
Meal Chant
Shunryū SuzukiJonathan
May 2, 202611 January 1968Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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The transcript explores Buddhist concepts focusing on the three bodies of Buddha—dhammakaya, sammakaya, and nirmakaya—and the role of bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. It emphasizes meditation practice, especially zazen, as a path to true wisdom beyond intellectual understanding, and discusses the philosophical middle way between existence and non-existence. The teaching highlights practice as the embodiment of Buddha and enlightenment.
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