson 34A using “THEREFORE, KNOW THAT PRAJNA PARAMITA IS THE GREAT SUPERNORMAL MANTRA, . . .”; Lesson 34B using “. . . THE GREAT BRIGHT MANTRA, . . ...

July 9, 2025

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QUOTE-Transmigration

Only when you realize this boundlessly bright lamp [of prajna] can you completely break away from this dark transmigration and end the cycle of birth and death.” Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

July 9, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), April 26, 2025?

We have changed the name from Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS) to Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS) to reflect our focus more on the “practice” and not the “academic” side of our programs. It was...

April 27, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 19, 2025?

We finished Lesson 29 of DCB25 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance. Because there is no hindrance, they have no fear“ from the Heart Sutra. The...

April 21, 2025

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QUOTE–How do we eliminate fear?

When we realize the prajna wisdom that there is nothing to attain or obtain, we know that all the phenomena I just mentioned that living beings greedily crave are unattainable and unobtainable. We then have no fear at...

April 21, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 22, 2025?

We started Lesson 28 today on “With nothing to attain, therefore, . . . ” with a discussion of the terms “inclusion” and these words from the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The following are some of the...

March 23, 2025

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QUOTE-Ending the Cycle of Birth & Death

Only after we realize the state of nothing to attain can we transform consciousness into wisdom. If we cannot transform consciousness into wisdom, then we have not truly ended the cycle of birth and death. Expounding...

March 23, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 8, 2025?

We finished Lesson 25 today, focusing on “Prajna Is Unequaled Dharma” and exploring why this is so, Phowa Dharma, and other matters related to esoteric Buddhism. The following are some of the questions addressed during...

February 18, 2025

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Quote-Attaining Liberation

Practitioners must especially bear in mind that becoming awakened to the reality state of the three prajnas is not tantamount to attaining liberation and does not mean that cultivation is no longer needed. I previously...

January 25, 2024

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