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Ven. Xu Yun (1840-1959), Accomplished Chinese Chan (Zen) Master and Patriarch

Xu (Hsu) Yun (1840-1959), Patriarch of Wei Yang, Lin Ji, Fa Yan, Cao Dong, and Yu Men Chan Schools. This holy man was a great leader of Chinese Buddhism over a very long and difficult time in China. It appears that he...

January 22, 2026

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Photo of “Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

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Final Lesson Ten: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”

We finished our ZOOM classes of P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” with Lesson 10 and a discussion of the actual methods of zen practice taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This included the three...

December 5, 2025

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Lesson Nine: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, December 3, 6:00 pm

During the ninth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 25, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of Concentration, Contemplation, and Visualization (DCCV) and...

November 26, 2025

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Photo of Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China.

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Moving & Sitting Zen Meditation Practice at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China

Daxiong Baodian,Mahavira (Great Hero) Treasure Hall at the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, Jiangxi, China. This article is about the Zhen Ru Chan Temple, located on the south-western slopes of Yunju Mountain, Jiangxi Province. It...

November 26, 2025

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The Three Groups of Purifying Precepts

Every morning we chant: I vow to cut off all evil within me. There will be no evil that I will not cut off. I vow to practice all types of goodness. There’ll be no type of goodness I will not practice. I vow to...

November 23, 2025

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Lessons Seven & Eight: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 25, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the seventh ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 11, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 19, 2025

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Lesson Six: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 11, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the sixth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 4, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of...

November 5, 2025

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Lesson Five: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 4, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fifth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 23, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 3, 2025

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Lesson Four: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 23, 6:00 pm-Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fourth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 9, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

September 22, 2025

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Lesson Two: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 2, 6:00 pm

We held our second ZOOM discussion on Lesson Two: P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” on August 26, 2025 focusing on two examples of zen practice from ancient times in China– the methods used by the Gaomin...

August 27, 2025

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