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Tag Archives: Suzuki
A Mystical Odyssey through the Sagathakam
As mentioned back in August, our winter series will be based on the concluding segment of The Lankavatara Sutra entitled Sagathakam. The title succinctly translates as Verse Anthology. Red Pine writes of the significance of this final section of the … Continue reading
The Avatamsaka Saga
The Gandavyūha-sūtra is the final segment in the larger Avatamsaka portrait. The Avatamsaka is the most prominent scripture in the Hua-yen. Colossal in scope, bold in execution, and incomparable in terms of evocative, even psychedelic imagery, the Avatamsaka is like … Continue reading
The Mahāyāna-shraddhotpāda-shāstra
We next will be exploring perhaps the most significant document, alongside the Lankavatara Sutra, for adherents of Unborn Mind Zen as well as the best concise-systematic treatment of the Mahayana as a whole. This ‘Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Aśvaghosha, Awakening of Faith, Bhūtathatā, Fa-tsang, Hakeda, Lankavatarians, Mahayana, shāstra, Suchness, Suzuki, tathagata-garbha
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A Day in the Life
A day in the “apparent” life of a Lankavatarian is just that…it transcends all notions of apparency that usually dwarfs most people between the ironclad mountains of realism and nihilism. As such, a Lankavatarian is “marked with the mark of … Continue reading
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Tagged A day in the life, Lankavatara Sutra, meditation, Red Pine, Suzuki, tathata, Transcendental Knowledge
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