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SUMMARY:Sutra Study (On Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly Sutra (Sutta in Pali) study. We will be meeting on Zoom and the link will be provided in the email announcement. If you are not signed up to receive our weekly emails\, please sign up here: http://eepurl.com/h1xjvz. \nIf you have any questions\, please email us at  info@philabuddhist.org.
URL:https://philabuddhist.org/event/sutra-study-hybrid-in-person-zoom-2023-05-27-2023-06-24-2/2026-04-22/
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SUMMARY:Introduction to the Sutras
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning more about the Buddha’s teachings? Have you read some of the sutras (suttas) and wanted to have a better understanding of their meaning and relevance in the 21st century? Then join us for our newly formatted sutra study session on the fourth Wednesday of the month on Zoom. \nThis first session will serve as an orientation and introduction to the sutras and answer any of your questions about what they are and how we might approach studying them. Forthcoming sessions will cover the fundamental sutras so that you will have a core understanding that will provide a solid basis for future sutra studies. If you have any questions in the meantime please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@philabuddhist.org. \nThe Zoom link will be provided in the email announcement. If you are not signed up to receive our weekly emails\, please sign up here: http://eepurl.com/h1xjvz
URL:https://philabuddhist.org/event/introduction-to-the-sutras/
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SUMMARY:Sutra Study (Hybrid In-Person/Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month to discuss the Buddha’s teaching. Check back here at the beginning of the month for the sutra that we will be studying.
URL:https://philabuddhist.org/event/sutra-study-hybrid-in-person-zoom-2024-07-27/
LOCATION:Plymouth Meeting Friends\, 2150 Butler Pike\, Plymouth Meeting\, PA\, 19462\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sutra Study (On Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly Sutra (Sutta in Pali) study. We will be meeting on Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided in the email announcement. If you are not signed up to receive our weekly emails\, please sign up here: http://eepurl.com/h1xjvz \nFor the next two months Bill Stauffer will lead us in a study of the role of pleasure on the path. The Buddha teaches there are unskillful pleasures that must be avoided or else it is impossible to awaken. The Buddha also teaches there are skillful pleasures which must be developed and which are necessary for awakening. Clearly\, we must be able to distinguish skillful pleasures from unskillful pleasures if we wish to practice effectively. This important subject is not often discussed\, but the teachings are readily available in the Pali texts. We will read and discuss selections from these texts. \nIn the Majjhima Nikaya the Buddha teaches “One should know how to define pleasure\, and knowing that\, one should pursue pleasure within oneself.”  In the same sutta\, the Buddha also teaches that sensual pleasure is “a filthy pleasure\, a coarse pleasure … it should not be pursued … it should be feared.”  MN 139.  Please note\, the Buddha defines sensual pleasure in a specific way. It may not be what you are expecting. \nIn the Majjhima Nikaya the Buddha questions Anuruddha about delight: “Anuruddha\, do you [monks] all delight in the holy life?”  Anuruddha replies: “Surely\, venerable sir\, we delight in the holy life.”  The Buddha is pleased with this answer and replies: “Good\, good Anuruddha!  It is proper for all you clansmen who have gone forth out of faith … to delight in the holy life.” MN 68. \nBelow is a list of suttas we will be studying\, and you can download them here. \nIntroduction: \n\nMN 139: 9: In this sutta the Buddha teaches how to define skillful and unskillful pleasures.\nMN 68: 4 – 5: In this sutta the Buddha teaches the importance of delighting in the holy life.\n\nWhy do Sensual Pleasures bring more suffering?   \n\nMN 14: 6 – 14  This sutta describes many examples of how sensual pleasures bring suffering.\nMN 36: 17 – 19.  The story of a wet sappy piece of wood is used to explain that sensual pleasures can prevent a person from awakening.\nMN 75. sections marked in handout. Only a person who is ill can find pleasure in sensual pleasures.  Sensual pleasures increase our suffering.\n\nWhy should pleasure inside myself be cultivated? \n\nMN14: 1 – 5  Description of the Buddha’s discussion with Mahanama\nMN 68: 4 – 6\, 8 – 13\, 24 The value of delighting and being inspired by the holy life.\nMN 36: 28 – 44  What the Buddha learned about enlightenment when he was a boy under the roseapple tree.From 9:30am to 9:50am we will have 20 minutes of mediation\, and the sutra study will begin at 10am after a short break.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please email us at  info@philabuddhist.org.
URL:https://philabuddhist.org/event/sutra-study-hybrid-in-person-zoom-2023-05-27-2024-05-25/
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