We continued our ZOOM class discussion of Lesson 36 “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of sudden awakening, eliminating karmic hindrances, and the beginning steps to follow in cultivation. We then began Lesson 37...
We continued our ZOOM class discussion of “How to Realize Prajna” with a discussion of various obstructions to practice, group initiation and learning, karmic forces, holy and non-holy Dharma Protectors, and...
Remember, no one in this world has the ability to enable you to instantly become thoroughly aware of your original nature and suddenly open up your true-thusness. This is something that you yourself must realize through...
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III delivering Dharma Discourse on ”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the Buddha” at the...
We finished our discussion of “consciousness” and the Five Aggregates in DCB22 with a mandate from the Buddha Master that we must immediately begin our cultivation, starting right where we are. When Do You...
Cultivation is to change the order of the maturing of causes and effects. The goal of cultivation is to actually transform causality. You decide which should mature earlier and which should be made to mature later. You...
Since we did not have a ZOOM session either last Saturday or today, I have nothing to report on class activity. However, I have been busy and can report that I now have three printed volumes completed of the six I am...
Painting of Prajnaparamita personified. Sanskrit Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript written in the Ranjana script. Nalanda, Bihar, India. Circa 700-1100. At the end of Expounding the Absolute Truth through...
The LFBCS course G03(A) provides an introduction to Buddhism, the Buddhas, what Buddhas do and how to become a Buddha and with a historical look at how Buddhism came to this world and evolved over the various cultures...
On March 30, 2024 we began our study of Lesson 11a, the Fifth Aggregate-Consciousness, from DCB22- Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part Two-I. The following are key points from last...