Archive for June, 2016

Several busloads of pilgrims arrived to see the Holy Vajra Poles. One nun heard the poles sing and recorded the sounds. The poles responded to the many chants and prayers and the delight of those who saw them. Some came later after there was shade and were able to sit and meditate with the poles, while others did their meditation inside in the air conditioned temple.

The 120 plus visitors from China interrupted their group photo shown above when one of the vajra poles started to shake. They had spent 30 minutes chanting and paying homage to the holy poles in the very hot sun, but to no avail. It was only when they stopped to take a group photo that the pole started to shake. the temperature was well over 100 for most of the day. The monastics with the group came inside for their ...

Many disciples of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III come to California to pay their respects to their teacher during the month of June and celebrate His Holiness’s birthday. They also make pilgrimages to the Holy Vajrasana Temple, the site of the Holy Vajra Poles and the Fourth Vajra Throne in Sanger, California. The pilgrims above are from mainland China. Even though the temperature rose to well over 100 degrees, the pilgrims chanted and paid their respects to the Holy Vajra ...

Almost every month English translations of various dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are heard at the Holy Vajrasana Temple in Sanger, California, and again at the Amitabha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom in Rosemead, California. Suonan Ciren Rinpoche is shown above getting ready to do an on-the-spot simultaneous translation at the Rosemead temple for non-Chinese speaking disciples from Vietnam, Germany, Canada, and the United States. Click for more information and the current schedule.