Archive for September, 2016

Flags representing over 300 tribes and nations supporting the Native American protest of an oil pipeline through their lands and sacred burial sites frame the entry to the main camp on federal land just north of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Thousands have gathered to stand with the tribes. Zhaxi Zhuoma, Gesang Suolang, Bhikshunni Pannavati, and other Buddhists traveled to the site to see first hand what was happening, show support for their cause, and to join the Oceti ...

The second bilingual meditation retreat was held September 2-9 in Central California at the Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center. It included a Xuanfa Five Vidya University (XFVU) sponsored seminar on various recent dharma discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, time for meditation, and oryoki-style meals. Some students stayed the entire week, but others were only able to attend the seminar part.

The dharma discourses covered during this seminar included three very important teachings that were released by His Holiness in ...