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QUOTE–Three Divisions of Great Initiation

Initiations are classified into outer-tantric initiations and inner-tantric initiations. There are also secret-tantric initiations, which are inner-tantric initiations in the ultimate sense. There are these three...

March 1, 2025

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Class Held on What the Five Vidyas Are-Updated

Three color Buddha Nectar bestowed by the Buddhas in honor of the publishing of Imparting the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra” by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Our discussion in 2020 on how this class...

March 1, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 22, 2025?

We finished Lesson 26 today, focusing on “Qigong” and “Who Can Be Known as a Master of Esoteric Dharma?” The following are some of the questions addressed during this ZOOM session: Who Can Be Known as...

February 25, 2025

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QUOTE–Master of Esoteric Dharma

A master of esoteric Dharma must have attained the state of proficiency in both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism and marvelous mastery of the five vidyas. Only then is one a true vajra master. Expounding the...

February 25, 2025

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Members Gathering Planned for IAMA

Come join the members gathering at the International Art Museum of America on June 7, 2025 from 2-5 pm at 1025 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. CLICK for article on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s art and...

February 20, 2025

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Photo of Flyer for May 30-31, 2025 Dharma Assembly honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Dharma Assembly honoring the Holy Birthday of Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, May 30-31, 2025

Join us in Glendale in May. Links below are to previous year’s celebrations:

CLICK for 2024 celebration.

CLICK for 2023 celebration.

CLICK for 2022 celebration.

February 19, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 8, 2025?

We finished Lesson 25 today, focusing on “Prajna Is Unequaled Dharma” and exploring why this is so, Phowa Dharma, and other matters related to esoteric Buddhism. The following are some of the questions addressed during...

February 18, 2025

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QUOTE–Meditation

Meditation practice involves realizing the concept of emptiness, realizing that phenomena are devoid of characteristics or attributes, realizing non-attachment, cutting off deluded thoughts, and returning to one’s...

February 5, 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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 1, 2025

Today we finished our discussion on Lesson 24 of DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-III with the meaning of the line from the Heart Sutra that says “. . . no wisdom and also no...

February 3, 2025

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