Dharma Dojo 2021: Zen and the Art of the Lotus Sutra Practice #8. "Transcending Lotus Samadhi"

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Transcending Lotus Samadhi is the title of the 8th lecture given by Dr. Rev. Masaki Matsubara in the 2021 Dharma Dojo Lecture Series: Zen and the Art of the Lotus Sutra Practice, where he explains Mahayana Buddhism and meditation practices.

In this episode, Dr. Matsubara talks about transcending the high concentration of reciting the Lotus Sutra and finding yourself. This lecture was recorded on April 23, 2021.

Masaki Matsubara earned a Ph.D. in Asian Religions from Cornell University. He taught at the Department of Religious Studies at UC Berkeley and was the BDK Fellow at the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University. He is now a Visiting Scholar in the East Asia Program at Cornell and also a Visiting Lecture at the Contemplative Studies at Brown University. Moreover, he serves as a Visiting Professor at Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo. He is the abbot of the Zen Temple Butsumoji in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He currently resides in New York City.

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Chapter

1. Dharma Dojo 2021: Zen and the Art of the Lotus Sutra Practice #8. "Transcending Lotus Samadhi" (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:01:12)

3. Review of Hakuin's Understanding of the Lotus Sutra (00:02:14)

4. Reading of Text 1 (00:07:26)

5. True Faith of the Lotus (00:10:34)

6. Great Ball of Doubt (00:11:08)

7. Inhalation & Exhalation of the Title of the Lotus Sutra (00:16:30)

8. Reading of Text 2 (00:19:16)

9. Conduct of the Five Types of the Masters of the Law (00:21:24)

10. Reading of Text 3 (00:25:40)

11. Reading of Text 4 (00:28:56)

12. Solution is Inside the Mind (00:31:41)

13. Who Am I? (00:32:37)

14. Guided Meditation (00:43:18)