Online Foundations for Freedom -The Hinayana - Part 3
Second Noble Truth—The Origin of Suffering, Part II:
Wheel of Life, Karma, and the Twelve Nidānas
Gelong Loden Nyima and Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown
The foundational teachings of the Buddha indicate that the suffering we experience in our lives can come to cessation if we recognize, deeply and profoundly, how that suffering has arisen. This requires gentle bravery and deep contemplation, bypassing simplistic notions of how our suffering has arisen. The Buddha provided powerful models for this contemplation through the interrelated teachings of karma and kleśa, or destructive emotions, as exemplified in the Wheel of Life. Drawing from the contemporary insights of our Shambhala Buddhist lineage, we will tread the ancient path of the Buddha.
| Class 1 |
Introduction to the Second Noble Truth |
Sunday, Jan 24 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Class 2 |
Kunjung of Kleśa and Karma Basic Goodness and the Arising of Samsara |
Sunday, Jan 31 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Class 3 |
Kleśa Continued, the Wheel of Life, and the Six Realms |
Sunday, Feb 7 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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Sunday, Feb 14 No Class - Shambhala Day |
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| Class 4 |
Wheel of Life, continued Twelve Nidānas, Cause and Result |
Sunday, Feb 21 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Class 5 |
Twelve Nidānas, Present Lifetime and Future Lifetime |
Sunday, Feb 28 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Class 6 |
The Long View: Karma, Lifetimes, and Buddhist Cosmology |
Sunday, Mar 7 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Class 7 |
Live Discussion Groups |
Sunday, Mar 14 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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