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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 12, 2023

Yesterday we discussed the middle-view state and how to avoid the “two frightening extremes” of existence and non-existence. We also considered what the rainbow body was and how to achieve it and other topics. Next...

February 12, 2023

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Course added to LFBCS on Three Principal Stages or Paths of Buddhist Practice-REVISED

Bronze statue of Je Tsongkapa. As I was developing the second lesson in C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice, I realized a major omission. Je Tsongkapa included a basic introduction into...

February 11, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 4, 2023

Yesterday the Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Saturday morning discussion group met again to explore another 16 questions (182-198) concerning the three types of prajnas. We considered what is...

February 7, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 28, 2023

Our Saturday morning discussion with LFBCS students began a bit differently this week. Everyone present shared their understanding of what was meant by the phrase “Shifting the Mind,” a practice introduced in H.H. Dorje...

January 30, 2023

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Course offered on Expounding Dharma through the Title of the Heart Sutra-Revised Again & Again

Student studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Once again we will need to revise our schedule in our study of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra to allow more time for our...

January 30, 2023

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Quote-Dhyana

. . . dhyana entails abiding imperturbably in our dharma-nature of true emptiness, yet not being attached to such emptiness. Only that can be called true dhyana.” Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart...

January 30, 2023

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 21, 2023

The Saturday morning discussions for LFBCS students started again at 9:00 am, January 21, 2023, on the title of the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra with the third of many sessions on “Prajna,” one of the most important and...

January 26, 2023

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Quote-Nagarjuna

Wisdom that knows the reality of all dharmas. “Maha-Prajna-Paramita Sastra” by Nagarjuna (circa 150-250 CE)

December 20, 2022

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), December 19, 2022

A zoom discussion was held last Saturday, December 17, on DCB21 Lesson 2 that provided H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s introduction to the title of the Prajna Parami-ta Heart Sutra and how it would be studied. In the...

December 19, 2022

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Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020.

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The Five Turbidities & Hope

Rainbow lights appearing in Hesperia, California, after dharma discourse class at the Xuanfa Holy Heavenly Lake Dharma Center on February 2, 2020. This article was originally posted last month as an expression of hope...

December 13, 2022

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