Aṅgulimāla

Angulimala
About this Episode
A reflection on Aṅgulimāla and the moment when recognition interrupts violence and opens the possibility of moral change.
circa
-450

The Gifts He Would Not Take

Revata
About this Episode
Revata's refusal of a bribe at the Second Buddhist Council reveals the spiritual conditions required for genuine consultation and collective truth-seeking.
circa
-380

The Man Who Faced the Wall

Bodhidharma
About this Episode
Bodhidharma, the 5th-century monk who brought Chan Buddhism to China, teaches that what we seek is already present beneath the noise of striving.
circa
500

Mandāravā: Fire Into Water

Mandāravā
About this Episode
The story of Mandāravā, 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist saint, and what it means when destruction becomes consecration.
circa
800

The Voice That Crossed the Sea

Saichō
About this Episode
Harmonia returns to 8th-century Japan to witness the arrival of the Lotus Sutra-not as a conquest, but as a quiet revolution.
circa
805