7:00-8:30 p.m. LESTE

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Sobre a sessão

 If you would like to be enlightened, take on these eight subjects of meditation and apply their corresponding insights to your daily life.

—O Buda

Join this exploration of the Buddha’s Discourse on The Eight Realizations of Great Beings. Together we will read, discutir, e contemplar como incorporar as oito realizações em nossa vida cotidiana com uma sensação de calor, abertura, e poder. This practice and study session is designed to inspire your meditation practice and post-meditation experience with a sense of great confidence and joy—and to remind us of the enduring power of the dharma to shape our lives for the better.

Esta sessão oferece:

• Exploring the Buddha’s teachings on contentment, compaixão, diligence, e sofrimento
• Diving into teachings on the 8 Realizations of Great Beings, which are pithy instructions on the view and practical applications of Mahayana Buddhism
• An opportunity to listen deeply and contemplate The 8 Realizations of Great Beings with others
• An opportunity to study, contemplar, and meditate powerful teachings in community from the comfort of your own home and practice space

Leitura recomendada (não requerido):

Old Path: White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha by Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn

The Eight Realizations of Great Beings: Essential Buddhist Wisdom for Waking Up to Who You Are by Brother Pharp Hai

Transforming the Mind: The Sutra of the Eight Realizations of Great Beings by Shih Cheng Yen

Observação: Chaplain Alley will screen share the Buddha’s discourse and share it with attendees.

Pré-requisitos

Open to all.

Sobre o professor

Alley Smith é um ministro budista da religião (Upadhyaya) Capelão da Brown University em Providence, Ilha de Rodes, EUA. Ela é especialista em cuidados espirituais, assuntos mortuários e como clero funerário. Alley é estudante do Budismo Shambhala e do Zen desde 1999. E-mail: capelã[email protected]