Dharma talk explained
A Dharma talk (Sanskrit) or Dhamma talk (Pali) or Dharma sermon (Japanese:, Chinese:) is a public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher.[1]
In Theravāda Buddhism, the study of Buddhist texts and listening to Dhamma talks by monks or teachers are common and important practices.
In some Zen traditions a Dharma talk may be referred to as a teisho .[2] However, according to Taizan Maezumi and Bernard Glassman,[3] a teisho is "a formal commentary by a Zen master on a koan or Zen text. In its strictest sense, teisho is non-dualistic and is thus distinguished from a Dharma talk, which is a lecture on a Buddhist topic."[4] In this sense, a teisho is thus a formal Dharma talk.[5] Vietnamese master Thích Nhất Hạnh says the following about Dharma talks:[6]
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Notes and References
- Book: Sawada, Janine Anderson . Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth-Century Japan . University of Hawaii Press . 1993 . 20 . 0-8248-1414-2 . 45733077 .
- Book: Farrer-Halls, Gill . The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom . Quest Books . 2000 . 151 . 0-8356-0786-0 .
- Book: Maezumi, Taizan . Bernard Glassman . The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment . Wisdom Publications . 2007 . On Zen Practice . Glossary . 978-0-86171-314-1 . 73742251 .
- Book: Maezumi, Taizan . Bernard Glassman . The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment . Wisdom Publications . 2007 . On Zen Practice . 163 . 978-0-86171-314-1 . 73742251 .
- Book: O'Halloran, Maura . Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint . Wisdom Publications . 2007 . 80 . 978-0-86171-283-0 . 83977483 .
- Book: Thích, Nhất Hạnh . Opening the Heart of the Cosmos: Insights on the Lotus Sutra . 2003 . Parallax Press . 1-888375-33-7 . 43 . 52980455.
