Mahaprajapati: The Woman Who Raised the Buddha
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde
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Mahaprajapati was the Buddha’s mother (actually his aunt who nurtured and raised him). Oddly, little was written about her or her influence over her son, and the establishment of the female sangha — both lay and monastic. Ancient stories about her made their way to China, Sri Lanka and Thailand but were excluded from the Pali Canon except for one volume, the Therigatha – “versus of the elder nuns.” Her life experience, her approach to teaching and her relationship with the women of her sangha was generally ignored by the monks of her time, and even now. New research and access to ancient “herstory” are now slowly becoming available. What this new information offers is a picture of a compassionate woman, a gifted leader — who was beloved by her entire community. Mahaprajapati and her community of women had to approach the Dharma with a different sensibility due to the misogyny of that time. Their approach, which we will discuss, may be what is needed in today’s world as Buddhism continues to evolve.
(Hybrid) Sit & Dharma Talk – Diane Wilde – The Woman Who Raised the Buddha
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationMahaprajapati: The Woman Who Raised the Buddha
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane Wilde
Join online meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87236539276
Passcode: 940410
Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 872 3653 9276 )
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Topic details:
Mahaprajapati was the Buddha’s mother (actually his aunt who nurtured and raised him). Oddly, little was written about her or her influence over her son, and the establishment of the female sangha — both lay and monastic. Ancient stories about her made their way to China, Sri Lanka and Thailand but were excluded from the Pali Canon except for one volume, the Therigatha – “versus of the elder nuns.” Her life experience, her approach to teaching and her relationship with the women of her sangha was generally ignored by the monks of her time, and even now. New research and access to ancient “herstory” are now slowly becoming available. What this new information offers is a picture of a compassionate woman, a gifted leader — who was beloved by her entire community. Mahaprajapati and her community of women had to approach the Dharma with a different sensibility due to the misogyny of that time. Their approach, which we will discuss, may be what is needed in today’s world as Buddhism continues to evolve.
(Remote) Sit & Dharma Talk
Online Remote, Weekly MeditationTHE TEACHER FOR THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM DIANE WILDE TO TONY BERNHARD
Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Rev. Diane WildeJoin online meeting: https://zoom.us/j/93294149106
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Join by phone: 1-669-900-6833 ( Meeting ID: 932 9414 9106 )
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(Remote) Living On The Other Side of Suffering (11-week course)
Online Remote, Study Group, Upcoming ClassesLiving On The Other Side of Suffering:
An Experiment In Balancing Practice And Becoming More Fully Human
An Eleven Week Course and One Day Retreat with SIM’s Founding Teacher Dennis Warren
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Annual Retreat 2021
NewsLike last year, this years retreat will be online, four days starting Friday evening 9/3/21 through 9/6/21. The teachers will be Kamala Masters and Steve Armstrong and the registration fee will be $100 with an opportunity to later provide dana/donation to the teachers. Similar to last year, retreat participants will have opportunities for questions and answers and retreat scholarships are available if needed. Unlike last year, there won’t be auditing options since there won’t be small group check-ins.
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05/13/2021 “Nothing or No Thing? Reframing our Experience” with Rich Howard
Audio DharmaThe mind tends to solidify experience and to grasp for security in comfort, familiarity, and habitual patterns. This is natural, a long-established pattern to help negotiate a complex world in the face of threats and unknowns. Even our language reinforces this dependence on solid objects versus processes, using nouns to translate words that are verbs in Pali, the original language of the early Buddhist texts. This talk will expand on the theme of investigating the concept of “self” that all three SIM faculty explored in February. Be prepared to share insights you may have received in working with this area of practice.
(Remote) Book Club – Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Study Group, Young Person SanghaThe young persons group book club discussion “The Lotus Sutra” (translated by Tsungunari Kubo and Akira Yuyama).
(Remote) Book Club – Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Study Group, Young Person SanghaThe young persons group book club discussion “The Lotus Sutra” (translated by Tsungunari Kubo and Akira Yuyama).
(Remote) Book Club – Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Study Group, Young Person SanghaThe young persons group book club discussion “The Lotus Sutra” (translated by Tsungunari Kubo and Akira Yuyama).
(Remote) Book Club – Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Study Group, Young Person SanghaThe young persons group book club discussion “The Lotus Sutra” (translated by Tsungunari Kubo and Akira Yuyama).
(Remote) Book Club – Young Persons Sangha
Online Remote, Study Group, Young Person SanghaThe young persons group book club discussion “The Lotus Sutra” (translated by Tsungunari Kubo and Akira Yuyama).