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Photo of an Oryoki Breakfast served at the June and October, 2026 Meditation Retreats.

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An Oryoki Breakfast-Korean Theme

An Oryoki Breakfast served at the June and October, 2026 Meditation Retreats. This Korean theme breakfast includes a Pine Nut Porridge or Congee with Jujube Dates, Baked Tofu and home made Kim Chi. Most breakfasts...

October 23, 2026

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The Concise Discourses

In May 2006, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III told a group of His senior disciples, He would answer any question they had. This resulted in two discourses. The first included questions concerning becoming accomplished and...

October 21, 2026

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One-Pan Polenta with Roasted Vegetables

Oryoki lunch of Polenta, Roasted Vegetables; & Goat Cheese; Crispy Broccoli & Teriyaki Tofu; Carrot & Orange Salad, and Gomasio. This one-pan casserole of creamy porridge-like polenta and roasted vegetables...

July 22, 2026

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Bhikkhuni Pannavati and others leaving the ordination ceremony.

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Venerable Pannavati Leaves Us-Updated

Venerable Pannavati Bhikkhuni, MahaTheri. I just received word that our Venerable Dr. Pannavati Karuna, Maha Theri, the abbot of Heartwood Refuge Monastery and the founder of the Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha...

February 26, 2026

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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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