Dharma Dojo 2021: Zen and the Art of the Lotus Sutra Practice #2. "Revisiting Hakuin's Ethical Legacy Against Power Abuses in the 21st Century" Part 1

Revisiting Hakuin's Ethical Legacy Against Power Abuses in the 21st Century (Part 1) is the title of the 2nd 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, we study Hakuin as one of the greatest critics of abusive power and authority in Japanese Buddhism.  This lecture was recorded on March 14, 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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Chapters

• 1:22 Introduction
• 4:29 Hakuin
• 7:40 Reading of Hakuin
• 11:38 Description of Hakuin 2
• 14:41 Description of Hakuin 3
• 18:19 Hakuin's Understanding of the Lotus Sutra
• 22:19 Chapter 25: Kannon Bodhisattva
• 24:15 RK Founder Nikkyo Niwano
• 27:35 Hakuin's Hebiichigo
• 36:53 Conclusion
• 39:36 Q&A 1
• 43:10 Q&A 2
• 46:45 Q&A 3