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Schedule of Events at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

The July retreat at the Temple has been cancelled. Saturday discussions started on April 29 with an introductory class on C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Two short retreats are scheduled for...

May 2, 2023

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Respectfully Honor the Holy Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Respectfully Honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III and Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III Complete Sutra Collection To honor the upcoming Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, the World Buddhism...

May 1, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 30, 2023

Zoom discussion yesterday, April 29, 2023 covered the introduction to C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. We explored how Buddhism came to the West from many different cultures and periods of...

April 30, 2023

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Welcome to SAUMOL, Morning Chanting, & Meditation Practice: Updated April 20, 2023

Entry to Holy Vajrasana Temple. To stress how important the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) is, we must remember that just before the Buddha left this world His Holiness told us...

April 20, 2023

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C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice Text Sources -REVISED

Je Tsongkapa (1357–1419), Thanka at the Rubin Museum. The main text may be currently available on Amazon. However you may also be able to find Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Je Tsongkhapa with commentary by Pabongka...

April 16, 2023

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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Great Compassion Empowerment Held in Salt Lake City

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva came to Salt Lake City and empowered those attending the Great Compassion Dharma Assembly last Saturday, April 8, 2023. After the solemn ceremony those attending shared their experiences and...

April 13, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 1, 2023

This Morning we discussed Lesson 7 of DCB21 on the History of Master Xuanzang (602-664 CE), the Chinese translator who went to India to seek the correct Dharma and transform the translation process of bringing the...

April 2, 2023

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C41(A)-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice

Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). This course is designed to introduce the basic teachings of both H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and the 14th Century Tibetan Master Je Tsongkhapa in the context of Je Tsongkhapa’s Lam Rim or...

April 1, 2023

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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Great Compassion Empowerment Dharma Assembly planned in Salt Lake City-REVISED

Painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva. There will be a Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Great Empowerment Dharma Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, April 8, 2023 starting at 1:00 pm Mountain...

April 1, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 18, 2023

This Saturday, March 18, 2023, we finished our discussion of “ta” with a discussion on whether it is possible to attain sudden enlightenment including a discussion of what happened with the sixth patriarch of Chan/Zen...

March 19, 2023

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