What is the Original Buddha? Discovering a Compassionate and Meaningful Universe Through the Focus of Devotion.

This episode is a recording of the Lotus Sutra Lecture, given on Dec. 13, 2020.  Dominick Scarangello obtained his PhD from the University of Virginia  2012.  His interests include Lotus Sutra Buddhism in East Asia, Japanese religions, and religion and modernity.  Dr. Scarangello has taught at the University of Virginia and was the Postdoctoral Scholar in Japanese Buddhism at the University of California, Berkeley (2013-2014).  Presently he is the International Advisor to Rissho Kosei-kai and coordinator of the International Lotus Sutra Seminar. 

This lecture is an adaptation from Dr. Scarangello's article in the Dharma World Magazine, Autumn 2019, Vol.46. 
https://rk-world.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DW2019_Autumn.pdf

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Chapters

• 2:06 Requests for Rissho Kosei-kai Word Clarification
• 4:28 Lost in Translation
• 5:37 Demythologized Belief System
• 7:45 History of Hostility to Anthropomorphism
• 11:36 Discovery of Buddhism in the West
• 13:14 Buddhist Modernism
• 16:46 Buddhism Must Be Adapted
• 19:43 Challenge of Western Assumptions of Buddhism
• 22:29 Themes for Today's Discussion
• 23:43 Universal Truths in Two Ways / First Half of the Lotus Sutra
• 30:15 Good Reasons to Personify Truth
• 36:00 Taking Refuge / Faith
• 41:45 Dharma from Multiple Perspectives
• 43:55 Universal Truths in Two Ways / Second Half of the Lotus Sutra
• 50:52 Cosmic Buddha
• 56:29 Rissho Kosei-kai Buddha Mindfulness
• 1:03:13 Acknowledgement and Remorse
• 1:07:04 RK Discourse Not That Different in Mahayana Buddhism
• 1:13:40 Summary