FreeWomenandthePathofAwakening

Dear Learning Community,

We write to invite you to join us on Saturday May 1st, 2021 for

In preparation for this online session, please read the following enlightening and inspiring short book of poems of Realization, and choose at least one jewel from this collection to bring with you to share with the group:

translated by Matty Weingast

We will be exploring the theme of “Creativity and the Dharma” as we unpack universal Principles of the Path

that these poems speak to so beautifully in such moving and authentic ways. These three core Principles of the Path are: Renunciation (“the fierce determination to be free”);

The Awakening Mind of Bodhicitta (the intention to awaken for the benefit of all beings);

and Emptiness (interdependence & interbeing).

Joanna Macy described her experience of reading this book as:

“like opening a window and letting a clean, fresh wind blow through my being.”

To order: https://www.amazon.com/First-Free-Women-Poems-Buddhist/dp/161180776X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=THE+FIRST+FREE+WOMEN+Poems+of+the+Early+Buddhist+Nuns&qid=1618639259&sr=8-1

Note:  The Amazon paperback is easily and swiftly available – but the Kindle isn’t available until June. However, a free, on-line version of these poems by another translator, is also available. See links at: https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Category:Therigatha 

We hope you can join us for this special session and allow these fresh breezes of Awakening to blow through your being as well!

This session will last for approximately one hour and forty-five minutes. Please arrive promptly so we can begin formally at the above time. We will open the Zoom room 15 minutes earlier for those who want to arrive early and socialize a bit first.

Please follow these 3 easy steps to join us for this gathering:

1. Email us to RSVP confirming your registration

(ideally by the end of the day on Thurs. April 29).

2. Send your tuition donation, on a sliding scale of $20 to $108 (USD) per session.Please include a note with your donation that this is

– Via PayPal.  If you have a PayPal account, please select the “Sending Money to a Friend” option. That way fees are not deducted and we can receive the full amount of your donation. 

– Alternatively, you can also make your contribution via Venmo using our email address, or if you prefer, simply mail a check to us at the address below, making your check payable to “Michelle or Joel Levey”:

Leveys, P.O. Box 1298, Kapaau, HI 96755

3. Once we receive your registration confirmation and donation, we will send you the Zoom link that you can use to join.

May the blessings of wisdom and compassion prevail

in our hearts and in our world,

Michelle 🐘 Joel