Lotus Sutra Talks
The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. It is the main scripture on which the Tiantai along with its derivative schools, the Japanese Tendai, Korean Cheontae, Vietnamese Thiên Thai and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established. It is also influential for other East Asian Buddhist schools, such as Zen. According to the British Buddhologist Paul Williams, "For many Buddhists in East Asia since early times, the Lotus Sūtra contains the final teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha—complete and sufficient for salvation." The American Buddhologist Donald S. Lopez Jr. writes that the Lotus Sūtra "is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist texts," presenting "a radical re-vision of both the Buddhist path and of the person of the Buddha."
Two central teachings of the Lotus Sūtra have been very influential for Mahāyāna Buddhism. The first is the doctrine of the One Vehicle, which says that all Buddhist paths and practices lead to Buddhahood and so they are all actually "skillful means" of reaching Buddhahood. The second is the idea that the lifespan of the Buddha is immeasurable and that therefore, he did not really pass on into final Nirvana (he only appeared to do so as upāya), but is still active teaching the Dharma.
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Denkoroku Class Mishaka Birth-and-Death, Karma, Describe, Karmic Consciousness, Ego, Patience, Family... |
Apr 14 2011 4 |
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Eighty-second Birthday TalkSerial: BZ-02192 My Intention as a Priest, Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, Generosity, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Gratitude,... |
Jul 09 2011 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? Vasubandhu, Karmic Consciousness, Interview, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra |
Jul 16 2011 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Imagination as a Bodhisattva ResourceSerial: TL-00240 ADZG Monday Night, Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Heart Sutra, Manjushri, Peace |
Aug 22 2011 ADZG Temple |
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We Are All Buddhas Lotus Sutra, Anger, Aspects of Practice, Daily Life, Culture, Observe, Conversation,... |
Nov 12 2011 |
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November 12th, 2011, Serial No. 00245 Letting Go, Faith, Blue Cliff Record, Shikantaza, Lotus Sutra |
Nov 12 2011 |
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The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom true dharma, Lotus Sutra, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Suzuki Roshi |
Dec 15 2011 The Yoga Room |
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Dragon New YearSerial: TL-00251 ADZG Monday Night, New Year, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Daily Life, Non-attachment |
Jan 23 2012 ADZG Temple |
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FukanzazengiSerial: BZ-02235 The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage... |
Mar 17 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Seeds and Fruits of True AwakeningThe Seeds and Fruits of True Awakening
Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, true dharma, zen meditation, Soto Zen... |
Apr 05 2012 #4 The Yoga Room |
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The Room, the Seat, and the RobeThe Room, the Seat and the Robe Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Book of Serenity, Interdependence, Precepts |
Apr 14 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Room, the Seat, and the Robe Lotus Sutra, Hate, true dharma, Parinirvana, Bell |
Apr 14 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Skillful Means, Powers, & Recent Creativity Research: Upaya & Bala ParamitasSerial: TL-00257 ADZG Sunday Morning, Patience, Letting Go, Platform Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Don't Know Mind |
Apr 22 2012 ADZG Temple |
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To Study the Way is to Study the SelfSerial: BZ-02246 The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and... |
Jun 20 2012 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dongshan and the White RabbitSerial: TL-00269 ADZG Sunday Morning, Lotus Sutra, Letting Go, Nirvana, Book of Serenity |
Jul 29 2012 ADZG Temple |
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Poems of Miaza Never Despise Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Transmission, uchiyama, Beginners, Separation,... |
Aug 04 2012 |
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Visual Dharma and Our ZendoSerial: TL-00271 ADZG Monday Night, Lotus Sutra, Bodhidharma, Manjushri, true dharma, Bodhisattva Way |
Aug 20 2012 ADZG Temple |
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Raihai Tokuzui Fox, Bodhidharma, Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Lineage, Culture, Dragons, Transmission, Vows... |
Sep 01 2012 1 |
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Ryokan: Zen Poet, Zen FoolSerial: TL-00272 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dream World, Priest, Lotus Sutra, Desire, training |
Sep 09 2012 ADZG Temple |
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A Candle in the Dark Practice Position, Darkness and Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment... |
Nov 24 2012 |
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On the Body Mindfulness, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Thoroughness |
Dec 13 2012 The Yoga Room |
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The Virtue of the Bodhisattva's Delayed Gratification Lay, New Year, Bodhisattva Vow, Lotus Sutra, Non-attachment |
Dec 15 2012 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Progress in PracticeSerial: TL-00283 ADZG Sunday Morning, New Year, Letting Go, Commitment, Lotus Sutra, Non-attachment |
Jan 06 2013 ADZG Temple |
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Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Ego, soto, Offering,... |
Apr 06 2013 |
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Dongshan and the White RabbitSerial: TL-00291 ADZG Monday Night, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Way, Precious Mirror... |
Apr 08 2013 ADZG Temple |
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I Have Long Heard of Dragon PondI Have Long Heard of Dragon Pond Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Mind, Lineage |
Apr 13 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Drumming and Singing Within the RealSerial: TL-00296 ADZG Monday Night, Lotus Sutra, Five Ranks, Chanting, Observe, Transmission |
May 13 2013 ADZG Temple |
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I've long heard there is no Zen in India Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Humility, Blue Cliff Record |
May 17 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Dogen's Explorations of Reality [Week 1]: Four Integrative Methods & Flowers in the SkySerial: TL-00300 Two Arrows Zen telephone course, Lotus Sutra, Duality, Doubt |
Jun 22 2013 Two Arrows Zen |
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Dogen's Explorations of Reality [Week 2]: Flowers in the Sky & Being TimeSerial: TL-00302 Two Arrows Zen telephone course, Bodhisattva Vow, Nirvana, Equanimity, Lotus Sutra, Baso |
Jun 29 2013 Two Arrows Zen |
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Seijo and Her SoulSerial: BZ-02321 Lotus Sutra, Saturday Lecture Lotus Sutra, MM-35, Birth-and-Death, Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Religion,... |
Jul 27 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazen - A Wider Perspective Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Intimacy, confusion, Lineage, Mahayana, Culture, American,... |
Aug 10 2013 |
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Bodhisattva Sutra WorldviewSerial: TL-00306 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Way, Evil |
Aug 18 2013 ADZG Temple |
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Bodhisattva Worldview And Modern PhysicsSerial: TL-00307 ADZG Monday Night, Vimalakirti, Bodhisattva Precepts, Concentration, training, Lotus Sutra |
Aug 19 2013 ADZG Temple |
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Lotus Sutra and Bodhisattva Practice Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Mahayana,... |
Sep 21 2013 |
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Joshu's 4 Gates and Joshu's BridgeSerial: BZ-02337 Rohatsu Joshu, BCR-9, BCR-52, Ego, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Fundraising, Culture,... |
Dec 01 2013 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Liberation from PassionLotus Sutra, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Way, Passions, Manjushri, Desire, Lotus Sutra... |
Dec 14 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Dogen's Zenki: Undivided Activity Birth-and-Death, Anger, Continuous, Lotus Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination... |
Feb 22 2014 |
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Faces of Compassion - Part 2Serial: TL-00346 Two Arrows Zen telephone course, Lotus Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Paramitas, Thich Nhat Hanh |
Aug 02 2014 Two Arrows Zen |
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Listening, Training, Hearing and LiberationHeart Sutra, Confession-and-Repentance, true dharma, Avalokiteshvara, Heart Sutra,... |
Aug 09 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Zen Bodies, Zen Mirrors Lotus Sutra, Precious Mirror, Chanting, Instruction, Commitment, soto, Silence,... |
Sep 14 2014 |
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Yunmen's Appropriate Statement and its 3 AspectsSerial: TL-00354 ADZG Sesshin, Intimacy, Bodhisattva Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Lotus Sutra, Evil |
Oct 24 2014 ADZG Temple |
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A Buddha’s Practice is Done Together with Each PersonCultivation, Karmic Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Family Practice, Lotus Sutra... |
Nov 22 2014 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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A Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony: Your Mind Is Becoming BuddhaPrecepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Precepts,... |
Feb 07 2015 No Abode Hermitage |
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Death and Life; Death and LoveSerial: TL-00361 ADZG Sunday Morning, Nirvana, Parinirvana, Samsara, Lotus Sutra, Demons |
Feb 15 2015 ADZG Temple |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 1Perfect Wisdom, Precious Mirror, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Compassion, |
Mar 07 2015 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 1Lotus Sutra, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, |
Mar 07 2015 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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The White RabbitSerial: TL-00367 ADZG Monday Night, Lotus Sutra, Book of Serenity, Practice Period, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Way... |
Apr 06 2015 ADZG Temple |
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September 13th, 2015, Serial No. 00384 Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, true dharma, Dharma Transmission |
Sep 13 2015 |
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Not about Something Else: Dogen and the Lotus SutraSerial: TL-00385 ADZG Three Day Sesshin, Lotus Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Religion... |
Sep 19 2015 ADZG Temple |