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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), December 13, 2005

In case you have noted changes in the Learning From Buddha Seminary (LFBS) website, you are not alone. We had a major problem in accessing certain menu items and courses due to changes in the WordPress software. Gongjue...

December 15, 2025

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Photo of Todai-j, Great Buddha Hall, Eight Century Temple, Nara, Japan. Home of the Vairocana Buddha, the world's largest bronze Buddha. UNESCO site.

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Essay on Experiencing Beneficial Effects

Todai-ji, Great Buddha Hall, Eight Century Temple, Nara, Japan. Home of the Vairocana Buddha, the world’s largest bronze Buddha. UNESCO site. 49 foot (15 meters) Statue of Virocana Buddha (Daibutsu) in Todai-ji...

December 15, 2025

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2025 Tree Lighting Festival at H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum

2025 Tree Lighting Festival – Jingle Bell Train Ride

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum第三世多杰羌佛文化藝術館170 E School Street, Covina, CA 91723www.hhdcb3cam.org

December 14, 2025

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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), December 6, 2005

On December 6, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We continued with Lesson 38 on the Preliminary Practices, including the Four Unlimited States of Mind. You may still join that...

December 7, 2025

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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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 29, 2005

On November 29, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We continued with Lesson 38 on the Preliminary Practices, including the Four Unlimited States of Mind. You may still join...

December 2, 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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What Else Is New at Learning from Buddha Seminary (LFBS), November 22, 2005

On November 22, 2025 we continued our discussion of DCB26-“How to Realize Prajna.” We finished Lesson 37 on the practice Dharma including how we repay our karmic debts. We began Lesson 38 on the actual Dharma...

November 24, 2025

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Photos of Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California.

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2025 Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly in SFO

Shakyamuni and Medicine Buddhas at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California. Hua Zang Si, a Buddhist temple in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, held a Namo Medicine Buddha Holy Birthday Dharma Assembly...

November 23, 2025

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