Vimalakirti Talks

Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra, which presents him as the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner") and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha (6th to 5th century BCE). There is no mention of him in Buddhist texts until after Nāgārjuna (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in India. The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaisali as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing.

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Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-...
Nov 23 2020
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Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Nov 23 2020
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Mindfulness and How We Get Along

Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Culture, Peace, Gratitude, Vimalakirti, Enemies,...
Aug 12 2017

The Glorious Death of the First Buddhist Nuns Mahapraj in Pali and Chinese

Nirvana, Offering, Lay, Funeral, Ordination, Vimalakirti, Mahayana, Culture, American...
Nov 28 2015

The Koan of a Bodhisattva

Precepts, Vimalakirti, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment,...
Oct 03 2009

Blue Cliff Record: Case #63

Serial: BZ-01113

Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture

Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Silence, Forgiveness,...
Feb 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

June 9th, 2005, Serial No. 01552

Daily Life, Duality, Absolute-and-Relative, Humility, Don't Know Mind, Non-...
Jun 09 2005

April 2nd, 2005, Serial No. 01317

Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Book of Serenity...
Apr 02 2005

October 25th, 2003, Serial No. 01363

Aspects of Practice, Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen,...
Oct 25 2003

How to Practice as a Lay Person

Serial: BZ-00152B

Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...
Jun 29 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

September 26th, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side A

Dragons, Religion, American, Vimalakirti, Priest, Lineage, Evil, Culture, training...
Sep 26 1998

Perfection of Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00229

Class 2 of 5

Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right...
Mar 31 1994
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Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra; Oneness and Duality

Serial: BZ-00707A

Rohatsu Day 4

Vimalakirti, Oneness, Duality, Duality, Silence, Manjushri, Discrimination, Non-...
Dec 04 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra; Suffering

Serial: BZ-00706B

Rohatsu Day 3

Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff...
Dec 03 1991
Berkeley Zen Center