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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), February 1, 2025

Today we finished our discussion on Lesson 24 of DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-III with the meaning of the line from the Heart Sutra that says “. . . no wisdom and also no...

February 3, 2025

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QUOTE-The Pure Land

The wondrous doctrine of prajna is very profound. For this reason, the Buddha manifested the Pure Land, which is like an illusory city, and spoke words as a skillful means to take in living beings in the three spheres...

February 3, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 25, 2025

Today we started our discussion on Lesson 24 of DCB24-Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-III with the meaning of the line from the Heart Sutra that says “. . . no wisdom and also no attainment.” The...

January 26, 2025

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"Amazing View of the World" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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I Received the Holy Dharma Wheel Initiation

“Amazing View of the World” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The following article is a slightly modified version of an article published in 2004 on the inner tantric Dharma Wheel Initiation I...

January 25, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 18, 2025

All six of the courses related to Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra have been posted. DCB25, the last of the courses on the actual text of the Heart Sutra is now ready. We continued with DCB24 today...

January 21, 2025

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QUOTE-What is “Truth”?

That which is called truth has many meanings, such as the truth of liberation and worldly truth. That is, what is named truth is the essential meaning realized from the reality that is in between existence and non...

January 20, 2025

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Quote-Understanding Karmic Hindrances

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-Part One, H.H...

January 20, 2025

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Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with "Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra" in front of the Buddha.

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Another Class posted at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary: DCB25

Holy Vajrasana Temple, Buddha Hall with “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra” in front of the Buddha. The self-study questions have been added to DCB25-Expounding the Absolute Truth through...

January 14, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), January 11, 2025

Today we discussed the methods used by different schools and traditions to attain awakening including the Chan/Zen School, the Dharma Characteristics-Consciousness Only School, the Pure Land School, the Huayen...

January 10, 2025

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Roadmap Video to C41(A) and Different Buddhist Lineages

A map and a link to another article on how the major traditions spread throughout Asia have been added at the bottom of this article. The above graphic shows truncated sources of the various Buddhist lineages and the...

January 10, 2025

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