The Ultimate Inspiration: The Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala
Update: 2025-09-29
Description
In this intriguing Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Kodo inspires us with the lion’s roar of Queen Srimala. Beginning with reflections on how motivations and intentions consciously and unconsciously impact behavior, Kodo guides us into the surprising and unexpected teachings of Queen Srimala. Counter to common cultural conceptions of Buddhism, Queen Śrīmālā proclaims the four shining qualities of Buddha Nature as permanence, happiness, self, and purity. Kodo connects her lion’s roar to a familiar chant at Upaya: the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo. With a snap of recognition, he points us to the line “Jo Raku Ga Jo”—translated as “eternal, intimate, pure, and joyful.” In doing so, Kodo reorients us from detachment and non-grasping toward vow, intimacy, and the freedom to be fully ourselves. Coming full circle and inviting us to look deeply into our practice, and intentions, he asks: “What can truly call to our deepest aspirations and bring us into the practice and action we long to embody in this world?”
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