Zen Bodhisattvas: Maitreya - The Dream Within a Dream

Recorded on June 24, 2023. Roshi Martin shares a chapter from the forthcoming book - The Zen Life of Bodhisattvas - on Case 25 of the Gateless Barrier, Yang-shan’s Sermon from the Third Seat. The case: Yang-shan dreamed he went to Maitreya’s realm and was led to the third seat. A senior monk struck the stand with a gavel and announced, “Today, the one in the third seat will preach.” Yang-shan arose, struck the stand with the gavel, and said, “The truth of the Mahayana is&n...