Vimalakirti Talks
Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is a bodhisattva and the central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra, which presents him as the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner") and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha (6th to 5th century BCE). There is no mention of him in Buddhist texts until after Nāgārjuna (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in India. The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaisali as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing.
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Adept Practitioners in the World: Vimalakirti, Tosui, RyokanSerial: TL-00785 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti, Tosui, Ryokan, Lingzhao, Layman Pang, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Dragons... |
Mar 12 2023 Hybrid |
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Three Types of CompassionThe first in-person meeting at No Abode since 2020 Great compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, difficulty, Vimalakirti |
Jul 10 2021 AM No Abode Hermitage |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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Women Ancestors Class Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-... |
Nov 23 2020 2 of 3 Zoom |
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The Song of the Grass HutSerial: TL-00681 Zen Center of North Shore, Beverly, MA, Zoom, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Vimalakirti, Practice Period |
Nov 20 2020 Zoom |
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Book of Serenity Case 7: Yaoshan's LectureSerial: TL-00542 ADZG Monday Night, Silence, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Money, Bell |
Oct 08 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Book of Serenity case 6: A Question of Basic Meaning and a HeadacheSerial: TL-00536 ADZG Monday Night, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Fox, Vimalakirti, Bodhidharma |
Sep 03 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Topography of Bodhisattva Practices: WisdomSerial: TL-00524 ADZG Sesshin, Vimalakirti, Oneness, Manjushri, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
Jun 02 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Topography of Bodhisattva Practices: ZazenSerial: TL-00523 ADZG Sesshin, Vimalakirti, Lovingkindness, Manjushri, Letting Go |
Jun 01 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Vimalakirti: Inconceivable Wisdom and Illness as HealingSerial: TL-00521 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Lay, Renunciation, Liberation |
May 27 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Manjusri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom and teacher of all bodhisattvasSerial: TL-00515 ADZG Monday Night, Manjushri, Vimalakirti, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Aspects of Practice... |
Apr 09 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Survey of bodhisattvas; introduction to practice periodSerial: TL-00512 ADZG Sesshin, Manjushri, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Buddha's Birthday, Vimalakirti... |
Apr 01 2018 ADZG Temple |
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Mindfulness and How We Get Along Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Culture, Peace, Gratitude, Vimalakirti, Enemies,... |
Aug 12 2017 |
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The Glorious Death of the First Buddhist Nuns Mahapraj in Pali and Chinese Nirvana, Offering, Lay, Funeral, Ordination, Vimalakirti, Mahayana, Culture, American... |
Nov 28 2015 |
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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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Bodhisattva Sutra WorldviewSerial: TL-00306 ADZG Sunday Morning, Vimalakirti, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Way, Evil |
Aug 18 2013 ADZG Temple |
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Chick and Hen -- Inquiring and RespondingChick and Hen -- Inquiring and Responding Karmic consciousness. Living beings live in a story-telling world. That’s where... Karmic Consciousness, Koan, Lineage, Vimalakirti |
Jul 01 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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For a Sentient Being to be a Sentient Being is just not to Move Priest, japanese, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Vimalakirti |
Nov 14 2009 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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The Koan of a Bodhisattva Precepts, Vimalakirti, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment,... |
Oct 03 2009 |
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Japanese culture and engaged BuddhismSerial: TL-00183 ADZG Monday Night, Rinzai, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vimalakirti, Religion |
Mar 09 2009 ADZG Temple |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #63Serial: BZ-01113 Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Silence, Forgiveness,... |
Feb 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 9th, 2005, Serial No. 01552 Daily Life, Duality, Absolute-and-Relative, Humility, Don't Know Mind, Non-... |
Jun 09 2005 |
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April 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 01317 Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity... |
Apr 02 2005 |
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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03484 Dining Room Class Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Hindrances, Diversity,... |
Nov 27 2004 Tassajara |
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November 13th, 2004, Serial No. 04089 Suzuki Roshi, Manjushri, Emptiness, Priest, Vimalakirti, Lay, Priest-and-Lay,... |
Nov 13 2004 Unknown |
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November 13th, 2004, Serial No. 04335 Vimalakirti, Priest, Manjushri, Separation |
Nov 13 2004 |
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The Power of TenSerial: SF-00985 The silence of 'don't know'; outer space Vimalakirti Sutra; radiant vision of alternate universes. Motivation for literary inventiveness - world is not only what we think;... Vimalakirti, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Mill Valley, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra... |
Dec 14 2003 Green Gulch |
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2003.11.19-serial.00156Serial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego, Precepts,... |
Nov 19 2003 |
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October 25th, 2003, Serial No. 01363 Aspects of Practice, Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen,... |
Oct 25 2003 |
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Vimalakirti SutraSerial: SF-04084 Sunday Lecture: Manjushri questioning Vimalakirti. How should one view all sentient beings - like the reflection of the moon in water, etc. Love. Wisdom of love. Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Vimalakirti,... |
Aug 10 2003 Green Gulch |
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Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,... |
Dec 01 2002 Tassajara |
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2002.10.19-serial.00059 Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Oct 19 2002 City Center |
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How to Practice as a Lay PersonSerial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic... |
Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2001.07.01-serial.00011 Oneness, Vimalakirti, Sutra, Daily Life, Mahayana |
Jul 01 2001 |
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May 29th, 2001, Serial No. 04346 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ordinary Mind, Vimalakirti, Diversity, Ego |
May 29 2001 |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Nirvana Sutra, Ceremony... |
Feb 23 2000 Green Gulch |
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September 27th, 1998, Serial No. 00080 Harmonizing, Attachment, Building, Vimalakirti, Mahayana |
Sep 27 1998 |
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September 27th, 1998, Serial No. 00156 Harmonizing, Attachment, Building, Blue Cliff Record, Vimalakirti |
Sep 27 1998 |
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September 26th, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side A Dragons, Religion, American, Vimalakirti, Priest, Lineage, Evil, Culture, training... |
Sep 26 1998 |
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May 24th, 1998, Serial No. 00065 Manjushri, Religion, Vimalakirti, Diversity, Commitment |
May 24 1998 |
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May 24th, 1998, Serial No. 00119 Manjushri, Religion, Vimalakirti, Diversity, Commitment |
May 24 1998 |
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1998.04.15-serial.00052 Dragons, Non-duality, Manjushri, Vimalakirti, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Birth-... |
Apr 15 1998 |
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June 17th, 1997, Serial No. 00124 Offering, Manjushri, Vimalakirti, causation |
Jun 17 1997 |
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May 27th, 1997, Serial No. 00121 Liberation, Manjushri, Desire, Vimalakirti |
May 27 1997 |
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May 6th, 1997, Serial No. 00077 Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Mahayana, Lay Practice, Samsara |
May 06 1997 |
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1997.03.15-serial.00101 Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 15 1997 |
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February 13th, 1997, Serial No. 00084 Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Liberation, Renunciation, Happiness |
Feb 13 1997 |
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September 21st, 1996, Serial No. 01886 Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Aspects of Practice, Zazen, Emptiness,... |
Sep 21 1996 Unknown |
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September 10th, 1995, Serial No. 00060 Manjushri, Vimalakirti, Silence, Enemies |
Sep 10 1995 |
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1995.08.30-serial.00276 Hate, Mahayana, Greed, Delusion, Vimalakirti |
Aug 30 1995 |