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 Click to read article from the Northern California Asian Journal.  Asian Journal SF July 2010

Hanoi, Vietnam: Zhaxi Zhuoma arrived with disciples Master Harsha (Mike) Jones from Taos, New Mexico, and Umang (Justin) Teaw from Toronto, Canada, to deliver recordings of preliminary translations in English of discourses given by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and transmit dharma to disciples at the Xuanfa Center of Hanoi. The latest Xuanfa center was… Read More: Xuanfa Center Established in Vietnam »

The Holy Dharma expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III made available to Westerners. WAN CHAI NORTH HONGKONG ISLAND: In April 2008 the treasure book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III was formally presented to the National Library of Congress in Washington, DC. This marked the introduction to the West of a buddha who had returned to this world and is… Read More: The Dharma of Liberation Made Available to the West »

H.E. Kaichu Rinpoche demonstrated his level of accomplishment by practicing the tummo (inner heat or fire) dharma in front of a dharma assembly of dharma kings, rinpoches, dharma masters, and lay people. During this time the rinpoche was able to cause his body temperature to rise over 100 degrees to 197.4 degrees Fahrenheit. After his… Read More: Disciple Demonstrates Ability to Control Body Temperature »

In the morning of July 12, at the Sakyamuni Buddha Hall of Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, Dharma Master and Abbot Long Hui held the Title Award Ceremony for Abbot Daoguo (Daoguo means accomplishment in practices or literally path-fruit). This solemn and grand ceremony was attended by over one hundred Buddhists and followers. Master… Read More: Title Award Ceremony for Abbot Daoguo »

  Disciple Bhikkhu Gunaratana recently attended the Second Annual Buddha Puzaniya Ceremony at the Lokachantha Pagoda located at 63 Gordons Corner Road, Manalapan, New Jersey. A “puzaniya” is an annual Burmese ceremony to commemorate the consecration of a pagoda or stupa. Construction on this pagoda complex was started in 2005 by the American Burmese Buddhist Association (ABBA) with… Read More: Ceremony at Burmese Stupa in New Jersey »

Biloxi, Mississippi:The Chau Van Duc Vietnamese Temple held its grand opening, with 53 visitors from around the country, on August 28, 2005. More than 1,000 families arrived to join the celebration the day before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast community. A day later, the out-of-town visitors including 30 monks, survived Katrina’s fury by punching… Read More: Kuan Yin Protects Temple »

The Dharma Propagation Team visited and made offerings at the 100 foot high New England Peace Pagoda located near Leverett, Massachusetts, the first Nipponzan-Myōhōji Peace Pagoda to be constructed in the US. It was completed in 1986 and sits 53 miles east of the Grafton pagoda. Like the Grafton Peace Pagoda, it was built with… Read More: Chipmunk Makes Offering »

The Dharma Propagation Team hiked through the woods to make offerings and pray for world peace and good fortune for all at the Gafton Peace Pagoda (Stupa) near Petersburgh, New York. They found many small stone stupas erected along the trail. One photo taken on this walk also revealed a white translucent light form had joined… Read More: Team Meets “Walks-Far-Woman” at Peace Pagoda »

The day following the ceremony celebrating the arrival of the treasure book at Hua Zang Si, Zhaxi Zhuoma held a planning meeting to formally kick off the Dharma Propagation Tour to introduce the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to the USA. Most of the people who would be responsible for the success of this mission were… Read More: Dharma Propagation Tour Begins »