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What is the Original Buddha? Discovering a Compassionate and Meaningful Universe Through the Focus of Devotion.
RKINA - Buddhism For Today - Rissho Kosei-Kai International of North America
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
RKINA - Buddhism For Today - Rissho Kosei-Kai International of North America
What is the Original Buddha? Discovering a Compassionate and Meaningful Universe Through the Focus of Devotion.
Dec 23, 2020
Season 1
Episode 33
RKINA
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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