Archive for 2015

The work continues. The Buddha Halls are basically done except for painting and installing the floor, although the new windows and front door still need to be added. They have been ordered and should be here in a couple of weeks. It was decided to replace the entire façade of the building with stucco to match the rest of the temple. The electrician has been busy bringing the existing wiring up to code and installing the changes for the temple. ...

April 14, 2015—Dover, Delaware: Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche met with members of the Xuanfa Centers of Delaware and Philadelphia to discuss a recent Dharma Assembly held with H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and share an early translation of a critical part of a book that was discussed at that assembly titled, Stories Behind Ancient Buddha’s Coming to this World. She also explained that anyone wanting to receive inner tantric initiation will need to read and understand this important book and the ...

April 10-12, 2015—Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York: Practitioners of esoteric and exoteric Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and other spiritual paths met for a three-day silent retreat and to hear and discuss recorded discourses by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Zhaxi Zhuoma, the abbot of the Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center located near Sanger, California, led the bilingual retreat. Individuals from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, California, Utah, and Canada participated in the retreat. They started every morning with pre-dawn walking meditation though ...

The community room now has a new door, but there is still much work to be done on that area. Ruben and Josh, the electricians, installed the hall lights and worked to bring the wiring in the old garage area up to code. The old front door has been removed and the new entryway enclosed. It will take several weeks for the new front door to arrive, but the area has been defined and insulation blown into the attic over the ...

Baima Gabu has help from the rainbow spirits as she works in the garden during this weeks work retreat. These rainbow light beings have manifested in many forms in this area. The flowers and plants in this area are especially beautiful. This is where we normally do the offerings for the local spirits. Could this be their response?

On Saturday they poured the concrete floor, filling in the old sunken living room pit, and added the new entryway floor and footings. Today Charlie, Adam, and Tim erected the central beams and supporting posts on top of that floor and its footings. Adam & Tim fill in the studs. The insulation will be blown in on Friday from the front entryway.

Once the county inspectors reviewed their work today, the contractors will be able to pour concrete for the footers and living room floor this Saturday. Replacing the door to the community room resulted in removing the wall used to convert garage to living quarters, something we had not planned on. David has the back porch ready to be stuccoed, while Steve continues to finish the mud work on the dry wall. It is progressing, but it takes time.

(Published by Xinhua.net (web affiliation of the China News Agency) at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/finance/2015-03/28/c_127631891.htm)

The international economic slump of recent years has strained business livelihood and development; as real estate, petroleum, finance, and other industries across the board end up in precarious situations. Terrible business environment and gloomy market forecasts caused many investors to lose confidence. As a result, they shifted large sums of hot money to the collection of artworks. The flood of large amounts of capital created even more space of ...

The construction crew expanded the Buddha Hall by adding a grand hall where the office closet was and widening the entrance to the Green Tara Chapel.

While working on the remodeling of the Holy Vajrasana Temple, Sean and Adam of Pacific Construction reported that they and Reuben, the electrician, had experienced the Vajra Poles shaking and could not believe what they saw. First one pole would shake, then stop while another started to vibrate until all five had exhibited their powers. When they told their supervisor, Charlie, he refused to believe them as did others they told. Understandably, it is hard to imagine that such a ...