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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 Energy

Serial: TL-00820

ADZG Rohatsu - Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Koun Ejô, Komyozo Zammai, Sesshin, Practice, Time, Buddha
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Hybrid

Rohatsu Day 3 - Buddha Awakening

Serial: TL-00819

ADZG Rohatsu - Friday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Enlightenment, Buddha, Koun Ejô, Four Noble Truths, Suffering, Buddha, Balance...
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Hybrid

The Flower Ornament Background of our Soto Treasury of Radiance Samadhi

Serial: TL-00818

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Koun Ejô, Komyozo Zammai, Flower Adornment Sutra, Samadhi, Buddha, Practice, Samadhi...
Dec 03 2023
Hybrid

Online Seminar: Dogen’s Extensive Record, Eihei Koroku

Serial: TL-00813

ADZG Saturday Seminar,
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Dogen, Extensive Record, Dharmakaya, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Buddha, Lotus Sutra...
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Zoom

Dogen’s Extensive Record - Radiance, Intimacy, and respecting Causality

Serial: TL-00812

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Dogen, Extensive Record, Buddha, Time, Practice
Oct 01 2023
Hybrid

Song of the Grass Hut = Practice Space

Serial: TL-00811

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Sekito Kisen, Soanka, Practice, Time, Buddha
Sep 24 2023
Hybrid

Core Soto Zen

Serial: TL-00807

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Dogen, Bendowa, Zazen, Buddha, Practice, Zazen
Aug 14 2023
Hybrid

Hiroshima Day and Dogen’s Repentance Practice

Serial: TL-00806

ADZG Sunday Morning,
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War, Zazen, Eihei Koso Hotsuganmon, Practice, Japan, Buddha
Aug 06 2023
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Buddha Work and the Ancestors: Teachings of Hongzhi

Serial: TL-00805

ADZG Monday Night,
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Hongzhi, Dogen, Bendowa, Buddha, Work, Practice
Jul 31 2023
Hybrid

Another Few Little Steps Into The Flower Treasury Array Of Oceans Of Worlds

A 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

Taking Refuge and the Precepts

Serial: TL-00800

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ceremony, Buddha, Precepts, Practice
Jun 18 2023
Hybrid

The Three Refuges and Refugees

Serial: TL-00799

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Three Refuges, Buddha, Sangha, Work
May 28 2023
Hybrid

Bodhisattvas’ Four Integrative Dharmas

Serial: TL-00797

ADZG Sesshin Day 3,
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Vimalakirti Sutra, Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Dogen, Generosity, Practice, Time, Buddha...
May 21 2023
Hybrid

The Buddha Work

Serial: TL-00796

ADZG Sesshin Day 2,
Dharma Talk

Sesshin, Vimalakirti Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha, Work, Practice
May 20 2023
Hybrid

Fragrant Teaching and Incarnated Beings

Serial: TL-00794

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Tenzo, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Bodhisattva, Time
May 15 2023
Hybrid

Buddha Fields, Zazen, and Quantum Entanglement

Serial: TL-00793

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Bendowa, Bodhisattva Vow, Buddha, Practice, Bodhisattva
May 14 2023
Hybrid

Just Sitting

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Karma, Buddha, Emotions, Anger, confusion, Observe, Enemies
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PM
No Abode Hermitage

Vimakakirti’s Goddess friend and Gender Non-discrimination

Serial: TL-00790

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Manjushri, Buddha Ancestors, Love, Lotus Sutra, Buddha
Apr 17 2023
Hybrid

Inconceivable Liberation

Serial: TL-00789

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Sariputra, Liberation, Buddha, Bodhisattva
Apr 09 2023
Hybrid

Vimalakirti’s Skillful Liberative Techniques

Serial: TL-00788

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Skillful Means, Practice, Buddha, Time
Apr 03 2023
Hybrid

Vimalakirti Intro: Buddha Fields and Awakening Practice in the world

Serial: TL-00787

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti Sutra, Bendowa, Avatamsaka Sutra, Buddha, Practice, Time
Apr 02 2023
Hybrid

Embodied Faith and Dynamic Doubt

Buddha, Vow, Intimacy
Jan 25 2023

Zen's Path to Accountability

Repentance, Practice, Buddha
Jan 24 2023

Unspoken Bonds of Zen Practice

Buddha, Zazen, Precepts
Jan 19 2023

Compassionate Paths to Buddhahood

Buddha, Compassion, Bodhisattva
Jan 13 2023

Zen Practice: Faith in Action

Faith, Buddha, Practice
Jan 09 2023

Selfless Giving in Zen Practice

Buddha, Practice, Bodhisattva
Dec 03 2022

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Compassion, Buddha, Karmic Consciousness
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October 20th, 2021, Serial No. 04576

Compassion, Buddha, Pain
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October 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04575

Compassion, Suffering, Buddha
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July 10th, 2021, Serial No. 04565

Compassion, Buddha, Practice
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June 12th, 2021, Serial No. 04562

Generosity, Evil, Buddha
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May 5th, 2021, Serial No. 04560

Zazen, Buddha, Practice
May 05 2021

April 14th, 2021, Serial No. 04559

Buddha, Practice, Evil
Apr 14 2021

January 27th, 2021, Serial No. 04548

Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha
Jan 27 2021

Constructing Reality through Sensory Language

Serial: RB-03884

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Buddha, Name, Practice
Jan 27 2021
Crestone

January 26th, 2021, Serial No. 04547

Lotus Sutra, Buddha, Practice
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The Shared Circuitry of Dharma

Serial: RB-03881

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Practice, Buddha, Time
Jan 17 2021
Crestone

January 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04536

Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Offering
Jan 13 2021

January 11th, 2021, Serial No. 04534

Lotus Sutra, Study, Buddha
Jan 11 2021

Bodhisattva Precepts: Buddha Initiation and Confirmation, Ethical Guidelines Situational not Absolute

Serial: TL-00683

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Buddha, Precepts, Practice
Dec 27 2020
Zoom

November 21st, 2020, Serial No. 04531

Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Practice
Nov 21 2020

Mysteries of Living Buddha Presence

Serial: RB-03727

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Buddha, Time, Zazen
Nov 08 2020
Crestone

No Abode Lay Disciples Gathering

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of lay-ordained disciples.

Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha
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Zoom

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Lotus Sutra, Time, Buddha
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