Dharma Dojo: Dhammapada 1

Dharma Dojo Lecture Series with Dr. Masaki Matsubara. 

This series is called Dhammapada.  In the next eight episodes, Dr. Masaki Matsubara thoroughly examines quotes from the Dhammapada to understand how we can apply Buddhist wisdom into our lives. 

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.

These lectures were recorded from the RKINA Dharma Dojo Online Lecture Series.

Chapters

• 0:42 Introduction
• 6:20 7 Minute Meditation Before the Lecture
• 12:57 Start of Lecture
• 14:23 Quote 1 & 2
• 18:16 Example of the Quote 1
• 24:17 Attachment in Buddhism Context
• 27:36 Need To See Different Aspects
• 29:16 Analysis of Quote 2
• 31:32 Question / Comment 1
• 38:50 Question / Comment 2
• 39:53 Four Noble Truths
• 44:07 Quote 3,4,5
• 47:03 What Does Hearing of the True Law Mean?
• 50:17 What is the Hidden Message?
• 55:04 Analysis of Quote 4
• 57:36 Acceptance is Key
• 1:03:31 Outro