Dharma Study Group September 16
Posted on September 14, 2019
Please join us Monday
for group discussion of Ayya Khema’s book, Be an Island: Foreword (IX-XIV), Preface (XV-XVI), and Opening the Heart and Mind (3-11).
Below are discussion questions courtesy of volunteer facilitator Sharon Rose.
for group discussion of Ayya Khema’s book, Be an Island: Foreword (IX-XIV), Preface (XV-XVI), and Opening the Heart and Mind (3-11).
Below are discussion questions courtesy of volunteer facilitator Sharon Rose.
Opening the Heart and Mind
- Taking Refuge: A Kind of Love Affair
- What does taking refuge bring forth for you?
- How does taking refuge open your heart and mind?
- Do you believe the teaching’s promise to put an end suffering, to all the ills of mankind?
- The Dhamma of the Blessed One
Seeing the teachings ourselves with an inner vision is up to each one of us.
- What are your thoughts on this three page meaty chapter?
Two quotes that struck me:
“Wisdom also means maturity” and “Wisdom is an inner knowing which creates self-confidence. We need not look for somebody else’s
confirmation and good-will; we know for ourselves with certainty.”
- What are your blocks to wisdom?