Category: Francais

Lotus Sutra Chapter I – Part 2 – Dharma Talk in English and French – Video – May 17, 2020

Today we faced significant challenges with the Zoom platform. Wordwide the video was not functioning and the audio was not available to all participants. We persevered as best we were able. In this Part II of the Dharma talk I talk about a portion of one paragraph from Chapter I – Introduction – Lotus Sutra. The particular paragraph is the fourth one from the beginning as written in English. There is French interpretation for the…

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Specific Versus General Predictions of Enlightenment – Dharma Talk Video – October 20, 2019

Today the Dharma talk is on the subject of specific versus general predictions of enlightenment in the Lotus Sutra and how that applies to our society and our interactions in society. From the Lotus Sutra: “Thereupon the World-Honored One said to Gautami (a woman): ‘Why do you look at me so anxiously? You do not think that I assured you of your future attainment of Anuttara-samyak-sam-bodhi because I did not mention you by name, do…

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Francophone Study – English and French Language – Video – October 8, 2019

The recording is in French and English. Today we discussed how to have gratitude and appreciation for unpleasant events in our past. In particular how do we have gratitude to parents who may have treated us in unskillful ways, or who harmed us when we were children. The issue is complicated, and not to be over simplified, and certainly we should not read general guidance written for someone else or written for a general audience…

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Ohigan Autumnal Equinox – Dharma Talk Video – September 22, 2019

Ohigan and Equinox Well, here we are approaching the autumn equinox.  Twice a year on our planet we have an equinox, a period of equal light and equal dark.  Twice a year we take time during the equinox season to pay particular attention to observing the Six Paramitas.  We find reference to Higan, which means crossing to the other shore, in the Lotus Sutra Chapter 1.  “They had already trained themselves out of their compassion…

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