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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), December 13, 2005

In case you have noted changes in the Learning From Buddha Seminary (LFBS) website, you are not alone. We had a major problem in accessing certain menu items and courses due to changes in the WordPress software. Gongjue...

December 15, 2025

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Photo of Todai-j, Great Buddha Hall, Eight Century Temple, Nara, Japan. Home of the Vairocana Buddha, the world's largest bronze Buddha. UNESCO site.

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Essay on Experiencing Beneficial Effects

Todai-ji, Great Buddha Hall, Eight Century Temple, Nara, Japan. Home of the Vairocana Buddha, the world’s largest bronze Buddha. UNESCO site. 49 foot (15 meters) Statue of Virocana Buddha (Daibutsu) in Todai-ji...

December 15, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), December 6, 2005

On December 6, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We continued with Lesson 38 on the Preliminary Practices, including the Four Unlimited States of Mind. You may still join that...

December 7, 2025

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Photo of “Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Final Lesson Ten: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”

We finished our ZOOM classes of P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” with Lesson 10 and a discussion of the actual methods of zen practice taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This included the three...

December 5, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 29, 2005

On November 29, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We continued with Lesson 38 on the Preliminary Practices, including the Four Unlimited States of Mind. You may still join...

December 2, 2025

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Lesson Nine: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, December 3, 6:00 pm

During the ninth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 25, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of Concentration, Contemplation, and Visualization (DCCV) and...

November 26, 2025

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Photo of Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China.

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Moving & Sitting Zen Meditation Practice at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China

Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China. This article is about the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, located on the south-western slopes of Yunju Mountain, Jiangxi Province. It...

November 26, 2025

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Photos of Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California.

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2025 Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly in SFO

Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist temple in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, held a Namo Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly...

November 23, 2025

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Photo of Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Attended Meditation Retreat-Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas

Shakyamuni Buddha at Benevolence Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada. On November 13 and 14, The Benevolence and Pure Cultivation Temples in Las Vegas, Nevada conducted a special Zen Meditation Retreat for English (and Chinese)...

November 19, 2025

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Lessons Seven & Eight: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 25, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the seventh ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 11, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 19, 2025

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