Therīgāthā: The Poetry of the Enlightened Nuns with Gil Fronsdal
Cost:
Dāna Program
This dana program is freely offered in the spirit of generosity. Any donation you can offer to the teacher and to the Sati Center to continue making these teachings available is greatly appreciated.
A Celebration of Women’s Capacity for Full Enlightenment
Online via Zoom
4 Week Course: Thursdays, October 15, 29, November 5, 12 @ 3:30-4:30 p.m Pacific
The poetry of the first Buddhist nuns is a poetry celebrating and demonstrating that woman can become fully awakened. This message was revolutionary in ancient India and inspiring in our modern times. With deeply touching depiction of women’s life in ancient India, we learn how these women overcame great hardship to become fully confident and independent in their own spiritual maturity.
Each hour will be spent reading and discussing poems from Gil Fronsdal’s recently completed translation. No familiarity with the Buddha’s discourse or teachings necessary. A translation each week’s poems and Gil’s study guides will be sent out a week before the class.
About the Teacher:
Gil Fronsdal is the senior guiding co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City, California and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. He started Buddhist practice in 1975, and has been teaching for IMC since 1990. Gil is an authorized teacher in two traditions: the Insight Meditation lineage of Theravada Buddhism of Southeast Asia, and Japanese Soto Zen. He holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford. He is a husband and the father of two sons.