Dharma Dojo 2021: Zen and the Art of the Lotus Sutra Practice #6, "Cultivating True Meditation."

In this episode, Dr. Matsubara explains Hakuin's point of view of the importance of meditation in activity.   This lecture was recorded on April 11, 2021. 

Cultivating True Meditation is the title of the 6th 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.  

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

• 1:21 Introduction
• 2:55 Meaning of True Meditation
• 5:58 Review of Hakuin's Understanding of the Lotus Sutra
• 8:20 What Does It Mean By Buddha Nature?
• 10:10 True Meditation, How and When To Train
• 11:39 Meditation Concentrated In Activity
• 13:33 Odaimoku as Meditation in Activity
• 15:00 Reading of Text 1
• 18:02 No Enlightening Experience Achieved By Just Sitting
• 20:45 Hakuin's Lotus Flower Metaphor
• 24:36 Daily Life is the Best Platform For Practice
• 25:36 Have Eyes See Into Your Own Buddha Nature
• 29:21 Hakuin's Support for Lay Practitioner
• 30:36 Lotus Sutra Example, Ch. 21
• 33:31 Reading of Text 2
• 37:25 Lotus Samadhi of Reciting the Odaimoku
• 38:49 Reasons For Hakuin's Bodhidharma Paintings
• 41:22 Reading of Text 3
• 42:31 Conclusion
• 44:34 Q&A 1
• 55:54 Q&A 2
• 57:49 Guided Meditation