Dharma Encounter: What Is Buddha?

buddha sitting in meditation — *Photo by Raymond Klavins*

In Zen, dharma encounter is a meeting between the teacher and the sangha—a live, spontaneous engagement of the dharma that takes the directness of daisan or private interview and opens it up so everyone can learn from the exchanges between teacher and students.

This dharma encounter closes the winter ango in the OMS, taking the question What is Buddha? and our study of the Vimalakirti Sutra as the springboard for the discussion. What follows is a lively, honest dialogue about practice, realization, and the embodiment of the wholeness we already are.

This talk was given by Zuisei Goddard.

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