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Rose Garden and Spirit House at The Holy Vajrasana Temple

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Class on “The 128 Views-CULTIVATION” from the “SAUMOL”

We continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) next Sunday, May 24 starting at 2:00 pm. The Buddha Master has said that you will...

May 18, 2020

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Lemonade Sangha Holds third Open Mike

We met this morning to share how we were managing our lives in this Age of the Covid-19 Virus. We also shared some of the lemonade moments that we were experiencing and asked questions about dharma matters and our...

April 11, 2020

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Operation Lemonade and the Lemonade Sangha

Last Saturday (April 4, 2020) we held the second “Open Mike” and created what I am calling the Lemonade Sangha. On Sunday we held the first, and somewhat experimental virtual Dharma class on What Is...

April 7, 2020

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Ven. Pannavati at Blessing of the Animals ceremony at the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center, May 2019.

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Video of Ven. Pannavati and Dharma Voci Choir at the Heartwood Retreat and Refuge Center in North Carolina

Bhikshunni Pannavati, Co-founder of the Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center and much more, in Hendersonville, North Carolina brings her own style of music to her dharma talks and engages her local sangha in music as a...

January 12, 2020

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Dharma Class in Rosemead on November 15

We will continue listening to preliminary translations by Benxin Chiren Wu of the series of dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on “Correcting Dharma and Exposing Evil Monk” at the...

November 10, 2019

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Second “Learning from Buddha” class to be held in San Diego.

“If You Cultivate Yourself, But Do Not Learn Dharma, You Cannot Generate Realization Powers” is the second dharma class from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s book Learning from Buddha, which will be held at the Eye...

November 10, 2019

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Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

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The Four Bodhisattva Vows–Los Cuatro Vows del Bodhisattva

The second chant, done every morning and known as “The Four Bodhisattva Vows,” is from our refuge ceremony and one of the set of vows taken when you become a Buddhist: The Four Bodhisattva Vows...

September 22, 2019

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Dharma Practice Is Not Enough: Evil View #9

Although practicing the dharma you learn is essential, it is not enough. You must also cultivate yourself. This is true for those who practice basic meditation as well as those who have very advanced tantric practices...

January 13, 2019

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Who goes to the Pure Land?

Anyone who practices authentic dharma successfully can go to Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land. It is an erroneous view to think otherwise. It is not just for those of the Pure Land sect. Erroneous View #54: THE VIEW...

August 26, 2018

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Paying for Dharma

Learning the Dharma should always be free and initiations and transmission of dharma cannot be sold. One can only receive initiations and transmitted dharma if their spiritual foundation or karmic affinity is sufficient...

August 19, 2018

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