We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on May 9, 2026, almost finishing Lesson Five: Self-Examination and Implementation, Assignment 7. This discussion included the classic zen story about “Two Monks and a...
Venerable Denma Tsemang II. In doing a routine inspection of the temple website I found a forgotten article that deserves your and my attention. It was a translation of a Chinese transcript of a talk Venerable Denma...
We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on May 2, 2026, finishing Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6 and started Lesson Five: Self-Examination and Implementation, Assignment 7...
Painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva by Zhaxi Zhuoma This article on the Four R’s or Opponent Powers or Forces is a reposting of an article posted over two years ago on how to repent. If you find certain weaknesses...
Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). Our Buddha Master expanded the “Eight Winds” to include 20 Dharmas that related to ordinary feelings and explained what they meant. This article is a reposting of an...
The Buddha also specified that those beneficial things taken out of the eight dharmas of gain, loss, honor, disgrace, praise, ridicule, pleasure, and suffering are called the Five Vidyas. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in...
We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on April 25, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6. We are almost finished with this course and have scheduled Dorje...
We started our 2026 series of Hesperia classes on April 5 at 19099 Lemon Street, covering Lessons Seven & Eight on “Three Kinds of Prajna” discussing the third–Intrinsic-reality prajna. The...
We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on March 21, 2026 starting Lesson Four: Preliminary Practice, Assignment 5. We also discussed a related section of the Understanding Definitive Truth Sutra where the...
“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...