The Lotus Sutra especially puts emphasis on Dharma Nature instead of on the Dharma Body because the Dharma Body is inexplicable. Yo...

The Lotus Sutra is the sutra which describes this kind of reality, the world of tathata [thusness, suchness]. That is why it is told on a b...

We say, “Just sit” [laughs]. What does it mean, “Just sit?” When we say, “just sit,” it includes actually all the potential activity which ...

The Dharmakaya Buddha is called the fundamental, undeveloped Buddhakaya. In Buddhism, when we say the undeveloped, or fundamental, body, it...

John Steiner came to the San Francisco Zen Center in 1967 and participated in the first practice period at Tassajara. His involvement with...

The Nirmanakaya Buddha comes into this world with the vow that he will save all sentient beings. Not by karma, but by vow, he appears in th...

Psychedelics, Meditation, Vision, the “Mystical”: Observations Over Sixty Years Article by Erik Storlie on the McKenna Academy website Erik...

Emotionally, we like coffee shops and big banana splits. Even though it is good, we should continue on our trip. This is the Mahayana way—o...

The point is not whether this Lotus Sutra was told by the historical Buddha, or by some other person. As long as you attach to the historic...

To arrange the teachings this way [moves hand horizontally] is not good; to arrange the teachings this way [moves hand vertically] is not g...