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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 Craig's Cabin at Camp de Benneville Pines.

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Group Meditation Retreat Held in San Bernadino Mountains

Craig’s Cabin at Camp de Benneville Pines. The sound of chipmunks chatter, wind, bird song and silence. That was the primary sound I heard from our wonderful recent four-day meditation retreat in the San Bernadino...

September 23, 2025

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Guardstone with guardian deva, naga around head, and dwarf yakshas at the base in front of the Thuparama Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Reflection on Lessons Learned: Dharma Protectors

Guardstone with a guardian deva with a multi-headed naga around its head and dwarf yakshas at the base in front of the Thuparama Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. An earlier version of this article has been posted...

September 7, 2025

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QUOTE-What Dharma Protectors Do

“This is a ‘helping’ dharma, not a “protecting” dharma. It augments or increases the effectiveness of any dharma that is practiced with it. This is an aspect of the Dharma Protectors. They make things work.” H.H...

September 7, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), August 9, 2025

We will be starting weekly discussions on P10-The Great Dharma of Zen Practice next week on Tuesday evening–August 19 at 6:00 pm Pacific Time. You will need to BOTH enroll in P10 at Learning from Buddha Seminary...

August 12, 2025

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Photo of Directions to the temporary home of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California.

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Directions to Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center, Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California

Directions to the temporary home of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center at Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Welcome to the temporary home of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center at 19099 Lemon Street...

August 12, 2025

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On-Line Chants for the Holy Vajrasana Temple-Revised Again

Faint rainbows appear on clouds at temple. Having received requests for this article with the chants we chant during the 6:00 am temple zoom boadcast, I am reposting FYI. Please note that some chants that we use have...

August 1, 2025

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C41(A)-Three Major Stages and Paths of Buddhist Practice Revisited & Revised

The Dorje Chang Buddha Lineage Refuge Tree with the Dharma Protectors from left to right: Yama, Hayagriva, Yamataka, Ekajati, Lion Vajra, Kalachakra, Vajrakilaya, Chakrasamvara, Mahakala, Guhyasamaja. We are now almost...

July 21, 2025

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photo of Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California.

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Series of Classes on the Heart Sutra to be offered at Holy Heavenly Lake, Hesperia, California Starting July 20, 2025

Buddhist Town, Hesperia, California. Starting July 20, I will read from a preliminary translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra and lead a discussion of what H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III wrote...

July 8, 2025

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What do Beginning Bodhisattvas Fear?

We started a discussion of what beginning Bodhisattvas fear last week and will continue this Saturday. You can join this discussion. You need to enroll in either DCB25 or C41 AND register with ZOOM. This was a...

April 13, 2025

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