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The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple.

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31 Planes in the Six Realms of Existence

The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. At our class last week someone asked about the various heavens and hells as expressed in...

January 31, 2021

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Offering flowers at temple in Sri Lanka.

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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra Continued

This morning, October 11, 2020, during our morning service, we continued our reading of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra with Shakyamuni Buddha asking each of his 500 Arhat students to go and ask Venerable...

October 11, 2020

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Dharma Class on Five Evil and Sixteen Erroneous Views Concerning Holy Beings Continues on September 13, 2020

We discussed various questions raised about evil and erroneous views held concerning holy beings today and agreed to meet again next Sunday at 2:00 pm PDT to reflect on how what we have learned from these teachings from...

September 6, 2020

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Sharpie Sketch of Panda on Cliff by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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The Four All-embracing Bodhisattva Virtues or Acts

The Four All-embracing Bodhisattva Virtues are known as the four methods that Bodhisattvas employ to approach and save living beings. They include 1-giving gifts that people like, 2-using kind words, 3-acting to...

August 17, 2020

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Visitors from Other Realms: Bodhisattvas, Devas, Animals, Ghosts, Spirits

The blessings of the Holy Vajrasana Temple are not just for human beings. Various light forms and beings from other realms including ghosts and spirits are seen and photographed at this site. When the yurt was finished...

July 21, 2020

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What Is Cultivation?-CLASS II

The second class in this on-line series on The Dharma of Cultivation Transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was held April 12, 2020. We chanted mantras and dharmas from the Holy Vajrasana Temple Chant Book...

April 15, 2020

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Biographies and Autobiographies of Buddhist Saints

At our Lemonade Sangha open mike today, a request was made for accounts of the lives of true Buddhist saints that we could study to gain insight on how others have lived a holy life. I went back to the courses we had...

April 11, 2020

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Temple cat doing prostrations to the Buddha.

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Korean Cat Monk Video

A YouTube video from a Korean monastery claims their resident cat does prostrations and meditates with the monks and refuses to eat meat. If I understand the video correctly the cat is inspiring others to follow the...

January 30, 2020

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Incense Offering–Ofrenda de Incienso: REVISED

This simple chant is offered at the beginning of most activities at our and most Buddhist temples and ceremonies to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Mahasattvas. Non-Buddhists sometimes mistake our devotion as...

September 22, 2019

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Can You Claim to Be a Holy One Just to Bring People to Buddhism? Evil View #6

Absolutely not! It is an evil view to think that you can justify falsely claiming to be a certain Buddha or Bodhisattva as a skillful means to bring people to the dharma. Evil View #6: Acknowledging that one may falsely...

March 3, 2019

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