Buddha as Robber, Teacher as Thief: Mondo on the Jataka Tales

October 18 · · Buddha ancestors, Buddhist Studies, karma, Pali canon, rebirth

Ron Hogen Green, Sensei

Zen Center of New York City, 10/18/2018

In the second of three sessions looking at the Jataka Tales, Hogen Sensei leads a group study of one of the Buddha’s past lives in which, oddly enough, he was the leader of a gang. What can learn from this tale about our own choices in life? What can we learn about the long road of karma?

Mondo on Buddha Ancestors

October 04 · · Buddha ancestors, Buddhist Studies, facing Mara, karma, Pali canon, rebirth

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi

Zen Mountain Monastery, 10/4/2018

Shugen Roshi leads a discussion of the recorded lives and past lives of the Buddha’s first disciples, touching on the nature of religious narrative, Buddhist philosophies of karma and rebirth, and the importance of studying the ancestors.

Unfortunately, a few minutes of this talk could not be recorded due to technical difficulties.