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Photo of Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong.

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Ode to the Holy Vajra Poles

Amita (Rebecca) Hunt in Hong Kong in 2015. When people do Solitary Retreats at the temple, they respond in different ways to the temple environment. Some sing. Many chant and some dance. We missed recording the opening...

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), May 4, 2024?

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of Lesson 36 “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of sudden awakening, eliminating karmic hindrances, and the beginning steps to follow in cultivation. We then began Lesson 37...

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Image of poster announcing the Dharma Assembly honoring the Holey Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, June 14 & 15, 2024.

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Dharma Assembly Respectfully Honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III

In honor of the upcoming Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, the World Buddhism Association Headquarters, Holy Miracles Temple, Hua Zang Si, Benevolence Temple, and Sanger Mission are jointly organizing...

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Experiencing a Solitary Retreat

Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche, Solitary Retreatant. The following story in Chinese and also translated into English is the experience of Yi Que Dan Pu (Tommy) Rinpoche from the Bodhisattva Wish Temple in New York City...

May 8, 2024

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

We continued our ZOOM class discussion of “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of various obstructions to practice, group initiation and learning, karmic forces, holy and non-holy Dharma Protectors, and...

April 29, 2024

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QUOTE-Sudden Enlightenment

Remember, no one in this world has the ability to enable you to instantly become thoroughly aware of your original nature and suddenly open up your true-thusness. This is something that you yourself must realize through...

April 29, 2024

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse 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 Buddha” at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California.

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Other Sources of Karmic Obstructions

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse 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 Buddha” at the...

April 28, 2024

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural & Art Museum, Covina, CA.

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Reading of New H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Discourse

Special Events Respectfully Honoring the Holy Birthday of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III1. Respectfully listening to the audio recording of a special Dharma that has not been previously released: “Buddha...

April 28, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 20, 2024?

We finished our discussion of “consciousness” and the Five Aggregates in DCB22 with a mandate from the Buddha Master that we must immediately begin our cultivation, starting right where we are. When Do You...

April 24, 2024

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QUOTE-Transforming Causality

Cultivation is to change the order of the maturing of causes and effects. The goal of cultivation is to actually transform causality. You decide which should mature earlier and which should be made to mature later. You...

April 24, 2024

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