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In the workshop setting, participants will have time to zero in on the topic, learn from each other and build skills through practice. My goal is to create a safe place for everyone to take a risk, a place where process and approach are just as important as material.
October, 2019, Evening class at UVic - "The First Buddhist Women: Stories from the Therigatha"
I'm looking forward to teaching an evening class for UVic Continuing Studies, titled "The First Buddhist Women." The course will run Tuesday evenings, 7 - 9 p.m., October 22 - November 12, 2019.
Within the Theravada Buddhist tradition, there is a remarkable group of poems called "The Therigatha" or Verses of the Elder Nuns. It is these poems, and the commentaries that were written about them, which provide clues and tell the life stories of several of the early Buddhist nuns. Who were these women? How do they use poetry to express their journey and their insight?
Though the material will be delivered mostly in a lecture format, there will be ample opportunities to discuss and reflect on the stories and poetry of these remarkable women who lived more than 2500 years ago.