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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), March 21, 2026

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...

March 29, 2026

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Quote-Meaning of “Prajna Parami-Ta”

“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...

March 29, 2026

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Free Buddhist Class, April 5, 2026, 10:00 am-3:00 pm-Hesperia, CA

Holy Heavenly Lake, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. I will be reading again from an unpublished translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the [Prajna Parami-ta] Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje Chang...

March 28, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), February 14, 2026

We started our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on February 14, 2026 with the introductory sections that included commentary from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the publishers, and translators on the background and...

February 20, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), January 17 & 24, 2026

We have finished reading and studying all of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. On January 17, 2026 we finished our discussion of DCB26-Lesson 39 “Receiving Formal and Main Practices” and...

January 30, 2026

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What Professor Huang Huibang (Hui Hui) Learned from Hearing “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Baoguang Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At the end of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, Professor Huang Huibang, an elderly disciple of His Holiness also known as...

January 25, 2026

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), January 10, 2026

On January 10, 2026 we almost finished our discussion of DCB26-“Receiving Formal and Main Practices.” There are two more questions left in Lesson 39. You may still join this class and do the following homework...

January 10, 2026

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Meaning of “Ta” or Dhyana

Shakyamuni Buddha. Our recent discussion of “The Relationship between Dharma and Prajna” I think left as many questions as it answered. I decided to go back to earlier classes when the Buddha Master gave us...

January 10, 2026

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QUOTE-Reciting Mantras & Practicing Visualization

In one’s formal or main practice, one recites mantras and practices visualization so as to focus the mind. When chanting mantras and practicing visualization in one’s formal practice, the goal is to...

January 10, 2026

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QUOTE-Repaying Karmic Debts

Understand that karmic hindrances are originally empty. Those who have not yet understood this must first repay their karmic debts from previous lives. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra by H.H. Dorje...

January 10, 2026

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