The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance, Part 1: Giving and Kind Speech

with NORMAN FISCHER
4 sessions • 23 min

Discover Dogen’s favorite teaching — the 13th-century Japanese Zen master’s short text on the Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance (giving, kind speech, beneficial action, and identity action) — learning that these four practices are all you need for spiritual practice, as they teach how bodhisattvas (enlightening beings on the path who help others awaken) naturally become wonderful people others are drawn to, not through manipulation but by genuinely embodying generosity, kindness, helpfulness, and identity with others, transforming your entire world wherever you go as you practice.