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Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (lit. 'the awakened one'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar and reached parinirvana ("final release from conditioned existence").
According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His core teachings are summarized in the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes ethical training and kindness toward others, and meditative practices such as sense restraint, mindfulness, dhyana (meditation proper). Another key element of his teachings are the concepts of the five skandhas and dependent origination, describing how all dharmas (both mental states and concrete 'things') come into being, and cease to be, depending on other dharmas, lacking an existence on their own svabhava).
While in the Nikayas he frequently refers to himself as the Tathāgata, the earliest attestation of the title Buddha is from the 3rd century BCE, meaning 'Awakened One' or 'Enlightened One'. His teachings were compiled by the Buddhist community in the Vinaya, his codes for monastic practice, and the Sutta Piṭaka, a compilation of teachings based on his discourses. These were passed down in Middle Indo-Aryan dialects through an oral tradition. Later generations composed additional texts, such as systematic treatises known as Abhidharma, biographies of the Buddha, collections of stories about his past lives known as Jataka tales, and additional discourses, i.e., the Mahayana sutras.
Buddhism evolved into a variety of traditions and practices, represented by Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana, and spread beyond the Indian subcontinent. While Buddhism declined in India, and mostly disappeared after the 8th century CE due to a lack of popular and economic support, Buddhism is more prominent in Southeast and East Asia.
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Rohatsu Day 5 - Radiance as Creative EnergySerial: TL-00820 ADZG Rohatsu - Sunday Morning, Koun Ejô, Komyozo Zammai, Sesshin, Practice, Time, Buddha |
Dec 10 2023 Hybrid |
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Rohatsu Day 3 - Buddha AwakeningSerial: TL-00819 ADZG Rohatsu - Friday Morning, Enlightenment, Buddha, Koun Ejô, Four Noble Truths, Suffering, Buddha, Balance... |
Dec 08 2023 Hybrid |
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The Flower Ornament Background of our Soto Treasury of Radiance SamadhiSerial: TL-00818 ADZG Sunday Morning, Koun Ejô, Komyozo Zammai, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samadhi, Buddha, Practice, Samadhi... |
Dec 03 2023 Hybrid |
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Online Seminar: Dogen’s Extensive Record, Eihei KorokuSerial: TL-00813 ADZG Saturday Seminar, Dogen, Extensive Record, Dharmakaya, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Buddha, Lotus Sutra... |
Oct 21 2023 Zoom |
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Dogen’s Extensive Record - Radiance, Intimacy, and respecting CausalitySerial: TL-00812 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dogen, Extensive Record, Buddha, Time, Practice |
Oct 01 2023 Hybrid |
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Song of the Grass Hut = Practice SpaceSerial: TL-00811 ADZG Sunday Morning, Sekito Kisen, Soanka, Practice, Time, Buddha |
Sep 24 2023 Hybrid |
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Core Soto ZenSerial: TL-00807 ADZG Monday Night, Dogen, Bendowa, Zazen, Buddha, Practice, Zazen |
Aug 14 2023 Hybrid |
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Hiroshima Day and Dogen’s Repentance PracticeSerial: TL-00806 ADZG Sunday Morning, War, Zazen, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Practice, Japan, Buddha |
Aug 06 2023 Hybrid |
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Buddha Work and the Ancestors: Teachings of HongzhiSerial: TL-00805 ADZG Monday Night, Hongzhi, Dogen, Bendowa, Buddha, Work, Practice |
Jul 31 2023 Hybrid |
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Another Few Little Steps Into The Flower Treasury Array Of Oceans Of WorldsA Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community Enlightenment, Buddha, Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Evil, Lotus Sutra,... |
Jul 15 2023 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Taking Refuge and the PreceptsSerial: TL-00800 ADZG Sunday Morning, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ceremony, Buddha, Precepts, Practice |
Jun 18 2023 Hybrid |
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The Three Refuges and RefugeesSerial: TL-00799 ADZG Sunday Morning, Three Refuges, Buddha, Sangha, Work |
May 28 2023 Hybrid |
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Bodhisattvas’ Four Integrative DharmasSerial: TL-00797 ADZG Sesshin Day 3, Vimalakirti Sutra, Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Dogen, Generosity, Practice, Time, Buddha... |
May 21 2023 Hybrid |
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The Buddha WorkSerial: TL-00796 ADZG Sesshin Day 2, Sesshin, Vimalakirti Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha, Work, Practice |
May 20 2023 Hybrid |
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Fragrant Teaching and Incarnated BeingsSerial: TL-00794 ADZG Monday Night, Vimalakirti Sutra, Tenzo, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Bodhisattva, Time |
May 15 2023 Hybrid |
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Buddha Fields, Zazen, and Quantum EntanglementSerial: TL-00793 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti Sutra, Bendowa, Bodhisattva Vow, Buddha, Practice, Bodhisattva |
May 14 2023 Hybrid |
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Just SittingA Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community Karma, Buddha, Emotions, Anger, confusion, Observe, Enemies |
May 06 2023 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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Vimakakirti’s Goddess friend and Gender Non-discriminationSerial: TL-00790 ADZG Monday Night, Vimalakirti Sutra, Manjushri, Buddha Ancestors, Love, Lotus Sutra, Buddha |
Apr 17 2023 Hybrid |
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Inconceivable LiberationSerial: TL-00789 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti Sutra, Sariputra, Liberation, Buddha, Bodhisattva |
Apr 09 2023 Hybrid |
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Vimalakirti’s Skillful Liberative TechniquesSerial: TL-00788 ADZG Monday Night, Vimalakirti Sutra, Skillful Means, Practice, Buddha, Time |
Apr 03 2023 Hybrid |
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Vimalakirti Intro: Buddha Fields and Awakening Practice in the worldSerial: TL-00787 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti Sutra, Bendowa, Avatamsaka Sutra, Buddha, Practice, Time |
Apr 02 2023 Hybrid |
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Embodied Faith and Dynamic Doubt Buddha, Vow, Intimacy |
Jan 25 2023 |
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Zen's Path to Accountability Repentance, Practice, Buddha |
Jan 24 2023 |
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Unspoken Bonds of Zen Practice Buddha, Zazen, Precepts |
Jan 19 2023 |
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Compassionate Paths to Buddhahood Buddha, Compassion, Bodhisattva |
Jan 13 2023 |
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Zen Practice: Faith in Action Faith, Buddha, Practice |
Jan 09 2023 |
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Selfless Giving in Zen Practice Buddha, Practice, Bodhisattva |
Dec 03 2022 |
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November 12th, 2021, Serial No. 04594 Compassion, Buddha, Karmic Consciousness |
Nov 12 2021 |
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October 20th, 2021, Serial No. 04576 Compassion, Buddha, Pain |
Oct 20 2021 |
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October 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04575 Compassion, Suffering, Buddha |
Oct 13 2021 |
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July 10th, 2021, Serial No. 04565 Compassion, Buddha, Practice |
Jul 10 2021 |
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June 12th, 2021, Serial No. 04562 Generosity, Evil, Buddha |
Jun 12 2021 |
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May 5th, 2021, Serial No. 04560 Zazen, Buddha, Practice |
May 05 2021 |
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April 14th, 2021, Serial No. 04559 Buddha, Practice, Evil |
Apr 14 2021 |
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January 27th, 2021, Serial No. 04548 Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha |
Jan 27 2021 |
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Constructing Reality through Sensory LanguageSerial: RB-03884 Talks Buddha, Name, Practice |
Jan 27 2021 Crestone |
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January 26th, 2021, Serial No. 04547 Lotus Sutra, Buddha, Practice |
Jan 26 2021 |
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The Shared Circuitry of DharmaSerial: RB-03881 Talks Practice, Buddha, Time |
Jan 17 2021 Crestone |
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January 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04536 Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Offering |
Jan 13 2021 |
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January 11th, 2021, Serial No. 04534 Lotus Sutra, Study, Buddha |
Jan 11 2021 |
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Bodhisattva Precepts: Buddha Initiation and Confirmation, Ethical Guidelines Situational not AbsoluteSerial: TL-00683 ADZG Sunday Morning, Buddha, Precepts, Practice |
Dec 27 2020 Zoom |
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November 21st, 2020, Serial No. 04531 Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Practice |
Nov 21 2020 |
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Mysteries of Living Buddha PresenceSerial: RB-03727 Dharma_Now_3 Buddha, Time, Zazen |
Nov 08 2020 Crestone |
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No Abode Lay Disciples GatheringA virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of lay-ordained disciples. Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha |
Nov 07 2020 Zoom |
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November 7th, 2020, Serial No. 04530 Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha |
Nov 07 2020 |