Upasika Day -- Sutta Study: Suttas You've Never Heard Of

Description: Theme and Topic: Sutta Study – Suttas You’ve Never Heard Of (Situations, Treasures and Streams, AN 5.48, AN 7.6, and AN 8.39) Readings: AN 5.48 Situations (available from Sutra Central at https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.48 AN 7.6 Treasures (available from Sutracentral at https://suttacentral.net/en/an7.6 AN 8.39 (available from Access to Insight here: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.039.than.html Schedule: 10:30 Refuges and Precepts 11:00 Meal Offering 1:00: Teachings: Overview and presentation by Luang Por Pasanno (see below) 2:00 or 2:15 (approximate): Break 2:30-2:45: Further presentation Discussion/Q & A Guided meditation 4:30: Closing and Tea Overview of the Topic and Themes: Three short suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya succinctly convey the human predicament (“Situations”), qualities we can cultivate in everyday life to live with this predicament and build a foundation for understanding and relinquishment (“Treasures”), and the all-encompassing refuges and precepts we can rely on (“Streams”). In their presentation and discussion of these suttas, Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Karunadhammo and Ajahn Jotipalo will guide upasikas in learning from suttas in general and these three suttas in particular, through explicating and commenting on the texts; how to implement their teachings; stories, examples and anecdotes;, and responding to upasikas’ questions and comments.