Archive for February, 2020

From February 7-14, 2020, students came to Sanger to hear and read a preliminary translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. They then continued for a class in Rosemead on February 15 at the Amitabha Temple of Compassion and Wisdom. Although the Sanger classes focused on the Buddha Master’s details of each word in the title of this sutra, the group also heard the discourse given at the end of that book that offered what needs to ...

In the Great Hall of Shakyamuni Buddha at the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California, a dharma assembly was held to evaluate and distinguish the actual realization power among cultivators. The “Exam of Lifting the Pestle onto the Platform” was administered whereby cultivators who learn from Buddha attempted to lift pestles or weights varying from several dozen to approximately 440 pounds onto a platform. Unexpectedly, this Exam inadvertently required the involvement of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III who could not ...

The first English-language Dharma Class at the temporary location of the Holy Heavenly Lake Xuanfa Dharma Center at 10161 Choiceana Avenue, Hesperia, California was held the first Sunday of the new year. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the Abbot of The Holy Vajrasana Temple and Retreat Center is shown above giving a talk introducing both Buddhism and H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III along with how you can start the path to liberation from the suffering and pain of Samsara.

Another class was ...