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

We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 7, 2026 finishing Lesson Three: Cultivation, Assignment 3. The following are brief summaries of our discussion on March 7, 2026 with links to the video of...

March 9, 2026

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QUOTE-Removal of Sins

“How do Buddhas and Bodhisattvas do that? That is done by having people listen to the truths that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas expound. After listening, they have to act accordingly. Only then can they achieve realization...

July 13, 2025

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Quotes

What do Beginning Bodhisattvas Fear?

We started a discussion of what beginning Bodhisattvas fear last week and will continue this Saturday. You can join this discussion. You need to enroll in either DCB25 or C41 AND register with ZOOM. This was a...

April 13, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 5, 2025?

We started DCB25, the last class on the text of the Heart Sutra, with lesson 29 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance” from the Heart Sutra. The following...

April 6, 2025

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Bodhisattvas Rely on Prajna-paramita

“. . . after we have achieved the state of practicing prajna, we are in the dharma-realm of Bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas are those who enlighten sentient beings. Relying on the wonderful wisdom of prajna, they...

April 6, 2025

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Monk Jigong, a Bodhisattva from Ancient China

Painting of “Monk Ji Gong” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Monk Ji, a sort of Chinese Robin Hood from ancient times, was known for his supernormal powers and compassion for the poor and disenfranchised as...

March 8, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), August 3, 2024?

We finished the entire LFBCS course DCB22 with Lesson 14 and our study of the meaning of the terms suffering and adversity and the nature of the ten kinds of suffering. You should read or listen to these teachings to...

August 8, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 27, 2024?

We finished Lesson 13 with our study of the “Ten Illusory Things” and what they can teach us about emptiness as well as “The Eighteen Kinds of Emptiness”. The Buddha Master provided a detailed...

August 2, 2024

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QUOTE-Difference between Living Beings and Buddhas & Bodhisattvas

The only difference between living beings on the one hand and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the other hand is the difference between being deluded and being awake. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

July 21, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), June 8, 2024?

I added another question and related quote to the summary of the May 4, 2024 Class on DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna”. It relates to what Buddhists, even Bodhisattvas, should do to deal with those who do great...

June 9, 2024

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