DharmaRealmLive's video: Avatamsaka Sutra lecture at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery 10th ground 57

Lecture notes with approximate timestamp: 00:00:00 Dharma Request & Verse of Opening the Sutra 00:00:00 Invocation: Inviting the Avatamsaka’s Buddhas and Bodhisattvas assembly 00:08:00 Lunar New Year blessings +Maitreya Bodhisattva birthday +Valentine day 00:09:00 A year of Renewal 00:13:00 Ten circumstances where Bodhisattva surpasses Sages 00:16:00 Cultivation is to become a better person 修行 00:19:00 Bodhisattva transforms the darkness inside 00:20:00 One, he brings forth the resolve for Omniscience 00:22:00 Rev. Sure's story in the World Buddhist Forum of China 00:24:00 Two, his upright practice, precept discipline and cultivation of asceticism 00:26:00 Bitter practice (Dhutanga) outside, sweet result inside 00:29:00 Excess brings dullness 00:30:00 Three Steps One Bow story: Berries bramble 00:36:00 Cultivation is to learn how to transform suffering 00:38:00 Between need and greed 00:44:00 Three, his practice of meditative samadhi is complete and flawless 00:46:00 Four, his pursuit of the Way is pristine and free from defilement 00:49:00 Five, his expedient spiritual abilities are transparent inside and outside 00:59:00 Seven, his teachings are strung together with threads of wise expedient means 01:00:00 Rev. Sure's story of taking Bodhisattva precepts as an layman 01:04:00 Eight, he is elevated on a lofty banner of sovereignty 01:06:00 Anointing the crown(灌頂) in many different traditions 01:09:00 Maitreya Bodhisattva's birthday 01:12:00 Maitreya's patience under insult 01:16:00 Poem: The Old Fool 01:18:00 Dharma & Music: The Old Fool 01:21:00 Maitreya Bodhisattva in Borobudur Temple 01:24:00 Berkeley Buddhist Monastery update 01:29:00 Dedication of Merit via Medicine Master's Mantra About the class: Weekly Saturday evening Avatamsaka Sutra lecture by Rev. Heng Sure Covering the Avatamsaka Sutra, "Ten Grounds Chapter" Visit http://www.berkeleymonastery.org/class-saturday-avatamsaka-sutra-lecture.html for Sutra and lecture details. Chat will be available during the live event. After the event, questions about lecture and Dharma can be posted at http://www.berkeleymonastery.org/contact.html