Sutra Study - The City Beggar Woman

Name: Sutra Study - The City Beggar Woman
Start: 2025-02-02T12:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-02T13:30:00-06:00
Location: 2939 Wayne Ave, Kansas City, MO

Schedule

Sun Feb 02 2025 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

2939 Wayne Ave, Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO

Join us as we explore the rich repository of Buddhist Sutras, both Pali Canon 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’. This sūtra tells of a beggar woman’s modest lamp offering at a park in Śrāvastī, contrasted with King Prasenajit’s lavish lamp offerings. Despite her tiny amount of oil, her lamp burns brightly and cannot be extinguished, symbolizing her sincere desire for enlightenment. The Buddha smiles and prophesies her future rebirths and awakening as a buddha.
Facilitators: Lama Matthew Rice (Lobpön Palden Gocha) and Ngakpa Daniel Scharpenburg
Text: Nagarāvalambikā: The City Beggar Woman