Led By: Samayasri, Ananta, Tamojyoti, and Joy
Tuesday Evenings
6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. EST
January 10th - February 14th, 2023
Online via Zoom
Course Description:
As we begin a year of reflection on our 2023 theme of Courageous Love, we start with an immersion into the greatest of Buddhist Ideals: the Mahayana ideal of the Bodhisattva, a being so moved by the suffering of the world that they commit themselves to Buddhahood not just for themselves, but for the service and care of all living beings.
Throughout this 6-week course, we’ll hear from different Triratna voices and teachers—including Parami, Dassini, Subhuti, Amoghasiddhi, Vidyamala, and Maitrisiddhi—sharing what this teaching or ideal means to them and to their expression of a 21st-century Dharma Life.
Together, we’ll explore different perspectives on what it means to live partly in service of others: the beauty of the ideal, the challenges it might create, and how we might each apply those ideals to our complex modern world. Our focus will be on each participant developing their own understanding of what this ideal means to them.
This course will make use of a series of talks that are available on Free Buddhist Audio.
What to Expect:
Meditations at the start of each week
Group reflections on specific talks – what we resonated with, what we disagreed with or found challenging, etc.
Individual and group reflections, as well as reflective exercises and some journaling (please bring a notebook that you can use to build up your reflections through the talks!)
Meditations
Talks
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