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Dharma for the Unborn Baby

Jizo statue at Japanese Temple. Ten years ago, I asked H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III about what I should do to help a student who had just miscarried a baby. He very compassionately gave me the advice that is conveyed in...

August 4, 2024

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Bardo Teachings: The Way of Death and Rebirth

Ven. Lodru Rinpoche. At our ZOOM class today, we discussed the bardo and I mentioned this article, so I am reposting it FYI. In April 2023 I attended an on-line teaching on Five Element Calm-Abiding Practice and Five...

August 3, 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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 20, 2024?

We continued discussing Lesson 13 of the text of DCB22-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra: “PART TWO-I “. . . saw that they (the five aggregates) were all empty. . .” at our July 20, 2024 ZOOM session...

July 22, 2024

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Photo of Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250.

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The Mountains & Waters Discourse (Sansui Kyo)

Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250. The Sansui Kyo, sometimes referred to as the Mountains and Waters Sutra is a short essay by the 13th century Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)...

July 22, 2024

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Commentary from Class on “The Ten Illusory Things”

A mirage of water on a road. In a recent class on the passage “. . . illuminated the five aggregates, saw that they are all empty. . .” from Expounding the Absolute Truth from the Heart Sutra, we engaged in...

July 22, 2024

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QUOTE-Marvelous Existence

It clearly illustrates the truth that true emptiness is marvelous existence. Although all phenomena are illusory, if one is not attached to them, then marvelous existence will transform into true emptiness. If one is...

July 21, 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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QUOTE-Emptiness of Dharmas

The emptiness of dharmas is a state to be realized by Bodhisattvas. Not only should one realize the emptiness of personhood and self and the emptiness of mind, one should also realize the emptiness of dharmas. That is...

July 18, 2024

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Dharma Assembly for Dharma Protecting Deities Held at Hua Zang Si

Skanda Bodhisattva at Hua Zang Si. Dharma Assembly honoring Skanda Bodhisattva & Guan-Yu Dharma Protector was held at Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist Temple in San Francisco, California on July 7, 2040. The next Dharma...

July 18, 2024

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