Eihei Dogen watching the moon at the Hokyo-ji Monastery, Japan, ca 1250. The Sansui Kyo, sometimes referred to as the Mountains and Waters Sutra is a short essay by the 13th century Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)...
This Morning we discussed Lesson 7 of DCB21 on the History of Master Xuanzang (602-664 CE), the Chinese translator who went to India to seek the correct Dharma and transform the translation process of bringing the...
This Saturday, March 18, 2023, we finished our discussion of “ta” with a discussion on whether it is possible to attain sudden enlightenment including a discussion of what happened with the sixth patriarch of Chan/Zen...
The following is a reposting of an article from this blog originally posted on September 21, 2020. I have added a paragraph to include the works of other masters that we should study and include other related links...
We have now been able to hold a virtual reading of all of what we have in English of the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. Sunday morning March 7 we started with the Introduction, Preface, and the...
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. I am so happy to be able to read for you the SAUMOL during our virtual Sunday Service. I will continue this coming Sunday, March 14, with the third mind-essence, the “Most Excellent...
At our Sunday morning chanting yesterday we started with a reading on the first two chapters of The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra. I chose the Charles Luk translation from the Chinese translation by Kumarajiva, but there...
You should read and reread Part I of Learning from Buddha, “If You Learn Dharma but Do Not Cultivate Yourself, You Cannot Attain Accomplishment.” We will also review what we learned from the first class...
We have started reading from certain sutras at our Sunday morning service. Today we listened to the first part of Chapter 25, often referred to as the Kuan Yin or Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva chapter or sutra. Next week...
We know that there are many lists of dharmas within Buddhism, but the ultimate list of lists can be found in the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Basically they fall into three categories, wholesome dharmas (punya) that...