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"And there he saw a man beating that drum. Then from the sound of the drum he heard these confessional verses." This lecture establishes the importance of the spiritual practice of confession and concludes with a description of the Bodhisattva Vajrasattva.
Talk given in 1976.
This talk is part of the series Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light.
| 1. | Introduction (11:44) | |
| 2. | The importance of confession (9:18) | |
| 3. | On the terms 'psychological' and 'spiritual' (11:03) | |
| 4. | The 'prayer' from the drum and the Bodhisattva Vow (9:50) | |
| 5. | Confession (10:02) | |
| 6. | i. Who confesses? (5:06) | |
| 7. | ii. To whom is a confession made? (4:38) | |
| 8. | iii. What is confessed? (6:10) | |
| 9. | iv. When does one confess? (1:17) | |
| 10. | v. How does one confess? (13:49) | |
| 11. | vi. The effects of confession (6:17) |
Total running time: 1:29:14
