The Precepts and the Paramitas

09/24/2022
09/24/2022, Anshi Zachary Smith, dharma talk at City Center.
We discuss the precepts, giving a bit of history, and how they changed as Buddhism was infused with new ideas from the Mahayana philosophers and practitioners. In particular, we talk about the way in which the 6 Paramitas were proposed, at least in part, as a positive and aspirational adjunct to the Precepts. We also bring along a Koan, in which Dàzhū Huìhǎi remarks that Dana Paramita (i.e. the perfection of Generosity) is the key to all the others, as a way of revealing how the two lists inform and support each other.
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