Sutra Study Sunday: The Teaching of Vimalakirti
Schedule
Sun Jan 04 2026 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
2939 Wayne Ave, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64109 | Kansas City, KS
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Join us as we explore the rich repository of Buddhist Sutras, Pali Canon, Chinese Ta-ts’ang-ching, and Tibetan Kangyur every first Sunday of the month after the Sunday Service. Sūtra (Pali. sutta) means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’.For 2026 we will be studying the Vimalakirti Sutra. This will happen the first Sunday of every month and you can drop in for any or all of the events.
While the Buddha is teaching outside the city of Vaiśālī, a notable householder in the city—the great bodhisattva Vimalakīrti—apparently falls sick. The Buddha asks his disciples to go visit Vimalakīrti, but each of them relates previous encounters that have rendered them reluctant to face his penetrating scrutiny of their attitudes and activities.
Only Mañjuśrī has the courage to pay him a visit, and in the conversations that ensue between Vimalakīrti, Mañjuśrī, and several other interlocutors, Vimalakīrti sets out an uncompromising and profound view of the Buddha’s teaching and the bodhisattva path, illustrated by various miraculous displays. Its masterful narrative structure, dramatic and sometimes humorous dialogue, and highly evolved presentation of teachings have made this sūtra one of the favorites of Mahāyāna literature.
Facilitators: Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpön Palden Gocha) and Ngakpa Daniel Scharpenburg
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