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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 24, 2024

On February 24, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by exploring how the methods of the various sects or schools of Buddhism work and what it means...

February 26, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 17, 2024

On February 17, 2024 we continued our study of DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Text of the Heart Sutra-I by looking at examples of how Avalokiteshvara saves living beings, what is the mission and nature...

February 22, 2024

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What is meant by “The Dharma-Ending Age”?

World’s tallest statue of Buddha (175 feet tall) in Bamiyan, in Afghanistan. Before it was destroyed by Taliban Islamic militia in 2001. I’ve updated this article from 2021 and 2018 to include more links to...

December 31, 2022

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More Retreats and Classes to be held on “The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” & “Imparting the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra”

I have already reported that I now have permission to read a preliminary and unapproved translation of the 2010 release of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) at the temple, which we did at...

January 27, 2019

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What are the “Five Turbidities?”

The Five Turbidities are listed as 1.) the defilement of views, when incorrect, perverse thoughts and ideas are predominant; 2.) the defilement of passions, when all kinds of transgressions are exalted; 3.) the...

November 25, 2018

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Are Masters of Legitimate Lineages within Buddhism, Really Legitimate Masters?

The answer is, “No.” They may represent a true lineage of a genuine sect of Buddhism, but most of the leaders of Buddhism today, in this Dharma-Ending Age are shams because their cultivation and practice are...

November 18, 2018

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H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his Palyul Retreat Center with Kenpo Tenzin Norgay who served as our translator. Photograph taken after our audience with His Holiness at his North American headquarters and retreat near McDonough, New York.

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Why talk about “Miracles” and supernatural powers?

In 2008, I had the good fortune to meet with H.H. Penor Rinpoche at his American retreat center in upstate New York and heard the former head of the Nyingma Sect, the oldest Buddhist lineage in Tibet, praise H.H. Dorje...

June 10, 2018

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 24, 2024

What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 17, 2024

What is meant by “The Dharma-Ending Age”?

More Retreats and Classes to be held on “The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation” & “Imparting the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra”

What are the “Five Turbidities?”

Are Masters of Legitimate Lineages within Buddhism, Really Legitimate Masters?

Why talk about “Miracles” and supernatural powers?