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Michael Pollan Wants to Know Where Consciousness Comes From

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. The New York Times has offered a book review of Michael Pollan’s new book, A WORLD APPEARS: A Journey Into Consciousness. Because so many of you showed...

April 3, 2026

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

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Translating “Xiu Xing”

“Everlasting Wondrous Appeal,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III We started our March 7 ZOOM class on DCB35-Learning From Buddha with a question on what would be the best way to translate the Chinese...

March 9, 2026

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A Journey into Consciousness Revised

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. This was originally just an article by David Marchese, published February 7-9, 2026 in The New York Times on author Michael Pollan’s thinking...

February 21, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), June 28, 2025

On June 28 we started our discussion of DCB25 lesson 34 using “THEREFORE, KNOW THAT PRAJNA PARAMITA IS THE GREAT SUPERNORMAL MANTRA, . . .” from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are...

July 2, 2025

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

We finished our discussion of “consciousness” and the Five Aggregates in DCB22 with a mandate from the Buddha Master that we must immediately begin our cultivation, starting right where we are. When Do You...

April 24, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 13, 2024?

Since we did not have a ZOOM session either last Saturday or today, I have nothing to report on class activity. However, I have been busy and can report that I now have three printed volumes completed of the six I am...

April 13, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 30, 2024?

On March 30, 2024 we began our study of Lesson 11A, the Fifth Aggregate-Consciousness, from DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part Two-I. The following are key points from last...

April 6, 2024

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Mystery of Consciousness: Non-Buddhist Perspective

Graham Hancock, 2022. During last weeks zoom discussion several participants shared information on videos they had seen concerning consciousness. Here is a conversation between two non-Buddhist British writers on the...

December 23, 2023

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New Class Saturday, May 14 on “Benefiting Living Beings”

Ashtamangala. This Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 9-11 am Pacific time, I will read the last part of a preliminary translation of a Dharma Discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Up to Now, I Have Always...

May 10, 2022

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The Learning from Buddha College and Seminary–What’s New-May 4, 2022?

We have added new courses and enhanced and developed courses that were already part of the curriculum. CLICK to visit Reba’s visitor and user guides if you need help in navigating the Learning from Buddha College...

May 4, 2022

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