Dharma Dojo: Dhammapada 2

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.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:44 7 Minute Meditation
• 9:44 Dhammapada Quote 1 / Line 182
• 12:44 Too Normal To Remember Its Importance
• 18:19 Dhammapada Quote 2
• 22:02 Dhammapad Quote 3 / Line 278
• 23:40 Why Life is Dukka?
• 26:28 Not Nihilism
• 28:41 Goal of Buddhism
• 31:30 Dhammapada Quote 4 / Line 60
• 34:00 Dhammapada Quote 5 / Line 64
• 35:48 Dhammapada Quote 6 / Line 82
• 37:49 Comment 1
• 43:00 Dhammapada Quote 7 / Line 174
• 45:53 Eightfold Path
• 47:35 Dhammapada Quote 8 / Line 50
• 50:00 Right View
• 54:05 Conclusion
• 54:46 Comment 2
• 59:13 Comment 3
• 1:00:48 One Minute Meditation
• 1:03:14 Outro