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Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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What is False or Impure Generosity?

Conscious giving where you are attached in any way to the act, is not correct cultivation, although it may be rewarded in this world or the heavenly realms. It does not help you become liberated or a holy person. The...

August 5, 2018

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"Tiger," a painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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What should you do when others speak against the teachings of the Buddha?

You should defend the dharma and protect the precious teachings of the Buddhas like a ferocious tigress defends her cubs. When you see evil ideas being expounded that will harm the good roots of others, do not be...

July 29, 2018

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Evil Views concerning Buddha-Dharma: #19, #25, & #27

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III warns us of three evil views concerning how we regard the teachings and application of those teachings of the Buddhas to our lives in the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation...

July 8, 2018

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–What Is Cultivation?

Cultivation is cultivating the increase of good karma and cultivating the avoidance of bad karma. It is increasing good karmic conditions, planting good causes, and reaping good effects. It is avoiding the increase of...

May 20, 2018

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What Do We Need to Understand About the Law of Cause and Effect? Evil View #26

Karma or the law of causation is not a universal principle in the west, but it is becoming more well known. I became a Buddhist because I could never understand how the Christian God would allow bad things to happen to...

May 14, 2018

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Eleven Principles

In the introduction to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s book “Learning From Buddha,” the Buddha Master tells us that we should: Stay far away from feudal superstition, strange or heretically induced...

May 8, 2018

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Group of happy pilgrims from China when Holy Vajra Poles start shaking during a group photo take.

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The Fourth Vajra Throne Is Recognized in America

In 2011 the site of the Xuanfa Institute was recognized as the Fourth Vajra Throne in the world. A vajra throne or vajrasana (Sanskrit) is a place where either a very holy being resides or was enlightened or a holy...

August 19, 2011

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What is False or Impure Generosity?

What should you do when others speak against the teachings of the Buddha?

Evil Views concerning Buddha-Dharma: #19, #25, & #27

QUOTE–What Is Cultivation?

What Do We Need to Understand About the Law of Cause and Effect? Evil View #26

QUOTE–Eleven Principles

The Fourth Vajra Throne Is Recognized in America