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SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group  \n\n\nA weekly online sacred text re
 ading group with Amy\n\nUsing a spiritual-practice approach\, in each sess
 ion we will explore a different brief scriptural text in depth. The aims o
 f the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and tra
 ditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of us)\, and co
 mmunity-building (getting to know each other better). Amy will have a vers
 ion of the text available to share\; “bring” your own if you like. All
  are welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts. About half our rea
 dings so far have been those suggested by group members.\n\n\nOur text for
  Saturday\, April 17 is our first one about a serial killer (!). It is fro
 m the Buddhist Middle-Length Discourses\, number 86\, Aṅgulimāla. Here'
 s Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation of the passage:\n\n\nThen the Blessed One pe
 rformed such a feat of supernormal power that the bandit Aṅgulimāla\, t
 hough walking as fast as he could\, could not catch up with the Blessed On
 e\, who was walking at his normal pace. Then the bandit Aṅgulimāla thou
 ght: "It is wonderful\, it is marvellous! Formerly\, I could catch up even
  with a swift elephant and seize it\; I could catch up even with a swift h
 orse ... with a swift chariot ... with a swift deer and seize it\; but now
 \, though I am walking as fast as I can\, I cannot catch up with this recl
 use who is walking at his normal pace!" He stopped and called out to the B
 lessed One: "Stop\, recluse! Stop\, recluse!"\n"I have stopped\, Aṅguli
 māla\, you stop too."\n\n\n\nOn its own\, this is a richly evocative meta
 phor. But to understand more of the context\, you may wish to read the who
 le sutta: here is Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation: https://www.accesstoin
 sight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than.html\nand I. B. Horner's translation\, a
 lso of the complete sutta\, is here: https://suttacentral.net/mn86/en/horn
 er.\nHow to join:\n\n 	Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom
 .us/j/578882781\n 	Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 882
  781\n 	Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID:
  578 882 781\n 	Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,
 \,578882781# US (San Jose)\n 	Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find
  your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups
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