Thursday, October 22
7:30pm-9pm Pacific
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley, Online or In-Person
On dāna

In the Pāli Canon, who talks with the Buddha? The vast majority of named laypeople who have conversations with the Buddha are upper caste and wealthy: brahmins and aristocrats. So where do we find working class devotees? In the record of the monastics: the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā. This evening I’ll introduce a few of these inspiring practitioners, and we’ll think together about how class and privilege influence our own relationships with the Buddha’s teachings.

This is a guest teaching evening at Insight Community of Berkeley. Join us on Zoom, or if you’re local, in-person at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery.