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Sutra Classes with Jim Scott-Behrends September 28 to November 23

FROM

The Heart Sangha of Santa Cruz

and Mindful Peacebuilding

AWAKENING OF THE HEART

COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS

COURSES SEVEN & EIGHT

THE SUTRA ON THE MIDDLE WAY

AND

THE SUTRA ON THE EIGHT REALIZATIONS

OF THE GREAT BEINGS

WITH Dharma Teacher Jim Scott–Behrends

EIGHT WEDNESDAYS

September 28 to November 23, 2022

(no class on October 26)

7:00 to 8:30 pm pst

ON ZOOM

ZOOM MEETING RECURRING LINK

https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98162192839

Phone: 1 669 900-6833

Meeting ID: 981 6219 2839

We begin with a short sit followed by

an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion.

Text and commentary are in Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

THE SUTRA ON THE MIDDLE WAY

WEEK ONE: SEPTEMBER 28

Wisdom of the Middle Way

WEEK TWO: OCTOBER 5

Right View

WEEK THREE: OCTOBER 12

Dependent Co-arising

WEEK FOUR: OCTOBER 19

Walking the Middle Way

THE SUTRA ON THE EIGHT REALIZATIONS OF THE GREAT BEINGS

WEEK ONE: NOVEMBER 2

First and Second Realizations

WEEK TWO: NOVEMBER 9

Third and Fourth Realizations

WEEK THREE: NOVEMBER16

Fifth and Sixth Realizations

WEEK FOUR: NOVEMBER 23

Seventh and Eight Realizations

Eleven Guidelines for Daily Life

Donations are appreciated.

Donations can be made through PayPal.com using Jim’s email address.

For other options to offer dana contact Jim at jsbehrends@aol.com.

For links to recordings contact Logan at loganpayne@earthlink.net.

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Rains Retreat + Karma Class from Sugarplum

This double invitation is from Sugarplum Sangha.

90 Day Online Rains Retreat

Sept 16 – Dec 18 Sugarplum joins the Mahasangha in this year’s 90 day rains retreat. For our second retreat of this kind, we’ve added evening practice sessions, a weekly day of mindfulness, and a study and practice series on Right Action: Karma and the Five Mindfulness Trainings to our regular schedule of morning practice session, dharma talk, and 5MT recitation. These 90 days will be an experience of being immersed in sangha to deepen your practice of mindfulness, concentration, and insight, a way of practice that has been integral to buddhist tradition since its beginning. Enter this stream with us and start your journey to the other shore.

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Right Action: Karma and the Five Mindfulness Trainings

Sept 27 – Dec 18

A twelve week live and on-line course exploring and integrating early Buddhist teachings with Plum Village practices. Bundle with the 90 Day Retreat or take it separately.

The Buddha’s teachings on kamma and rebirth have received a mostly mystical treatment among practitioners and commentators resulting in much misconception and confusion about how to apply them in daily life. This course will explore the role of samma kammanto, or Right Action, on the path of liberation and will combine the Buddha’s teachings with evolutionary psychology to provide a rationale for an objective morality and ethic. Rather than being resigned to “your karma”, a close reading of the early discourses show how you can shape your life in the present and future with skillful actions.

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Heart Sutra Course with Jim Scott-Behrends

AWAKENING OF THE HEART: COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS

COURSE SIX

THE HEART SUTRA

WITH Dharma Teacher Jim Scott–Behrends

TEN WEDNESDAYS

May 11 to July 13, 2022

7:00 to 8:30 pm pst

ON ZOOM

We begin with a short sit followed by an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion.

We will be using Thay’s translation of the Heart Sutra, The Other Shore.

COURSE SCHEDULE

  • WEEK ONE: MAY 11 The Cloud and the Cave: The Insight that Brings us to the Other Shore
  • WEEK TWO: MAY 18 Interbeing: Empty of What?
  • WEEK THREE: MAY 25 The Way of Understanding: Long Live Emptiness
  • WEEK FOUR: JUNE 1 The Mark of Emptiness: Happy Continuation
  • WEEK FIVE: JUNE 8 Can You See the Sunflowers? Roses and Garbage
  • WEEK SIX: JUNE 15 The Moon is Always the Moon: What’s in a Name?
  • WEEK SEVEN:JUNE 22 Stars Are Consciousness: Everything Is a Formation
  • WEEK EIGHT: JUNE 29 The Path of Happiness: Chasing Butterflies
  • WEEK NINE: JULY 6 Freedom: No longer Afraid
  • WEEK TEN: JULY 13 Who is Enlightened? The Mantra

Donations are appreciated.

Donations can be made through PayPal.com using Jim’s email address.

For other options to offer dana contact Jim at jsbehrends@aol.com.

For the Zoom information and links to recordings contact Logan at loganpayne@earthlink.net.

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Diamond Sutra Class with Jim Scott-Behrends Jan. 30 – March 27

FROM
The Heart Sangha of Santa Cruz
and Mindful Peacebuilding

AWAKENING OF THE HEART
COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS

WITH
Dharma Teacher Jim Scott-Behrends
and co host, OI member rev. zachiah murray

COURSE FIVE | PART TWO
THE DIAMOND SUTRA
EIGHT SUNDAYS
January 30 – March 20, 2021
6:30 – 8:00 PM PST (new time)
ON ZOOM

We begin with a short sit followed by an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion. Text and commentary are in Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

ZOOM MEETING RECURRING LINK
https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98162192839
Phone: 1 669 900-6833
Meeting ID: 981 6219 2839

Schedule update:

There will be no Sutra Class next Sunday, March 6. Classes will resume on March 13 and our final class will be on March 27. Please see the revised schedule, below.

COURSE SCHEDULE

  • WEEK NINE: JANUARY 30 Dwelling in Peace
  • WEEK TEN: FEBRUARY 6 The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion
  • WEEK ELEVEN: FEBRUARY 13 Great Determination
  • WEEK TWELVE: FEBRUARY 20 The Answer is the Question
  • WEEK THIRTEEN: FEBRUARY 27 Reality is a Steadily Flowing Stream
  • WEEK FOURTEEN: MARCH 13 The Indescribable Nature of All Things
  • WEEK FIFTEEN: MARCH 20 Teaching the Dharma
  • WEEK SIXTEEN: MARCH 27 Becoming a Modern Bodhisattva

Donations are appreciated. Donations can be made through PayPal.com using Jim’s email address. For other options to offer dana contact Jim at jsbehrends@aol.com.

To be on a weekly email reminder list, or for recordings of classes, contact Logan at loganpayne@earthlink.net.

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Diamond Sutra Course: Wednesdays Through Nov. 17

FROM
The Heart Sangha of Santa Cruz
and Mindful Peacebuilding
 
AWAKENING OF THE HEART
COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS
 
COURSE FIVE
THE DIAMOND SUTRA
 
WITH Dharma Teacher Jim Scott–Behrends
AND Co-host, OI Member dana lee mcfadden
 
EIGHT WEDNESDAYS 
From September 22 to November 10, 2021
7:00 to 8:30 pm
ON ZOOM
 
We begin with a short sit followed by
an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion.
Text and commentary are in Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh.
 
ZOOM MEETING RECURRING LINK
Phone: 1 669 900-6833
Meeting ID: 981 6219 2839
 
 
COURSE SCHEDULE
 
WEEK ONE: SEPTEMBER 22
The Setting/Subhuti’s Question
WEEK TWO: SEPTEMBER 29
The First Flash of Lightening
WEEK THREE: OCTOBER 6
The Greatest Gift
WEEK FOUR: OCTOBER 13
Signlessness
WEEK FIVE: OCTOBER 20
A Rose is not a Rose
WEEK SIX: OCTOBER 27
Entering the Ocean of Reality
WEEK SEVEN: NOVEMBER 3
Nonattachment
 
November 10 – no class
 
WEEK EIGHT: NOVEMBER  17
Our Deepest Understanding
 
 
Donations are appreciated.
Donations can be made through PayPal.com by using Jim’s email address.
For other options to offer dana contact Jim at jsbehrends@aol.com.

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Online Sutra Study Course Starting April 28

COURSE FOUR: THE SUTRA ON KNOWING THE BETTER WAY TO CATCH A SNAKE
TEN WEDNESDAYS BEGINNING April 28, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 PM PST
ON ZOOM

recurring link: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98162192839
Phone: 1 669 900-6833
Meeting ID: 981 6219 2839

Donations are appreciated. Contact Jim to learn how to make a donation at jsbehrends@aol.com.

We begin with a short silent sit followed by an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion. Text and commentary are in Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

COURSE SCHEDULE

APRIL 28 Thundering Silence; Arittha’s Misunderstanding

MAY 5 Sense Pleasures as Disasters; Catching a Snake

MAY 12 The Raft is Not the Shore

MAY 19 Breaking the Bonds

MAY 26 No-Self

JUNE 2 The Non-Achieved and the Non-Expressed

JUNE 9 Impermanence

JUNE 16 Nirvana

JUNE 23 Treating Wrong Understanding

JUNE 30 Living Wisdom

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Sutra Course with Jim Scott-Behrends

FROM

The Heart Sangha of Santa Cruz and Mindful Peacebuilding

AWAKENING OF THE HEART
COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS
WITH

Dharma Teacher Jim Scott-Behrends

COURSE THREE

THE SUTRA ON KNOWING THE BETTER WAY TO LIVE ALONE

EIGHT WEDNESDAYS
February 3, 2021 – March 24, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 PM

ON ZOOM

We will begin with ten minutes of silent sitting,followed by an exploration of the Sutra and Dharma discussion.Text and commentary can be found in Awakening of the Heart, by Thich Nhat Hanh. 

COURSE SCHEDULE

WEEK 1 / Feb. 1 Introduction to the Sutra
WEEK 2 / Feb. 8 What Does it Mean to Live Alone?
WEEK 3 / Feb. 18 Great Peace in Solitude
Putting the Teachings of the Buddha into Practice
WEEK 4/ Feb. 24 Awake and Alone; Tied Up Inside
WEEK 5 / March 3 Standing Firmly; Future Ghosts
WEEK 6 / March 10 Smiling Within; Life is a Path
WEEK 7 / March 17 Peace, Freedom and Joy; Transcending Birth and Death
WEEK 8 / March 24 Sharing the Practice

JOIN ZOOM MEETING

https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98162192839

Phone: 1 669 900-6833

Meeting ID: 981 6219 2839
Donations are Appreciated

Contact Jim for information: jsbehrends@aol.com

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Online Sutra Study: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

Heart Sangha of Santa Cruz and Mindful Peacebuilding

ARE SPONSORING

AWAKENING OF THE HEART
COURSES IN THE ESSENTIAL BUDDHIST SUTRAS

COURSE TWO
THE SUTRA ON THE FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS OF MINDFULNESS

Beginning September 2, 2020
7:00 – 8:30 pm
ON ZOOM

with Dharma Teacher Jim Scott-Behrends
and co-host Birgitte Moyer-Vinding, OI

Weekly reminders will be sent starting September 1st. For more information,  jsbehrends@aol.com

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