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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), June 7, 2026

You may have noticed, but we have added a schedule of upcoming events to each of the BLOG articles. You may see the whole monthly schedules by clicking any of the events listed to the right of any article and then...

June 11, 2026

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QUOTE-H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha’s Dharma Teachings

Stay far away from feudal superstition, strange or heretically induced phenomena, evil masters, deceivers, non-Buddhists under the guise of Buddhism, cults, evil teachings, and evil books. Strictly abide by the precepts...

January 25, 2026

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-The Four Noble Truths

. . . no suffering, no accumulation, no cessation, and no path.” That means the four noble truths of suffering, accumulation, cessation, and path inherently do not exist. They do not exist in the truth of Buddha...

December 28, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), August 3, 2024?

We finished the entire LFBCS course DCB22 with Lesson 14 and our study of the meaning of the terms suffering and adversity and the nature of the ten kinds of suffering. You should read or listen to these teachings to...

August 8, 2024

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha College and Seminary (LFBCS), July 27, 2024?

We finished Lesson 13 with our study of the “Ten Illusory Things” and what they can teach us about emptiness as well as “The Eighteen Kinds of Emptiness”. The Buddha Master provided a detailed...

August 2, 2024

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE-Mundane & Supra Mundane

The two noble truths of suffering and accumulation that I spoke of earlier belong to mundane cause and effect. The two noble truths of cessation and path belong to supra-mundane cause and effect. The noble truth of...

July 19, 2023

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Buddha-dharma Events LFBCS

Learning from Buddha Debates

We now have students who have completed or almost completed the homework assignments for the Dharma Discourse D02-Suffering and who will be preparing for debate. The debate part of the Seven Dharma System developed by...

June 25, 2022

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"Tiger," a painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Continuing Study of “128 Evil & Erroneous Views” from the SAUMOL on January 31.

“Tiger,” a painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. We will continue our study of the “128 Evil and Erroneous Views” from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) next Sunday...

January 24, 2021

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Should you Put Off Learning Buddhism until You Are No Longer Busy with Worldly Affairs?

Of course not. None of us know when we will leave this world and how much time we have. He need to learn the basic principles of Buddhism that Shakyamuni Buddha taught concerning the nature of reality and what we must...

February 10, 2019

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“Living Beings Are Lost in Their Deluded Self, Not Seeing Their True Self”

An excellent CD of a recent dharma discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has just been released in both English and Chinese. It is an excellent introduction to the study of both the Supreme and Unsurpassable...

October 28, 2018

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