Tag: mahayana

The Lotus

Yesterdays dhamma talk at the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple referred to the Lotus flower and how it relates to our practice. And while I have read, heard and studied this analogy before, this talk made me want to revisit this.…

The heart of the matter

The Heart Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra. Its Sanskrit name Prajnaparamita Há¹›daya literally translates to “Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom”. This sutra basically says: When a person has perfected his wisdom he can see that the five…

The Essence of Dhamma

The Essence of Dhamma (dhamma-dhatu) could also be viewed as Buddha-nature (Buddha-dhatu) or Buddha element. Theravada and Mahayana traditions have different takes on this, but I see it as two perspectives on the same reality. That is that we each…