Book Study/ The Dhammapada
Offered by Denise Yocco
Why this book , you may ask? Because it is time. It is time to read and study many books that can offer wisdom at a time when it is so needed. A book that points us to a path of truth. I always wanted to know what Buddha said. I have read the words of other spiritual influencers, and I have heard stories the Buddha told to make his words understood, but I wanted his words of wisdom and truth. The Dhammapada is that book. Not a big book at all, it can be read quickly, but it is wonderful to savor.
Anyone on the seekers path will enjoy the study of this book. I have preferred the translation by Eknath Easwaran and a copy will be included with the cost of the class. His translation offers a rich spiritual forward, bound with both his history and perennial wisdom. It welcomes you into the world and life of the Buddha. The wisdom is for all time.
Dhammapada means the path of dharma, or the path of truth. It is the path of clear thinking and peace. It is the towards contentment and liberation. I hope some of you will want to join in the reading and study of this book. I cannot determine how many weeks it will take, but I imagine at least 5 or 6. We will discuss after the first class in Heart Space if we wish to continue on zoom every Wednesday, or live weekly on Fridays.
About Denise Yocco
I have been reluctant to offer anything about me as a bio. As you may know I am co-owner and co-creator with my husband Nick, of Seven Stones Gallery and Heart Space at Seven Stones.
I offer to this Heart Space community what I love and what loves me back. I am not educated by any university, or particular school of thought, only by what I have sought to learn and what life has offered to me in abundance to learn from. I feel deeply and passionately about self knowing and wholeness. I feel certain we can self heal through self knowing, self loving and forgiveness. I have taken The Peace Ambassador Training with James O’Dea, and I am heart honored to be part of the 2nd graduating class. I have taken classes in Non-Violent Communication and in Conflict Resolution, also have taken classes with Andrew Harvey, a modern day mystic, as I have leaned more into the great ancient mystics, such as Rumi, Hafiz, Nanak, Kabir, and Sanai,, and those modern, as well. I consider Osho to my master teacher.
I have allowed myself to unravel and undo myself a few times. Have allowed myself to unlearn so that I can be learning in every moment. It is hard to keep learning when we feel we have learned. The space for learning and unlearning needs to be open…always. I am human and many times have missed the mark that each of these studies has offered to me. But I stay on course and continue to evolve. I possess no special skills to heal another, only the heart that keeps offering to others a way through, as I have found, and what I know works to heal. It will always come down to the work we do to help ourselves, no matter who we learn from, no matter who lays their hands upon us, no matter our teachers or guru, religion, or degree, it will always be our decision to heal and mend ourselves. Our greatest service to each other is to do that work, and offer, from the heart, what we are learning through life, to be bridges, to be friends. I simply and passionately offer that. Deeply thankful and blessed to be of service.
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