"The Essence of Mahāyāna Practice" (Part 5 of 6), with Shifu Simplicity
Channel: Buddhist Insights @ Empty Cloud
Date: 2021-09-01

Ven. Bodhidharma, the great 6th-century Chan master who began the lineage of Chan practice in China, composed a brief summary of Chan practice in a text called "The Essential Discourse on Entering the Mahāyāna Path by Principle and by Practice" - commonly abbreviated as "The Essence of Mahāyāna Practice." Over the course of six weeks, Shifu Simplicity (a German bhikshuni trained for over 20 years in Taiwanese Chan Buddhism) will give a detailed explanation of the meaning and applicability of this profound text.

A translation of Ven. Bodhidharma's text may be found here:
http://sunnyvale.ctzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/mahayana-practice-v1.4.14-20131216.pdf