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Forwarded Article–How Important It Is to Follow H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to Learn, Comprehend, and Benefit with a Genuine and Sincere Mind!

By | March 3, 2018

Translated from an article published online in Chinese at: https://greatbodhicitta.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/%E3%80%90%E8%BD%AC%E5%8F%91%E6%96%87%E7%AB%A0%E3%80%91-%E7%9C%9F%E5%BF%83%E8%AF%9A%E6%84%8F%E8%B7%9F%E9%9A%8F%E7%BE%8C%E4%BD%9B%E4%BD%93%E5%AD%A6%E5%8F%97%E7%94%A8%E6%98%AF%E4%BD%95%E7%AD%89%E9%87%8D/ In the new year of 2018, some Buddhist disciples who truly cultivate themselves and learn from Buddha went to pay homage to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Because the time coincided with the celebration of the Spring Festival, starting from the day of the Chinese… Read More »

IBSA Forwarded Message from Macang Monastery concerning H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Discourses on Recent Events

By | June 25, 2015

The Following Are Questions Raised by the Son of Palden Lodoe Hsi Jao Ken Teng, Sangyixi Songjie VIII Rinpoche, on Behalf of Palden Lodoe’s Disciples in Taiwan H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Expounded the Dharma Individually to These Questions: Question presented: Is selling spaces in the Great Fortune Golden Seat Buddhist work? Dharma expounded by… Read More »

Bhikkhu Gunaratana visits Lumbini, Nepal

By | April 28, 2015

An article by Bhikkhu Gunaratana on his trip to Lumbini in Nepal. “I had been planning my trip to Nepal for the past two years when I was first invited to attend the opening ceremony of the International Monastic Buddhist Collage, located at the Sri Sumangala Vihara in Lalitpur, a suburb of Kathmandu. “I arrived in… Read More »

Is It True That Buddhism Does Not Have a Primordial Buddha? Do People Who Practice Supernatural Powers Belong to Cults?

By | July 16, 2014

By Gong Buo  As early as more than 2,500 years ago, the King of Devils Mara Pipiyan told Sakyamuni Buddha that the Mara would dispatch his descendants to sneak into the rank of Buddhists during the dharma-ending era and that they would wear Buddhist cassocks, step onto the rostrum to distort and erroneously explain the… Read More »

Was the Concept of Conditional Causation and Emptiness of Self-Nature Invented by Sakyamuni Buddha? Is Buddha-Dharma the Wisdom of Prajna?

By | July 16, 2014

By Gong Buo: A few days ago, I accidentally saw an article on the study of Buddhism written by a layperson with the last name of Xue who is a scholar in Hong Kong. The article gave a brief introduction to the topics of “conditional causation and emptiness of self-nature” and “prajna.” The main opinions… Read More »

History of the Bodhi Tree

By | May 11, 2014

Speech given by Gesang Suolang at the Bodhighara Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014:  The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree (Ficus religiosa) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. The sacred tree, a descendent of the historical tree under which Shakyamuni… Read More »

Homage to the Holy Vajra Poles

By | May 11, 2014

as given by Venerable Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche at the Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014 to establish a Bodhighara (Bodhi Tree Shrine). The Holy Vajra Poles stand before us. Some see them quaking, quivering in the light. Others feel their power and receive their blessings, Announcing that this is… Read More »

Dharma King Gar Tongstan’s Speech at the Assembly Celebrating the First-Publishing of Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra

By | March 23, 2014

All cultivators and all honored guests, The auspicious and magnificent moment that involves your perfect good fortune and wisdom, liberation, and accomplishment has now arrived! More than twenty years has passed since H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III expounded the dharma Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra. The karmic conditions have finally matured. At… Read More »

Dharma King Gar Tongstan’s Speech at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Grand Dharma Assembly

By | March 23, 2014

  Namo H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III! Namo Sakyamuni Buddha! All reputed leaders of Buddhist organizations! Auspicious and wish-fulfilling greetings to you all! Today is a day filled with the joy of Buddha-dharma. You all came to attend “the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Grand Dharma Assembly” and “the Assembly Celebrating the First-Publishing of Expounding… Read More »

Dharma Master Zhengda’s Speech at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Grand Dharma Assembly

By | March 23, 2014

All cultivators and great virtuous ones, reputed leaders of Buddhist organizations, all respected guests of honor, rinpoches, dharma masters, acaryas, masters of dharma-listening sessions, Auspicious greetings to you all! Today, “the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Grand Dharma Assembly” and “the Assembly Celebrating the First-Publishing of Expounding the Absolute Truth Through the Heart Sutra” are… Read More »