INTRODUCING
Each Saturday, we read and discuss one chapter of a Buddhist sutra (starting with the Lotus Sutra)
(we will only be doing one chapter per week to keep things easy and low pressure for everyone)
This is our first week so we’re starting with Chapter One
chapter one is the stage setting chapter. there's dragons and bodhisattvas and the Buddha shoots a laser out of his face
all you gotta do to join in the discussion is read the chapter and post on Saturday (Sept 27) with the hashtag #Mastodharma (which you should also follow and possibly pin)
text is available several places online for free like here:
https://sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/index.htm
or pdf
https://huntingtonarchive.org/resources/downloads/sutras/06lotusVimalakirti/Lotus%20Sutra.doc.pdf
there's also audio versions on YouTube if that's better for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHD7YkSRLo&list=PLSWzchdLomhjuEFt8D_T4-hSqvduWysIt
this one also has the text on the screen: