Hearing the Lion’s Roar: Three Pali Canon Days

For Order Members and Mitras

How do the foundational teachings of the Buddha shape our lives? We will explore our relationship to the Pali canon through reflection, personal talks, and devotional practice. We have received the Dharma jewel of the Pali canon from a lineage of 2,500 years of practitioners, and we can experience for ourselves how the teachings resonate within us today.

In the first day of this series, we will be looking at faith and the spiral path. Faith (also translated as confidence) is a positive emotion, a reasoned conviction, and a direct experience. The Buddha compares faith to an unshakable pillar with deep foundations; an imperturbable support in our Dharma lives. When we meet suffering, a response of faith is our entry-point into the spiral path towards liberation.

On this day we will explore for ourselves – what is the basis of our faith?

With Vimalavajri, Dharmalila, and Ella – a team with some experience in the Pali language and close readings of the texts.

Please let Vimalavajri know if you would like to come – that’s so that we know how many copies of written material we need. (Don’t worry if you get an auto reply when Vimalavajri away on holiday – she will pick it up on her return)

Please bring a veggie/vegan lunch to share

Programme:

9.30 Doors open – please arrive in time

10.00 Introduction

Meditation / reflection

11.00 Introducing some texts on faith,

Pingya’s praises of the Way to the Beyond Sutta Nipata 5 : Epilogue :

With Cankī Middle Length Discourses 95

Shorter Discourse on the Elephant’s footprint Middle Length Discourses 27

BREAK

Discussion in groups

13.00 LUNCH

14.00 Personal talks

Readings on the spiral path with space for reflection

Connected Discourses 12.23

Numerical Discourses 10.61

16.00 Pali Canon Puja

17.00 END