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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: Forwarded Article–How Important It Is to Follow H.H. Dorje Chang… »

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: Is It True That Buddhism Does Not Have a Primordial… »

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: Was the Concept of Conditional Causation and Emptiness of Self-Nature… »

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: History of the Bodhi Tree »

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: Homage to the Holy Vajra Poles »

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 Assembly Celebrating the… »

  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 King Gar Tongstan’s Speech at the H.H. Dorje Chang… »

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: Dharma Master Zhengda’s Speech at the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha… »