Zen Buddhism - Part 22

In which Dōgen tells the story of the prostitute who put on a nun’s robe as a joke, resulting in her eventual enlightenment. ------------    • Buddhist Books Podcast   338 This is part 22 of the “Zen Buddhism” series on Buddhist Books Podcast. In this episode, we’ll be continuing Eihei Dōgen’s “Shobogenzo,” the chapter called "Kesa-Kudoku" meaning "The Merit of the Kaṣāya." To download the English translations of the four volumes of Shobogenzo in PDF click here: Volume 1: https://dogensangha751352837.files.wo... Volume 2: https://dogensangha751352837.files.wo... Volume 3: https://dogensangha751352837.files.wo... Volume 4: https://dogensangha751352837.files.wo... The music in the beginning and end of this and all episodes of this series is from a particular recital of the medieval Japanese translation of The Heart of Great Wisdom Sutra, called Hannya Shingyo, with taiko drum, in a temple in Japan. If you would like to hear that whole recital, it can be found here:    • 法楽太鼓 2 「般若心経～諸真言」 東谷寺 （真言宗豊山派）   Other background music used in today's episode:    • Khumbe      • Yantra      • Kailash      • Makalu      • Saika “Accented Flower”   The right side of today’s thumbnail is an illustration of the nun Utpalavarṇā, AKA Renge Shiki, about whom Dōgen speaks in today’s recital.    • Pymander Aquarian   1314 ------------ Buddhist Books Podcast is an approachable, sometimes humorous, series available on YouTube or any podcasting platform. It is a series of videos in which I read aloud the English translations of Buddhist scriptures. In most episodes, I read the “Tipitaka,” the original "Three Baskets" of pre-sectarian early Buddhism. On episodes that end in 2 we read "The Platform Sutra" of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen (Chan) Buddhism, thought to have been composed around 780 CE. In episodes that end in 8 we read Dogen's "Shobogenzo" (Japan, circa 1230s-40s). Buddhist Books Podcast on YouTube:    / @buddhistbooks   Buddhist Books Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buddhist Books Podcast on Facebook:   / buddhistbookspodcast   Buddhist Books Podcast on Instagram:   / buddhistbookspodcast   ------------ TIPIṬAKA on YouTube:    • Tipitaka   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ------------ PADMASAMBHAVA on YouTube:    • Padmasambhava   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ------------ Shingon Buddhism on YouTube:    • Shingon Buddhism   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ------------ Zen Buddhism on YouTube:    • Zen Buddhism   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ------------ Buddhist Books Podcast is not affiliated with any organization, lineage, nor group. It is entirely shot, edited, produced, and funded by Edward Reib as a passion project for the purpose of making these source texts of Buddhism, the original scriptures, more widely and freely available to anyone who wants to learn them. Edward is not a formally ordained Ngakpa, but wears the shawl, with great respect, during these recitations of published Buddhist Scriptures. Feel free to visit the main Buddhist Books Podcast website here: https://edward-reib.com/buddhist-books #Buddhism