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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), May 17, 2025

There will be no ZOOM class on either May 24 or 31, but will resume on June 7 at 9:00 am. We finished Lesson 32 of DCB25 using “All Buddhas of the three times rely on prajna-paramita and thereby attain anuttara...

May 24, 2025

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Buddha-dharma LFBS Quotes

QUOTE-Different Species & Realms

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also do not distinguish based on species or realms. It does not matter whether you are a human or a ghost. They equally bestow Their bodhicitta upon anyone who is a living being, a being with...

May 24, 2025

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The photo below shows Chaco and me in the Sangre de Christo Mountains outside of Taos, NM.

Buddha-dharma Events

The Issue of Euthanasia for Buddhists and the Pets With Which They Live

I recently received a comment on this article by someone who argued for euthanasia to relieve the suffering of dying pet companions. Since I do not agree that euthanasia is an option for Buddhists and responded as such...

February 22, 2024

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Cultivating Goodness

The true-thusness of dharma-nature being intrinsically empty and tranquil, how could there be form? However, karma binds and entraps the body that is a provisional combination of the four great elements. One can be...

December 20, 2023

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

Quote-The Vows of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

I bear all of the negative karma and karmic offenses committed by living beings; I give to you all of the good karma and merit that I plant. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of...

December 10, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Miracles

True Stories about the Making of Daba Buqiong and Kazhuo Ande Pills and about the Iron-Clad Determination of a Great Yogi

Medicine Buddha Thangka. This article provides information on the three main aspects of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation: the dharma of not falling into evil and erroneous views, the dharma of...

December 9, 2023

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Dharmas according to the “Prajnaparamita Sutras”

Statue of “Bodhisattvadevi Prajnaparamita,” the Buddhist mainifestation-of-transcendental-wisdom. In our study of Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra we found the Buddha Master refer to...

November 23, 2022

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Questions about Karma

Borobudur Temple–World Heritage Site in Java. © CEphoto, Uwe Aranas This morning as we studied the questions we have from DCB26 on “How to Realize Prajna” from Imparting the Absolute Truth from the Heart Sutra...

October 1, 2022

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Bad Karma

Why can it be said that we must stay far away from evil or bad karma but it cannot be said that we must eliminate evil or bad karma? Within the truth of Buddhism, there is the doctrine that the law of cause and effect...

October 1, 2022

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS Retreats

Discussion on Causality Continued on “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra”

Attendees all witnessed Buddhas bestow nectar at the dharma assembly, as a congratulation to the Supreme Treasure Scripture “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Yesterday, September 24...

September 25, 2022

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