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There Finally Is A Preeminent International Asian Art Maestro Whose Exhibition Greatly Astounds the Art World And Requires Visitors’ Flow Control May 24, 2019, 05:03 ET SHANGHAI and LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The art of Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang is sending shock waves through the art world. Over the past few… Read More: Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang Holds Art Exhibition at the Shanghai… »

(Translated from a news report in Chinese published by Taiwan Times that can be found online at http://www.twtimes.com.tw/index.php?page=news&nid=553091) When H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is mentioned, those who have read the rumored stories on the internet but do not know the real situation would say, “He is a villain.” They got such an impression from the… Read More: The True Story Behind the Persecution against H.H. Dorje Chang… »

The Xuanfa Institute recently announced plans to build a long-term retreat center & monastery near the proposed Ancient Buddha Temple in Southern California. For more information go to the Holy Vajrasana Temple website in English or Chinese.

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, abbot of the Holy Vajrasana Temple & Retreat Center in Sanger, California was able to meet and pay respect to the great holy Wang Zha Shang Zun and receive a very special and treasured teaching from him. She had already been most fortunate in receiving the empowerment and Vajra Sand from the Jin… Read More: Abbot is Able to Pay Respect to Wang Zha Shang… »

On Sept 12, 2015 at Gianguan Auctions New York, Loquat, an ink painting by HH Dorje Chang Buddha III, sold for $10,200,000, setting a world record price of $1.7M per square foot. It is the highest price by dimension ever paid for a Chinese painting at auction. The news, which comes amidst concerns about the… Read More: $10,200,000 HH Dorje Chang Buddha III Painting Breaks Record »

On October 5, 2015, a ceremony of transferring the abbotship at Hua Zang Si (hereafter referred to as the Temple) between the outgoing abbot and the new abbot was held in the Temple’s Sakyamuni Buddha Hall. The entire assembly of the Temple’s monastics attended the ceremony. The outgoing abbot Dharma Master Shi Long Hui has… Read More: New Abbot installed at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco »

Loquat, another of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III’s recent paintings has been sold in New York City at the Gianguan Auctions on September 12, 2015, for US$10,200,000. See The Vajrasana Temple website for details.

Disciple Bhikkhu Gunaratana has been spending this year studying and traveling in Sri Lanka and sends this report on the ten day annual Festival of the Tooth that he just attended: “On Friday evening, August 28th 2015, I attended the Tooth Relic Festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka. I was not only amazed at the grandeur… Read More: Esala Perahera (Tooth Relic Festival) in Kandy, Sri Lanka »