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C41(A)-Three Major Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice Revisited & Revised

The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. We are now almost...

July 21, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), July 12, 2025

On July 12 we finished our discussion of DCB25 Lesson 34E using “. . . Which Can Remove All Suffering and Is True, Not False.“ from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are part of the...

July 13, 2025

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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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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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Interested in Group Meditation Retreat in the Mountains?

I have been thinking about ways to help people who want to deepen their Dharma practice. This could include those who want to prepare for taking solitary retreats at either the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center...

July 8, 2025

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Series of Classes on the Heart Sutra to be offered at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California Starting July 20, 2025

Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Starting July 20, I will read from a preliminary translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and lead a discussion of what H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III wrote...

July 8, 2025

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HHL Buddhist Town Newsletter, June 2025

Lotus at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Buddhist Town’s annual event included exhibitions, a Wiser tournament, seminars, and an outdoor meditation session by the lake. The event ended with praying and...

July 3, 2025

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HHL Buddhist Town Newsletter, May 2025

On May 28, Venerable Chandima, founder of the Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies in Sri Lanka, led a delegation of seven, including five senior monastic elders and two lay practitioners, to Los...

July 3, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), June 28, 2025

On June 28 we started our discussion of DCB25 lesson 34 using “THEREFORE, KNOW THAT PRAJNA PARAMITA IS THE GREAT SUPERNORMAL MANTRA, . . .” from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are...

July 2, 2025

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