The buddhahood Podcast
A straight talk podcast to sort through all the concepts and practice of the ultimate teachings of Buddhism. All the BIG questions including, what is Karma? What is Chanting? Why are we here? What is Buddha, etc...?
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 116
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 44 - chapter 12
Chapter 12 takes another straight stab at the differentiation of Tathagata-garbha or Tathagata-field (the potential of) versus the expression of energies as Buddha experience.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 43
Chapter 11 takes the Four Inversions and dives into the Saha expression of the Tathagata Field in the experience of the Buddha Mind. That the two are one and not two. And the inversions are the resul…
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 42
Chapter 10 takes us back to the 4 Noble Truths. Yet, in this talk, these same teachings are given much more developed exploration into the truth of emancipation via the mind’s awakening of the Buddha…
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 41
Closing out chapter 9, Attitude and Intent is tied specifically tour correct practice as separate from our mundane Earthly life.
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Criticism
CRITICISM. Attitude. Intent. Criticism is about actions; what actions are doing, what actions can be taken, what is the goal of our actions? We must use our Buddhist Bodhisattva training.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 40
Buddhism is about the mind. Attitude and Intent.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 39
Right and Wrong. This is a chapter on the practice of Shakyamunibuddha's teachings and their proper promulgation.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 38
Closing chapter 8, we find the final refrain from Shakyamuni to be diligent in our mental efforts to grasp the meaning and intent in the stories and lessons of the teachings.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 37
A continuation of the teachings so clearly repeated by Nichiren; to follow the “Law” and not the “Person”; Seek meaning rather than adhere to the words; and to experience the Dharma by instantiating …
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 36
Attitude. Intent. Shakyamuni’s words resonate through Nichiren. Our practice is our guide, “...follow the Law, not the Person”, allowing no others in thought word or deed to impede our sharing and pr…
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 35
Resolve. Steadfastness. Shakyamuni’s words resonate through Nichiren. Our practice is our guide, “...follow the Law, not the Person”, allowing no others in thought word or deed to impede our sharing …
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 34
We begin Chapter 8 with a reminder f the purpose of this collection of teachings to lead capacity to the jewel of the Lotus Sutra.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 33
We close with the final realization from Kashyapa that language belongs to the domain of expedient devices and stories within the realm of name and form and Samsara, while experience and potential ar…
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 32
Emancipation is the Tathagata Field, Nirvana, and Buddhaness.
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MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 31
Emancipation is the experience within the realms of name and form (Nama-Rupa) of the expressed potential of the Tathagata Field. Buddhaness.
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MahaPariNirvana Part - 30
Emancipation is a word that indicates separation, a turning away and a release, liberation, or, in another word, Nirvana. It is important to keep in mind that this emancipation is not given or earned…
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 29
The interstitial space of thought, the mind, and life is once again the conundrum of early Buddhist teaching seemingly contradicting the clarity of the Mahayana teachings. Life as “verb”; as action, …
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 28
MahaPariNirvana Part 28. Shakyamuni continues his examples of Buddhaness as experienced consciousness, via the potential inherent in all phenomena to express this state of “being”.
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Maha Pari Nirvana Sutra - Part 27
Shakyamuni uses the rhetoric of his dual existence to again drive home the point that all phenomena inherit Tathagata potential. He speaks of himself in the realm of form (human) and in the realm of …
MahaPariNirvana Sutra - Part 26
In his way of the use of simile, personages, and Energy Potentials as “places in time”, Shakyamuni speaks of the 3 entities of birth with all inherent consciousnesses including Buddhahood; and his im…