{"id":2356,"date":"2016-12-08T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2017-03-11T18:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T03:18:26","slug":"12082016-greatest-blessing-rich-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sactoinsight.org\/12082016-greatest-blessing-rich-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/08\/2016 \u201cThe Greatest Blessing\u201d with Rich Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greatest Blessing: Reflecting on the Maha-Mangala Sutta Seeing things as they are requires opening both to life’s pain and to life’s gifts. For his first presentation in our new home at Sacramento Dharma Center this Thursday, Rich will bring reflections on the blessings listed in the Maha-Mangala Sutta. This beloved sutta reminds us that our ordinary lives contain so many sources of happiness, many of which we may overlook. 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