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Green Tara as the Yidam-REVISED AGAIN

I have again revised the article to include a link to our Evening Service Chant Book that includes the”Twenty-One Verses of Praise to Tara” in both English and Chinese and a link to Gongjue Tuji’s...

June 9, 2026

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Holy Vajrasana Temple Evening Service now on-line

Green Tara The Evening Chanting at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center is usually done at 5:00 pm Monday through Friday Pacific Time, but may run later during formal group retreats. Public is welcome to either join...

June 3, 2026

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Photo of Zen Meditation Mandala, Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California.

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Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town Event-June 3-4, 2025

Zen Meditation Mandala, Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. We attended the June 3-4 events at Holy Heavenly Lake in Hesperia, California. This started on June 3rd with an outdoor barbecue by the lake...

June 8, 2025

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German Rinpoche Receives Guidance from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III-Revised

In mid-February, Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche from Cologne, Germany told me he had been visited by our Buddha Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, and reassured that he would be able to receive the inner-tantric initiation He...

July 1, 2022

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10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California.

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Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center Opened Again on November 7

View from 10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California. We started holding classes again in Hesperia at 10161 Choiceana Avenue on November 7 at 10:00 am with chanting and a short meditation session at 9:00 am. We intend...

November 12, 2021

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Your Yidam

The green light flashed at a dharma ceremony when a certain vajra pill was activated. This is a reposting of an article posted over a year ago that bears repeating. Some of you have asked me about yidams and yidam...

October 25, 2021

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Concept of “in the Holy Sense” & the “Mundane”

A recent announcement from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) explains how the terms “in the holy sense” and “mundane (worldly)” are used in their announcements. It is not the...

March 3, 2019

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"Amazing View of the World" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Precise definition of Buddha-Dharma

The term Buddha-Dharma is used in different ways in different contexts. It can mean our actual practice, the results and manifestations from that practice, what the Buddhas taught, or as Dorje PaMu once described it as...

July 8, 2018

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