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{{Short description|Public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher}}
[[Image:Stephen Batchelor.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Stephen Batchelor (agnostic)|Stephen Batchelor]] giving a Dharma talk at [[Upaya Zen Center]] in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]]]]
A '''Dharma talk''' (Sanskrit) or '''Dhamma talk''' (Pali) or '''Dharma sermon''' (Japanese: {{Nihongo|2=法語|3=Hōgo}}, Chinese: {{Lang|zh|法語}}) is a public discourse on [[Buddhism]] by a Buddhist teacher.<ref>{{cite book | last = Sawada | first = Janine Anderson | title = Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth-Century Japan | publisher = University of Hawaii Press | date =1993 | page=20 | isbn = 0-8248-1414-2 | oclc = 45733077 }}</ref>

In [[Theravāda Buddhism]], [[Pariyatti|the study of Buddhist texts]] and listening to Dhamma talks by monks or teachers are common and important practices.

In some [[Zen]] traditions a Dharma talk may be referred to as a [[Buddhist terms and concepts#T|t]]eisho ({{Lang|ja|提唱}}).<ref>{{cite book | last =Farrer-Halls | first =Gill | title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom | publisher =Quest Books | date =2000 | url =https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000farr/page/151 | page =[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000farr/page/151 151] | isbn =0-8356-0786-0 }}</ref> However, according to [[Taizan Maezumi]] and [[Bernard Glassman]],<ref>{{cite book | last = Maezumi | first = Taizan |author2=Bernard Glassman | title = The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment | publisher=Wisdom Publications | date = 2007 | series=On Zen Practice | page=Glossary | isbn = 978-0-86171-314-1 | oclc = 73742251 }}</ref> a teisho is "a formal commentary by a Zen master on a koan or Zen text. In its strictest sense, teisho is non-dualistic and is thus distinguished from a Dharma talk, which is a lecture on a Buddhist topic."<ref>{{cite book | last = Maezumi | first = Taizan |author2=Bernard Glassman | title = The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment | publisher=Wisdom Publications | date = 2007 | series=On Zen Practice | page=163 | isbn = 978-0-86171-314-1 | oclc = 73742251 }}</ref> In this sense, a teisho is thus a ''formal'' Dharma talk.<ref>{{cite book | last = O'Halloran | first =Maura | title = Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint | publisher = Wisdom Publications | date = 2007 | page=80 | isbn = 978-0-86171-283-0 | oclc =83977483 }}</ref> [[Vietnam]]ese master [[Thích Nhất Hạnh]] says the following about Dharma talks:<ref>{{cite book |last=Thích |first=Nhất Hạnh |title=Opening the Heart of the Cosmos: Insights on the Lotus Sutra |date=2003 |publisher=Parallax Press |isbn=1-888375-33-7 |page=43 |oclc=52980455}}</ref>

{{blockquote|A Dharma talk must always be appropriate in two ways: it must accord perfectly with the spirit of the Dharma and it must also respond perfectly to the situation in which it is given. If it only corresponds perfectly with the teachings but does not meet the needs of the listeners, it's not a good Dharma talk; it's not appropriate.}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.audiodharma.org/ Examples of recorded dharma talks in English at audiodharma.org]
*[https://dharmaseed.org/ Examples of recorded dharma talks in English at dharmaseed.org]
*[https://tricycle.org/dharmatalks/ ''Tricycle: The Buddhist Review''<nowiki/>'s online video dharma talks]
*[https://www.shenlun.org/dharma-talk/ Dharma Talk Free Distribution Magazine (Indonesia Language)]
*[http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-talks.htm Buddhanet dharma talks]
*[https://tnhaudio.org/ Thich Nhat Hanh dharma talks]
*[http://dhammatalks.net Dhamma talks in multiple languages]

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