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SPP2025 Sesshin Day 3: The Four Methods of Guidance: Beneficial Action, Identity Action
In this third full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin explores the concepts of beneficial action and identity action from Dogen’s Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance. She identifies beneficial action as “skillfully benefiting all classes of sentient beings,” noting our tendency to exclude certain beings or neglect long-term consequences in our desire to help others.
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By Joan Halifax | Zen Buddhist Teacher Upaya AbbotIn this third full day of Spring Practice Period Sesshin, Sensei Monshin explores the concepts of beneficial action and identity action from Dogen’s Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance. She identifies beneficial action as “skillfully benefiting all classes of sentient beings,” noting our tendency to exclude certain beings or neglect long-term consequences in our desire to help others.
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