{"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&#8217;s pain and to life&#8217;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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