Sangha Nights in March: The Life and Teachings of the Buddha, Part 2

Practicing Dharma and Meditation in Community, Wednesdays, 7pm to 9pm, in person

In March we continue our three month series based on the book by Vishvapani: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One, available as a hard copy, audio or ebook.

We encourage you to read/listen to the relevant chapter each week, but the series is fully accessible to drop-ins and non-readers: we’ll start each evening with a short recap of the story and key themes so people can easily follow and take part.

March 4: Week 4

• • • Chapter 4: The Awakening Movement, Padmatara
      The first teachings, the Deer Park, and the beginnings of a movement around Gautama: how insight turns into a living, shared path.

March 11: Week 5

• • • Chapter 5: Dialogue, Viradhamma
      Gautama in conversation – with kings, wanderers, Brahmins and ordinary people – and how dialogue itself becomes a way of opening to the Dharma.

March 18: Week 6

• • • Chapter 6: The Homeless Community, Prasadachitta
      The early sangha: community life, friendship, discipline, the place of women, and what it means to live a “homeless” life oriented around awakening.

March 25: Week 7

• • • Chapter 7: A Holy Man in the World, Shunyamala
      Gautama moving among villages and courts, meeting crises and requests for guidance, and showing what awakened action looks like in the middle of ordinary life.

Continued in April

In Person

Everyone is welcome to Sangha Night