Monshin Nannette Overley: The Four Bodhisattva Vows (Spring Practice Period 2022)

Creations are numberless, I vow to free them. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them. Reality is boundless, I vow to perceive it. The awakened way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it. These are The Four Great Bodhisattva Vows as they are chanted at Upaya Zen Center. In this talk, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley discusses what it means to chant these vows and what it means to live by them. What is it to live a life by vow? How do we do it? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we do it joyfully? Sensei Monshin examines these questions from the perspectives of our Zen ancestors Huineng and Dogen, and tells us how the historical origins of The Four Great Bodhisattva Vows may shine light on how we can keep the vows fresh in our daily lives. To access the resources page for this program, please sign up by clicking here. For Program/Series description and to access the entire series, please click on the link below: Upaya Podcast Series: SPRING PRACTICE PERIOD 2022: Making Visible the Invisible – An Exploration of Zen Liturgy