Taking Refuge and the Bodhisattva Precepts




San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks show

Summary: 04/10/2023, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk from Beginner's Mind Temple, Ryushin Paul Haller discusses the three Refuges, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, which are the first three Bodhisattva precepts. They express the shift from a life based on getting what is wanted, avoiding what is not wanted and the turmoil they create; to instead replacing those motives with a commitment to nurturing healing and awakening through the wholesome influence of the practice of awareness, commitment to skillfulness and connection to sangha.