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On-Line Chants for the Holy Vajrasana Temple-Revised Again

Faint rainbows appear on clouds at temple. Having received requests for this article with the chants we chant during the 6:00 am temple zoom boadcast, I am reposting FYI. Please note that some chants that we use have...

August 1, 2025

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The Fear of Death

Lemonade. When we formed the Lemonade Sangha over five years ago we started with a virtual Dharma Class on What is Cultivation? After today’s class Dylan asked for us to revisit that course as he still had...

July 26, 2025

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Photo of Entrance to the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California with Lucy Lentil guarding the site.

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

Ms. Lucy Lentil guarding Temple entrance. From April 18 to May 18, 2025, Anjurshri (Armine) Alioto from Columbia, Missouri, experienced her second Solitary Silent Thirty-Day Meditation Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana...

July 26, 2025

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Photo of Dharma Assembly celebrating the birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, Glendale, California, May 30-31. 2025.

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Dharma Assembly Celebrating the Birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in Glendale on May 30 & 31, 2025

Dharma Assembly celebrating the birthday of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, Glendale, California, May 30-31. 2025. We attended the 2025 Dharma Assembly honoring H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in Glendale, California on May 30...

June 1, 2025

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Photo of Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495.

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Saying ‘Thank You’ to Chat GPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.

Model of Leonardo’s robot with inner workings. Possibly constructed by Leonardo da Vinci around 1495. I know some of you are using Chat GPT or other forms of A.I. and thought you might enjoy this recent New York...

April 26, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 22, 2025?

We started Lesson 28 today on “With nothing to attain, therefore, . . . ” with a discussion of the terms “inclusion” and these words from the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. The following are some of the...

March 23, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 15, 2025?

We finished our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Hearing the Dharma and Small and Great Dharmas” today. We have also posted a 40-question quiz on this entire lesson for those of you who are enrolled in this course...

March 16, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 8, 2025?

We continued our discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article about a 2020 course on the Five Vidyas is reposted last week to provide more background and links to other articles on the Five Vidyas...

March 8, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), March 1, 2025?

We continued our discussion of Lesson 26 today, focusing again on “Qigong” and “Who Can Be Known as a Master of Esoteric Dharma?” We also started a discussion on Lesson 27 on the “Five Vidyas.” An article...

March 1, 2025

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The Great Dharma of Zen Practice in Brief

Pilgrims meditating with the Holy Vajra Poles.at the Holy Vajrasana temple. This article provides a brief summary of the entire teaching of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha iII on zen meditation practice. Although the practice...

February 5, 2025

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