A Dharma talk (Sanskrit) or Dhamma talk (Pali) or Dharma sermon (Japanese: Template:Nihongo, Chinese: Template:Lang) is a public discourse on Buddhism by a Buddhist teacher.[1]
In Theravāda Buddhism, 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 teisho (Template:Lang).[2] However, according to Taizan Maezumi and Bernard Glassman,[3] 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."[4] In this sense, a teisho is thus a formal Dharma talk.[5] Vietnamese master Thích Nhất Hạnh says the following about Dharma talks:[6]
References
- ↑ Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth-Century Japan{{#if:Sawada|, Sawada}. University of Hawaii Press(1993). ISBN 0-8248-1414-2
- ↑ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom{{#if:Farrer-Halls|, Farrer-Halls}. Quest Books(2000). ISBN 0-8356-0786-0
- ↑ The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment{{#if:Maezumi|, Maezumi}. Wisdom Publications(2007). ISBN 978-0-86171-314-1
- ↑ The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment{{#if:Maezumi|, Maezumi}. Wisdom Publications(2007). ISBN 978-0-86171-314-1
- ↑ Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind: The Life and Letters of an Irish Zen Saint{{#if:O'Halloran|, O'Halloran}. Wisdom Publications(2007). ISBN 978-0-86171-283-0
- ↑ Opening the Heart of the Cosmos: Insights on the Lotus Sutra{{#if:Thích|, Thích}. Parallax Press(2003). ISBN 1-888375-33-7
External links
- Examples of recorded dharma talks in English at audiodharma.org
- Examples of recorded dharma talks in English at dharmaseed.org
- Tricycle: The Buddhist Review's online video dharma talks
- Dharma Talk Free Distribution Magazine (Indonesia Language)
- Buddhanet dharma talks
- Thich Nhat Hanh dharma talks
- Dhamma talks in multiple languages