“Landscape of Icy Blue,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article summarizing teachings on correct and erroneous views on meditation by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was originally published in 2018...
In one’s formal or main practice, one recites mantras and practices visualization so as to focus the mind. When chanting mantras and practicing visualization in one’s formal practice, the goal is to...
“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fifth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 23, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...
Craig’s Cabin at Camp de Benneville Pines. The sound of chipmunks chatter, wind, bird song and silence. That was the primary sound I heard from our wonderful recent four-day meditation retreat in the San Bernadino...
During the third ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 2, 2025, we reviewed all of the teachings on “Initial Breakthrough” mentioned in Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and...
I want to share some background in preparation for our classes on the Paramitas–especially the last two, Meditation and Wisdom. I found that Tsongkapa in one of his many lamrims, the Middle-Length Treatise on the...
At the recent retreat where we focused on the “Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL),” we had considerable discussion on the meaning of certain terms, especially those relating to...
Even if you receive great dharmas and practice them faithfully, you must still be generous, abide by the precepts, exhibit great effort and patience, and develop your concentration, and wisdom. Erroneous View #13: THE...