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Photo of Jay Caspian Kang, Korean writer for the New Yorker.

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“McMindfulness” or Capitalist Spirituality?

Jay Caspian Kang, Korean-American writer for the New Yorker. Jay Caspian Kang discusses in the current New Yorker how the concept of mindfulness has been co-opted by corporations—and how we can reclaim the practice for...

February 10, 2026

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What Professor Huang Huibang (Hui Hui) Learned from Hearing “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At the end of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, Professor Huang Huibang, an elderly disciple of His Holiness also known as...

January 25, 2026

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The Book “Thus Have I Seen” is now available on Temple Website-Repost

My book about my experience in being a close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is now available in PDF format to read online or download. CLICK for link. Articles on a draft version were published on this blog in...

January 10, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 8, 2005

On November 8, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the...

November 10, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 1, 2005

On November 1, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the...

November 4, 2025

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

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Lesson Five: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 4, 6:00 pm

“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...

November 3, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), September 27, 2025

On September 27, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” You may still join that class (See instructions at bottom of this article along with links to previous lessons.) and do the following...

September 28, 2025

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Group Meditation Retreat Held in San Bernadino Mountains

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...

September 23, 2025

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Photo of View of Protector Chapel taken during Solitary Retreat.

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Second 30-Day Solitary Retreat at Holy Vajrasana Temple-Part II

View of Protector Chapel taken during Solitary Retreat. I believe this article by Anjurshri Alioto should be read by anyone interested in what can happen on an extended solitary retreat and how we can all receive holy...

September 23, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), August 17, 2025

We held our Hesperia class on August 17 at 19099 Lemon Street, covering Lessons Three & Four on an “Introduction to Prajna” discussing the translation itself, anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, scattered or...

August 19, 2025

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