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The Gate of Nonduality (BS48)

KOAN:

What are the dharma gates through which the bodhisattva enters nonduality?

—Book of Serenity Case 48

Audio January 29, 2020

Vimalakirti & His Daughter, Moonlike Beauty

Allison Atwill

Allison relays a story of an encounter between Manjushri and Vimalakirti. Manjushri, among the 32,000 bodhisattvas sent by Buddha to Vimalakirti’s sickbed, asks, “How do bodhisattvas enter the gate of nonduality?” The response is an intimate silence. Allison’s story includes the karmic path that his daughter, Moonlike Beauty, bore on her way to enlightenment.

47' 10"