Archive for 2018

Jiguang Lin posted a blog comparing the sunflower paintings of Vincent Van Gogh of Europe, Qi Baishi of China, and HH. Dorje Chang Buddha. Van Gogh and Baishi are thought to be among the best of Western and Chinese artists and reflective of the essence of the Eastern and Western art traditions. Now these two famous painters are compared to the work of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This article provides comparisons of the three great artists’ work and a ...

Gesang Suolang Rinpoche, leader of the Xuanfa Utah Dharma Center in Salt Lake City, Utah who wrote the following article, has practiced Buddhism for many years and took refuge with H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III through Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche in 2009 and became a direct disciple of His Holiness a few years later. The following are her comments and insights on the state of Buddhism in America. She has also published a longer and quite compelling article ...

An excellent CD of a recent dharma discourse given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has just been released in both English and Chinese. It is an excellent introduction to the study of both the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation (SAUMOL) and Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra (EATTHS). It is available to all dharma centers and temples and can be listened to at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. It covers the practice of meditation and realizing the dharmakaya or one’s Buddha ...

On September 20, 2018, Dharma King Gar Tongstan left this world in a perfectly liberated state, just as he had predicted he would. He said he would leave this world after a “last dharma assembly.” That is what happened. Right after the perfect completion of the holy fire offering dharma assembly on September 19, in the grand hall of Shakyamuni Buddha, the Tremendously Great Holy Virtuous One announced, “Today’s grand dharma assembly has been practiced. This is what Dharma King ...

A very rare dharma assembly was held in Pasadena, California on September 19, 2018. It is believed that this dharma has not been performed anywhere in the world for over 80 years. Pabongkapa Dechen Nyingpo Rinpoche (1878-1941), a Gelug lama in Tibet, was one of the last known masters who could perform this dharma. Common fire offerings are frequently performed in Tibet, India, and elsewhere to halt disasters, remove hardships and difficulties, eliminate hindrances, and increase good fortune. However, in ...

President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and several senior congressional members congratulated H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for His birthday in honor of His status as the supreme leader of all Buddhism and selfless contributions.

LOS ANGELES, CA, August 04, 2018 /   On June 24, 2018, the flag of the United States was raised over Holy Heavenly Lake in California. That flag was not bought from the street. Rather, it was the very flag that on May 15th was fluttering ...

Holding khadas in their hands, thousands of people piously kneeled on the ground to welcome and beseech His Holiness the Buddha. They chanted loudly “Namo Di San Shi Duo Jie Qiang Fo (Homage to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III)” as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, guarded and escorted by many police officers, walked on the red carpet to the lakeside pavilion with an escort of His senior disciples.

The Dharma Assembly was opened by a welcome from a Rinpoche in English ...

Many van loads of disciples made a pilgrimage to The Holy Vajrayana Temple to experience the quaking vajra poles this summer.

The alpha peacock bravely displays his magnificent tail, shakes his lesser tail feathers and attempts to woo his harem, but the peahens want no part of it. He does this for hours, but he will soon be loosing his tail feathers after the mating season is over. He aggressively chases any competing peacocks away including the beautiful blue-winged contender below. So far, Uma and Reba have only one “litter” of week-old babies. Three are kept safely in their cage with ...

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the Abbot of the Holy Vajrasana Temple was able to visit with some of the Buddhist women waiting execution on “Death Row” at the largest women’s prison in the west, the Central California Women’s Facility at Chowchilla. There are almost 3,000 inmates in a facility designed to hold 2,000. However, that represents greatly improved conditions from the 4,000 incarcerated there a few years ago. There are 23 or 24 women on death row with five either practicing ...