Archive for October, 2011

Xuanfa Institute has been very fortunate to receive several outstanding gifts for the future temple and retreat center. Disciples in Beijing sent a rare antique phuba bearing the head of the Horse-Head (or Horse-necked One) Deity, Hayagriva. Hayagriva is a wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara (Kuan Yin) Bodhisattva having three faces, six arms, and a horse or several horses growing on top of his head. The horse is significant for it’s neigh is believed to cut through false attachments, revealing the ...

Located in the heart of downtown San Francisco on 1025 Market Street near Sixth Street, The International American Art Museum is a permanent, non-profit museum open to the public. The Museum’s goal is to utilize the exhibition forum to pass on works of art that have achieved the most exquisite beauty and preciousness in the history of civilization, in order to further humanity’s moral progress, spiritual wellbeing, cultural development, and world peace. It takes as its mission bringing humanity happiness ...