Roshi Joan Halifax and Dr. Paul Ekman
Structure of Compassion: A Buddhist Perspective
Time: February 27,2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue: The Cathedral, Trinity Cathedral Church of Sacramento, 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacamento, CA 95814
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One Bodhi Tree is pleased to invite you to listen to a dialog between Roshi Joan Halifax and Dr. Paul Ekman. Roshi Halifax has been working on a paper entitled "Structure of Compassion" and Dr. Paul Ekman is writing a sequel to his book "Emotional Awareness." The empasis of Dr. Ekman's work is training on compassion and altruism. Roshi Halifax and Dr. Ekman are having a series of dialog discussing and critiquing each others work. On Febraury 27, the audience in Sacramento will have the opportunity to witness that dialog and participate in the Q&A session. |
We meet every Wednesday at 7:00 PM at the Trinity Cathedral Church of Sacramento. You are welcome. If you are a beginner, we recommend you visit the Foundation Reading page.
Study Program: Ultimate Truth and Relative Truth
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At One Bodhi Tree, we are currently studying the heart matter of Buddhism: Ultimate Truth and Relative Truth. According to the Buddha, we suffer because we crave. We crave because we fail to see the ultimate truth behind the worldly phenomena and remain lost in the relative truth. Mahayana scholars, from Acharya Nagarjuna to Acharya Aaatisha, devoted over 10 centuries in refining the understanding of Ultimate Truth and Relative Truth. Their work survived and has reached us thanks to Buddhist monastaries in Tibet. The Buddhist scholars in Tibet systematized the work of Nalanda scholars in a manner that is suitable for classroom study. Some of the debates on a single topic has happened over a course of 200 years. Following is the sequence of study. |
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Wednesday Teachings
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Place: Assembly Area, Trinity Cathedral Church
Address: 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95815. Directions
Heart Sutra in Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the language of Mahayana Buddhism. Join our Sanskrit Program to learn the Sanskriit Alphabets, Sanskrit Grammar, and pronunciation with native Sanskrit speakers.
The goal of the program is to teach the entire text of Heart Sutra in Sanskrit in Devnagari.
You can download Heart Sutra in Sanskrit here.
Please contact us if you are interested.
Click here to download Devnagari alphabet sheet
