Welcome to the noticeboard for Dhammapada, a five week online study programme taught by Christina Feldman, Stephen Batchelor, Yuka Nakamura, Martine Batchelor, and Antonia Sumbundu.
This platform will provide access to recordings and ressources shared by the teachers.
Schedule Talks Additional resources and readings
The course will be taught on five consecutive Monday evenings from 7:30-9pm CEST:
5 September will be taught by Christina Feldman and Antonia Sumbundu
12 September will be taught by Christina Feldman and Yuka Nakumara
19 September will be taught by Christina Feldman and Stephen Batchelor
26 September will be taught by Christina Feldman and Martine Batchelor
3 October will be taught by Christina Feldman and Antonia Sumbundu
Zoom Link for all meetings
Meeting ID: 850 2266 8647
Passcode: 879424
Session 1, 5 September:
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If you don’t wish to download, you can listen to it here as well:
Session 2, 12 September:
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Session 3, 19 September:
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Session 4, 26 September:
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Session 5, 3 October:
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Additional resources and readings:
Session 1 (5 Sept: Christina and Antonia)
Christina refers to the translation of the Dhammapada by Gil Fronsdal.
Here is a link to a website where Gil reads the Dhammapada texts: https://archive.org/details/DhammapadaByGilFronsdal/Zencast49b.mp3
The word ‘mind’ in this text refers to the Pali ‘mana’. In the first verse, manomayā literally means ‘mind made’.
Session 3 (19 Sept: Christina and Stephen)
Stephen’s translation of the verses
Chapter 2, opening verse 21:
Care is the path to the deathless;
Carelessness the path to death.
The caring do not die;
The uncaring are as if already dead.
Chapter 6, The Sage, verse 80:
Just as a farmer irrigates his field,
Just as a fletcher fashions an arrow,
Just as a carpenter shapes a piece of wood,
So the sage tames the self.
Chapter 4, Flowers, verse 49:
The sage moves through the village
Just as a bee gathers pollen
And flies off without harming
The flower, its colour, or its fragrance.