Archive for 2014

Last Saturday, the arborist trimmed the large trees to the north of the temple to allow room for the heavy equipment that will be used to install the new septic system. The septic system contractor began this morning to dig trenches and pit for the new septic tank and pipes.

The first of many contractors arrived today to do the preliminary site work on our new septic system. As soon as PG&E marks where their underground lines are, he can start trenching and installing the new septic tank and pump stations. The general contractor is also ready to start the new addition.

The corbels and tops of the “Flaming Jewel” columns and corbels that will grace the Walkway of Many Blessings that will lead to the Holy Vajra Pole Court have been cast and the prototype post that was at the Holy Vajrasana Temple has been returned to Jeremey Morrelli so that they can all be painted. They should be finished yet this year and ready to install as soon as the new addition that contains the walkway and the Holy Vajra Pill ...

(Reported from Los Angeles) The H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum is a new addition to the museums in the United States of America. The museum is dedicated to permanently exhibit some of the accomplishments in Buddhism and in Cultural Art of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, who is the recipient of the World Peace Prize Top Honor Prize and the world’s supreme leader of Buddhism, the status of which was determined by Resolution No. ...

Almost immediately after the dedication ceremony held at the Vajrasana Temple near Sanger, California, the large leaves on the Bodhi Tree started to turn brown and fell off as new leaves appeared. The Bodhi Tree had taken root and was established! Pictures taken two weeks later, early in the morning of May 25, 2014, show these new leaves and mysterious rainbow lights. The rainbow diagonal appeared on several shots, while the vortex over the tree in the other photos seems to ...

Starting at 10:00 am on May 11, 2014 a dedication ceremony was held to establish a Bodhighara (Bodhi Tree Shrine) at the Holy Vajrasana Temple near Sanger California. Over 100 Holy Virtuous Ones, Rinpoches, Acaryas, Dharma Masters, lay followers, and others attended the ceremony which was held in the Holy Vajra Pole garden. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the abbot of the temple brought the Holy Vajra Pill to the Dharma Assembly to bless the young Bodhi Tree and those present. ...

as given by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche at the Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014 to establish a Bodhighara (Bodhi Tree Shrine).

The Holy Vajra Poles stand before us.

Some see them quaking, quivering in the light.

Others feel their power and receive their blessings,

Announcing that this is the site of the Fourth Vajra Throne,

The Vajrasana empowered by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

It was to here that the Red Vajra Pill flew in 2003.

A holy site, so ...

Speech given by Gesang Suolang at the Bodhighara Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014: 

The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree (Ficus religiosa) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. The sacred tree, a descendent of the historical tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha sat to become enlightened in Bodhgaya, India, was brought to Sri Lanka in 288 BCE by the Ven. Sangamitta, the sister of Ven. Arahath Mahinda. ...