The Zen Studies Podcast
The Zen Studies Podcast
Domyo Burk
106 - Dogen's Shishobo: The Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings – Part 2
22 minutes Posted Jul 13, 2019 at 2:41 am.
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In the last episode I introduced an essay by Zen master Dogen called Bodaisatta-Shishobo, or the Four Ways Bodhisattvas Embrace Living Beings. I briefly defined the bodhisattva’s four embracing actions: Giving, kind speech, beneficial action, and “sharing the same aim.” Then I started working through Dogen’s essay line by line. In this episode I finish the section of the Shishobo on giving.