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Master Tangtong (Thangtong) Gyalpo (1361-1485), Tibet and Bhutan.

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B44-Master Tangtong Gyalpo: Another new course at LFBCS

Master Tangtong (Thangtong) Gyalpo (1361-1485), Tibet and Bhutan. This Tibetan Patriarch of the Shangpa Kagyu was known as the wild engineer-saint of both Tibet and Bhutan. This heroic mahasiddha was known for his...

November 4, 2024

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Buddha on Curing Hemorrhoids Sutra

Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand. A fellow student sent me this sutra from Shakyamuni Buddha after telling me he had received benefit from this practice. My understanding is that it can be...

November 3, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 26, 2024?

We finished Lesson 19 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the lines from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no forms, sounds, smells...

October 30, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 19, 2024?

We started Lesson 19 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the lines from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no forms, sounds...

October 20, 2024

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Solitary Retreats at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

Chalet under construction at Holy Vajrasana Temple. We are able now to book people for Seven-Day and Thirty-Day Solitary Retreats at the temple with several options: the Dharma Protector Chapel; new glamping-style bell...

October 20, 2024

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The Nature of Dharma Protectors

The Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. This photo is of the Dorje Chang Lineage Refuge Tree with its ten...

October 20, 2024

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Spirits dancing around the Holy Vajra Poles after a retreat at the temple.

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What Is Our Proper Relationship to Devas, Local Deities, Spirits, and Ghosts?

Spirit beings or orbs dance around four of the vajra poles as seen in this photograph taken after a meditation retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In 2018 we held a series of ZOOM classes on Learning from Buddha...

October 19, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 12, 2024?

We finished Lesson 18 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the lines from the Heart Sutra that says, “. . . no eyes, ears...

October 16, 2024

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Photo of Choekyi Gyaaltsen, 10th Panchen (1938-1989).

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D44-Esoteric Dharma-Background from China

Choekyi Gyaaltsen, 10th Panchen (1938-1989). In an effort to review, refine, and revise our courses, I uncovered a video of the Q&A that followed a class taken just before our Buddha Master left this world in 2022...

October 13, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), October 5, 2024?

We started Lesson 18 of Learning from Buddha College & Seminary course DCB23 with a discussion of the truth of emptiness as expressed in the lines from the Heart Sutra that says, “Therefore, in emptiness...

October 10, 2024

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