Buddhaverse Podcast Episode 8 What Is a Buddha? pt. 2 The Mahayana
For this investigation of the question, "what is a Buddha?" we will look into the Sutras and Shastras, or the words of the Buddha and the commentaries from his disciples, to find definitive answers for our own well-fare and the well-fare of others. We look into the Avatamsaka Sutra with commentary by Master Hsuan Hua, the Vimalakirit Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra, Master Nagarjuna's Prajanaparamita Shastra and Dharmadhatustava with commentary by Ranjung Dorje The Third Karmapa,, The Uttaratantra Shastra by Maitreya with commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Dignaga's Pramanasamuccaya with commentary by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon, the Platform Sutra with commentary by Master Hsuan Hua, Kobodaishi Kukai's Buddhahood in This Very Body, Dogen's Shobogenzo, the 100,000 Songs of Milarepa, and Longchenpa's Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind with his own auto-commentary.
Source Material
Avatamsaka Sutra; Translation by Thomas Cleary and Robert AF Thurman
Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra; Translation by Robert AF Thurman
3 Pure Land Sutras; Taisho Version
Nagarjuna’s Maha Prajnaparamita Shastra
Uttaratantra Shastra; Commentary by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dignaga & Dharmakirti’s Pramana; Commentary by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo
Bodhidharma: Bloodstream Sermon; Translation by Red Pine
Huineng’s Platform Sutra; Commentary by Master Hsuan Hua
Kukai’s The Meaning of Becoming a Buddha in this Very Body; Taisho version
Dogen’s Shobogenzo; Translation by Gudo Nishijima
The 100,000 Songs of Milarepa’s; Translation by Garma C. C. Chang
Lecture Series on the Avatamsaka Sutra with Rev Heng Sure
Robert AF Thurman on the Avatamsaka Sutra
Robert AF Thurman on Vimalakirit
Animation about the Buddhaksetra of Amitabha
Khenpo Sodargye Lecture series on the Uttaratantra Shastra
Master Hsuan Hua explains the 10 realms
The Story of Bodhidharma
The Story of Milarepa
HH Dalai Lama Teaching on Nagarjuna’s Dharmadhatustava
Professor Martin Verhoeven Lecture series on the 6th Patriarch Sutra
The Story of Dogen Zenji
Documentary about Kobodaishi Kukai and Koyasan