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Quote-Meaning of “Prajna Parami-Ta”

“In short, if you want to realize the liberation state of intrinsic-reality prajna, dhyana and wisdom must be pursued equally. That is, the two aspects of dhyana and wisdom must be equal. Neither of the two can be...

March 29, 2026

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Photo of Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

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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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Meaning of “Ta” or Dhyana

Shakyamuni Buddha. Our recent discussion of “The Relationship between Dharma and Prajna” I think left as many questions as it answered. I decided to go back to earlier classes when the Buddha Master gave us...

January 10, 2026

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QUOTE-Reciting Mantras & Practicing Visualization

In one’s formal or main practice, one recites mantras and practices visualization so as to focus the mind. When chanting mantras and practicing visualization in one’s formal practice, the goal is to...

January 10, 2026

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Photo of View from the lake of the frontage road and the temporary home of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center, Hesperia, California.

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Free Buddhist Class, September 21, 2025, 10:00 am-3:00 pm-Hesperia, CA

View from the lake of the frontage road and the temporary home of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center, Hesperia, California. I will be reading again from an unpublished translation of Expounding the Absolute...

September 19, 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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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 Great Dharma of Zen

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. Introduction: We are about to study the great dharma of zen practice that H.H. Dorje...

August 12, 2025

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QUOTE–Bodhisattvas Rely on Prajna-paramita

“. . . after we have achieved the state of practicing prajna, we are in the dharma-realm of Bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas are those who enlighten sentient beings. Relying on the wonderful wisdom of prajna, they...

April 6, 2025

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

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H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Expounds The Great Dharma of Zen Practice: Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article is a slightly revised reposting of one posted over a year ago about the complete dharma of Zen practice as taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

February 4, 2025

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QUOTE-Three Practices

Living beings in transmigration should diligently cultivate the three practices of precept observance, dhyana, and wisdom. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra -Part Two by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha...

November 13, 2024

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