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Photo of Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), Indian Mahayana monk and patriarch of the Madhyamaka School.

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Twenty Dharmas Relating to Ordinary Feelings

Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). Our Buddha Master expanded the “Eight Winds” to include 20 Dharmas that related to ordinary feelings and explained what they meant. This article is a reposting of an...

May 2, 2026

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Painting by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin, the frontispiece in the Album of Both Odes on the Red Cliff. 1301. Ink on paper. National Palace Museum, Taipei.

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The Story of Su Dongpo’s Farts

Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin. At our May 2, 2026 class on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, the matter of the “Eight Winds” was discussed and someone asked...

May 2, 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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The Great Dharma of Zen Practice in Brief

Pilgrims meditating with the Holy Vajra Poles.at the Holy Vajrasana temple. This article provides a brief summary of the teachings of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha iII on zen meditation practice. You should read the entire...

March 29, 2026

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Green Tara as the Yidam-REVISED AGAIN

Originally this article was published September 23, 2024. I have revised the information on P04X-Green Tara Dharma to better define the requirements. I am posting it as I decided during my retreat last fall that I would...

January 15, 2026

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The Book “Thus Have I Seen” is now available on Temple Website-Repost

My book about my experience in being a close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is now available in PDF format to read online or download. CLICK for link. Articles on a draft version were published on this blog in...

January 10, 2026

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Photo of Venerable Tsemang, Director of the Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Seven-Dharma System of Learning the Essence of Dharma Discourses-Updated

Yesterday, August 23, 2025 at our Saturday ZOOM discussion on DCB26-How to Realize Prajna, we discussed how to best proceed with this course which gives us the tools and teachings we need to implement all that we have...

August 24, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), June 7, 2025

There will be no ZOOM class on June 14, but will resume on June 21 at 9:00 am. We started Lesson 33 of DCB25 using The Perfection of a Buddha from the Heart Sutra as our text. The following are...

June 10, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), April 19, 2025?

We finished Lesson 29 of DCB25 using “…Bodhisattvas rely on prajna-paramita, and thus their minds have no hindrance. Because there is no hindrance, they have no fear“ from the Heart Sutra. The...

April 21, 2025

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QUOTE–How do we eliminate fear?

When we realize the prajna wisdom that there is nothing to attain or obtain, we know that all the phenomena I just mentioned that living beings greedily crave are unattainable and unobtainable. We then have no fear at...

April 21, 2025

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