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Photo of Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California.

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New Brochure on the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger California

Main Altar at Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center, Sanger, California. We are almost out of our temple brochure and with many coming in June to see the Holy Vajra Poles and Bodhi Tree, I felt I needed to update and...

May 23, 2025

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Photo of Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250.

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Three Virtues & Six Tastes

Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250. Patriarch Dogen is the author of the “Teno Kyokun” often translated as “Instructions to a Zen Cook.” The following is an...

December 7, 2024

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From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment

Some of you have heard my story that one of my first serious contacts with Buddhism came through a book by the thirteenth century Zen master Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen Sect. It was a book I picked...

November 29, 2023

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Photo of Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023.

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What Happens at a Solitary Retreat at the Holy Vajrasana Temple

Buddha Light at Holy Vajrasana Temple, November 21, 2023. Another Solitary Retreat finished at the temple with most auspicious events. A Buddha Light appeared on the last day of the retreat and the Holy Vajra Poles...

November 29, 2023

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Solitary Retreats

The yurt that became the Protector Chapel at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. In December 2010, after finishing our Protector Chapel, The Buddha Master transmitted to me a special dharma that must be practiced there with...

November 8, 2023

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Gesang Suolang Rinpoche (Margaret Park Esterman), 1954-2023

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, 1954-2023. The memorial held this morning at the Wasatch Retreat Center in Salt Lake City was a joyful tribute to our friend and vajra sister, Gesang Suolang Rinpoche. Her family, friends...

July 22, 2023

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Schedule of Events at the Holy Vajrasana Temple-REVISED

The July retreat at the Temple has been cancelled. Saturday discussions started on April 29 with an introductory class on C41-Three Principal Stages & Paths of Buddhist Practice. Two short retreats are scheduled for...

May 2, 2023

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Another Kalu Rinpoche Interview

H.E. Kalu Rinpoche (1990- ). This is another interview with H.E. Kalu Rinpoche II in Bhutan with Farmer Sangay that I think you might find interesting. He covers practice; enlightenment; awareness; meditation...

March 16, 2023

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Feedback from Don Asper on Retreat on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s Sutra Based on the Heart Sutra

As the Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LRBCS) prepares to discuss and explore Imparting the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, I thought it might be helpful to see how one of us reacted to being able to...

November 18, 2022

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Course Offered on “Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master”

Pobangka Rinpoche (1878-1941), Tibet. A new course on “D04(A)-Determining Who Is a True Vajra Master” is now available for Auditing and other students at the Learning from Buddha College & Seminary. It...

July 7, 2022

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