The Vimalakīrti Sūtra

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    The Zen Gateway re-tells this dream like sutra for the modern reader.

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    The Holy Scripture of Vimalakirti

    Our retelling of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa returns. In this episode, the Buddha shows an assembled crowd a vision of cosmic proportions.

    The Purification of the Buddha Field

    If the Buddha field is the pure and luminous aspect of the mind, how can impurities exist within it? The Buddha explains in this episode of the Vimalakīrti...

    Introducing the Man Himself: Vimalakīrti

    Having sensed the presence of the Buddha, the Bodhisattva, businessman and lay practitioner Vimalakirti, sets in motion a crafty plan to teach the Dharma to...

    Vimalakirti Diagnoses his Illness

    The Bodhisattva’s sudden illness even has the King worried, what is Vimalakirti up to?

    The Reluctance of Visitors | Part 1

    Having heard news of Vimalakirti’s illness, the Buddha sends his top men to find out what’s wrong with the Boddhisatva, but all the Arhats seem suspiciously...

    The Reluctance of Visitors | Part 2

    All the Buddha’s disciples are too scared face Vimalakirti’s Dharma power, surely the future Buddha Maitreya will have what it takes to speak with the...

    Vimalakirti Does Some Spring Cleaning

    The magical powers of the Boddhisatva's are now on full display, but where do these miracles come from?

    Sariputra Wants a Chair and Gets a Throne

    In this episode the essence of what the Zen masters taught is revealed.

    The Family of the Tathagatas

    The Buddha committed murder in one of his previous lives. How could committing such a heinous act help deliver beings into full Buddhahood?

    The Dharma Door of Non-duality

    Bodhisatva’s gather from all four corners of the universe to explain how to reach the ‘door of non-duality’ and how to step through it.

    The Perfume Feast

    Why does the ‘taxing’ nature of our world make it possible to achieve Buddhahood in one lifetime? Find out in this week’s episode of the Vimalikirti Sutra.

    Sermon on the Destructible and the Indestructible

    In this episode, the Buddha explains how Bodhisattvas can live fully in the worlds of suffering and death, without suffering themselves.

    A Vision of the Universe: Abhirati and the Tathagata Akshobhya

    If looking for the Buddha nature is impossible then how do we find it?
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