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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Register for The Great Dharma of Zen-CLASS I–May 3, 2020, 2-4 pm

We will hold our first class on The Great Dharma of Zen on May 3, starting at 2:00 pm, PDT. This series of classes is based on a discourse and dharma transmission from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III given in 2013. This...

April 27, 2020

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Cudos to the Lemonade Sangha

Thanks to all of you who sent kind words of appreciation for the four week course we all took on What Is Cultivation? I was pleased with how well it went and your participation in bringing this magical text to life. I...

April 27, 2020

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"Everlasting Wondrous Appeal," painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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The Dharma of Cultivation as transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

THE DHARMA OF CULTIVATION Transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III NOTE: The Class headings and subheadings have been added to the original text. CLASS I INTRODUCTION Today you, who are a rinpoche, respectfully...

April 15, 2020

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What Is Cultivation?-CLASS II

The second class in this on-line series on The Dharma of Cultivation Transmitted by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was held April 12, 2020. We chanted mantras and dharmas from the Holy Vajrasana Temple Chant Book...

April 15, 2020

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QUOTE–Bodhichitta Is Actual Conduct

Bodhicitta is actual conduct based upon great compassion that aids living beings in becoming Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. It is the mind of love in the holy sense that the enlightened and the unenlightened or the holy and...

April 11, 2020

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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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Sunday Class at Temple on Newly Released Discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Last Sunday we listened first to the Buddha Master expound His discourse and then to an English translation of what the Buddha Master said. It is the same discourse that you can see Him giving in the video program...

January 30, 2020

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day–Classes and Chanting this Sunday in Sanger

In 2011 the mayor of the District of Columbia declared January 19 as His Holiness. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day in the Nation’a capitol. Since then we have celebrated that day, honoring the vast number of...

January 12, 2020

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Realization

Only through cultivation, learning dharma, and changing the order in which effects would otherwise mature due to causes can you realize prajna, your intrinsic nature, liberation, and accomplishment. H.H. Dorje Chang...

January 12, 2020

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Buddha-dharma Events Retreats

February Retreat at Temple will focus on Prajna, Parami, and Ta

There are still a few beds open at the temple and room for many more commuters to our February 7-14 retreat on the Heart Sutra. We will have Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada disciples and both lay and monastics...

January 12, 2020

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Video with Translated Transcript of “Probe the Fundamental Origin of Propagating True Buddha-dharma”

This video was released by the China International Education TV. The parts I know about were filmed late in October. A link to a translation of the narrative are found below. CLICK for link to translation of narrative...

January 12, 2020

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