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The Six Perfections:
The Bodhisattva Path of Awakening
Class at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville
Wednesday nights, September 29 - November 3
 Fireside Room (in the main building)
According to Mahayana Buddhism, awakened mind naturally manifests in our experience as the Six Perfections: generosity, ethics, patience, effort, meditation and wisdom. Practicing the perfections as path puts us in touch with our own humanity, which gives us compassion for others, allowing wisdom to arise naturally.
Join Rita Frizzell as we explore one of the perfections each week:
Sept. 29 -- Introduction & Generosity
Oct. 6 -- Ethics
Oct. 13 -- Patience
Oct. 20 -- Joyful effort
Oct. 27 -- Meditation
Nov. 3 -- Wisdom
If you want to come for dinner, join us at 6:00 in the social area near the sanctuary. $7 for dinner, no cost for class. Childcare provided.
Location: 1808 Woodmont Blvd near the intersection of Woodmont and Hillsboro in the Green Hills area of Nashville. The entrance is on the rear side of the church, near the top of the hill (on the northwest side). To get to the Fireside Room, enter the door on the left and continue down the hall and to the right. For questions, call Rita at 615-463-2374
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Upcoming Events in Nashville
I am happy to pass on news of events as announced by our friends at One Dharma:
October 7 -- Dharma Wisdom: An Evening With Phillip Moffitt
Public talk. You can find more information here.
October 21 -- Grief, Walking: The Soul of a Well Lived Life
There are several Nashville events, including a documentary screening and a workshop, starting October 21, with Stephen Jenkinson, also known as the "Griefwalker." More information is available here.
October 28 -- Transmission of the Dharma Lamp Ceremony
Trudy Goodman, Lisa Ernst's long time dharma teacher, will be in Nashville October 28 for a talk and to formally give her dharma teaching transmission. Time and location TBA. Read more about Trudy here.
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Quote of the Week
Six realms of existence are identified in Buddhism: gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hells. They are each the result of one of the six main negative emotions: pride, jealousy, desire, ignorance, greed, and anger.
Looking at the world around us, and into our own minds, we can see that the six realms definitely do exist. They exist in the way we unconsciously allow our negative emotions to project and crystallize entire realms around us, and to define the style, form, flavor, and context of our life in those realms. And they exist also inwardly as the different seeds and tendencies of the various negative emotions within our psychophysical system, always ready to germinate and grow, depending on what influences them and how we choose to live.
-- Sogyal Rinpoche
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