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Date: Fri, 11/1/2024 – Sat, 11/2/2024

Time: 10:30 PM – 12:00 AM

Link: https://www.berkeleymonastery.org/class-friday-night-avatamsaka-with-dr-martin-verhoeven.html

Group: Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

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Date (note: no class on April 19)
7:30 – 8:15 pm Meditation
8:15 – 9:00 pm Lecture / Q & A

The class will examine the practices and path set forth by the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Sutra, which describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms, mutually containing one another.

Text:
https://www.berkeleymonastery.org/uploads/6/3/3/1/6331706/avatamsaka_chapter_10_bodhisattvas_ask_for_clarification_2024_0129.pdf

The text touches on various topics such as the Bodhisattva path, the interpenetration of phenomena (dharmas), the visionary powers of meditation and the equality of things in emptiness.

For more information, visit class link: https://www.berkeleymonastery.org/class-friday-night-avatamsaka-with-dr-martin-verhoeven.html