Topic: dhjana

Shamatha in Mahayana

Place: Buddha Pada (buddhapada.in), Kalimpong, India
Date: 29 September – 6 October 2024

Audio: Download or Archive.org
Note: The recording from the evening of October 3 was not successful due to technical reasons. The topic was Introduction to Awakening Faith into Mahayana I. Bhante continued the following day with next lecture, Awakening Faith into Mahayana II. If this topic is unclear for anyone and they need the first missing lecture, please listen to this theme from another courses that was dedicated to Awakening Faith into Mahayana.

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Online lectures: Kumarajiva’s Meditation Manual

Online lecture series: Kumarajiva’s Meditation Manual
Place: Somaiya Vidyavihar University (somaiya.edu), Mumbai, India
Date: 02.03. 2021 – 10.20. 2021

Audio: Download or Archive.org
Bhante’s working version of English translation: here
KJ Somaiya Institute of Dharma Studies YouTube Channel

We thank Somaiya University for their kindness and for sharing these great lectures.

This is the series of lectures by Ven. Dhammadipa, starting from 3rd Feb 2021, organized by KJ Somaiya Institute of Dharma Studies, Somaiya Vidyavihar University. These teachings are based on one of the three meditation manuals ascribed to Kumarajiva in Chinese catalogues: the Chanfa yaojie, which Ven. Dhammadipa has translated into English. The special features of the text are the incorporation of bodhisattva ideas into classical Buddhist meditation. He will use selections from the text to explicate the meditation method in comparative light, drawing extensively upon his study of the Abhidharmakosa and his long years of study and practice guided by his teachers of the forest tradition in Sri Lanka and Burma.