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Photo of Guru Padmasambhava's Tiger's Nest retreat, Bhutan.

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Pilgrimage to Bhutan, November 2025

Guru Padmasambhava’s Tiger’s Nest retreat, Bhutan. Gongjue Tuji Rinpoche represented the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Xuanfa Institute as part of the Buddhist Town delegation that visited Bhutan this November...

January 1, 2026

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Trip Planned for Bhutan to Share Teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

Tiger’s Nest Monastery. I wanted to let you know that there is a trip being planned to go to Bhutan this fall to present the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to the King and people of Bhutan and there may...

June 17, 2025

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Photo of "Looks like me" statue of Guru Padmasambhava (536 BCE to 8th century CE) at the Samye monastery, Tibet.

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B09-Guru Padmasambhava: Another new course at LFBCS

“Looks like me” statue of Guru Padmasambhava at the Samye monastery, Tibet. Guru Padmasambhava (5th-6th century BCE to 8th century CE) was an Indian patriarch of the Nyingma and other Tibetan Sects. The...

November 13, 2024

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Two New Dharma Discourses Available

Benxin Chiren Rinpoche translated two recently distributed dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha at a class held at the Amitabha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom on July 12, 2019. The first was a discourse...

July 16, 2019

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Group of happy pilgrims from China when Holy Vajra Poles start shaking during a group photo take.

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The Fourth Vajra Throne Is Recognized in America

In 2011 the site of the Xuanfa Institute was recognized as the Fourth Vajra Throne in the world. A vajra throne or vajrasana (Sanskrit) is a place where either a very holy being resides or was enlightened or a holy...

August 19, 2011

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