The following contains a list of the core teachings that we cover in classes at our temples and dharma centers and other locations. Additional dharma discourses will be added as they become available in English. Some of the following are only available at the Holy Vajrasana Temple as preliminary translations, but will hopefully soon be available to all in English. Click the colored links where available for more information on the source or in some cases the actual text used. Please note that these texts are classified as focusing on either the cultivation of character where we develop our morality and bodhichitta and the cultivation of mind where we develop our wisdom or prajna. We use different methods to develop each and both are essential to become Buddhas.

  1. What is Buddhism and who is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III? Uses H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III: A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma as text. Includes How H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was recognized by Sixty Dharma Kings, et al; Drawing Lots from a Golden Vase Ceremony; Five Vidyas; Supernormal powers & Miracles; the Dharma-Ending Age; Lineage Refuge Tree: et al.
  2. Translation of discourse: “Living Beings Are Lost in Their Deluded Self” and a discussion of the main teachings that we will study including Cultivation of Character—Morality, Love, and Compassion (Bodhichitta) and Cultivation of Mind—Wisdom (Prajna)
  3. Cultivation of Character:  What Is Cultivation?
  4. Cultivation of Mind: The Great Dharma of Zen (Meditation Practice)
  5. Cultivation of Mind—What is Prajna? Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra—Lesson 1: Introduction
  6. Cultivation of Character and Mind—How do we realize prajna? Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra—Lesson 46 including transforming principals into wisdom and not ignoring cause & effects
  7. Cultivation of Character and Mind—How do we realize prajna? Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra—Lesson 47 including precepts, rules, methods cultivation and practice; mantras; et al.
  8. Cultivation of Character and Mind—How do we realize prajna? Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra—Lesson 48 including take refuge and arouse bodhichitta; contemplation of impermanence; the three pure precepts; the ten good characteristics; the four immeasurable states; and the preliminary practices.
  9. Cultivation of Character and Mind—How do we realize prajna? Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra—Lesson 49; the Dharma to Pass Through Barriers; the six paramitas; correspondence with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; true versus false practice; the Vajra Body Substitution Dharma; and others.
  10. Cultivation of Character—Learning from Buddha—Part I:  “One Who Learns Dharma but Does Not Cultivate Oneself Cannot Attain Accomplishment.” 
  11. Cultivation of Mind—Learning from Buddha—Part II: “If You Cultivate Yourself But Do Not Learn Dharma, You Cannot Generate Realization Powers.”
  12. Cultivation of Character and Mind—Learning from Buddha—Part III:  “If You Do Not Put Into Practice the Lessons You Have Heard on Cultivation and Dharma, It Will Be Like Trying to Scoop Up the Reflection of the Moon on Water.”
  13. Cultivation of Character:  Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation: “The Xiaman Most Excellent Oceanic Mind-Essence.”
  14. Cultivation of Character:  Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation:  “The Most Excellent Enlightenment Emptiness-Practice Oceanic Mind-Essence.”
  15. Cultivation of Character and Mind—How to Receive a State Practice Initiation (Future Discourse).
  16. Cultivation of Mind: The Monk Sutra–Also referred to as “A Monk Expounds the Absolute Truth to a Layperson.”
  17. Cultivation of Mind:  The Sutra on Understanding and Realizing Definitive Truth.
  18. Cultivation of Mind: The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra.

NOTE: Classes 2-45 from Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra are not listed as they can currently only be heard or read at the Holy Vajrasana Temple in Sanger, California. They are, however, an essential part of the core teachings.