2023-03-11 | Zen - Practice of the Awakened Life | Ellen Hippard

00:00:19 - Class 3 - The Awakening Poems of the First Buddhist Women - Introduction
00:03:10 - Ellen Outlines the First Section of the Class: Looking at Poems
00:06:06 - Ellen Outlines the Second Section of the Class: Writing Our Own Poems - Third Section will Be Questions/Comments
00:07:21 - Ellen Introduces the First Poem: The Awakening Poem By Mahapajapati - Susan Murcott Version
00:11:52 - Sitting for 1 Minute. Please Pause Video here to Partake
00:12:03 - Matty Weingast’s Version of the Same Poem - 'Mahapajapati - Protector of Children'
00:13:16 - Please Pause Video Here to Sit For 1 Minute
00:13:27 - Ellen Invites Participants to Write Down Any Comments or Questions Regarding the Last Two Poems - (2 Minutes)
00:13:45 - Participant's Comments and Questions
00:13:57 - Ellen Moves on to the Next poem 'Mitta'
00:14:53 - Ellen Reads the 2nd Version 'Mitta’ From The Harem
00:15:22 - One Minute (Pause Here)To Write Down Any Comments/Reflections and Questions From the last Two Poems
00:15:28 - Moving on to the Next Poem 'Mitta - Friend'
00:16:31 - Two Minutes to Write and Contemplate
00:16:37 - Moving on to 'Soma"
00:19:23 - Pause Video Here for 1 Minute to Sit
00:19:29 - The Reading of 'Soma - Happiness'
00:20:56 - Sitting for Two Minutes Contemplating, Writing Down Any Questions and Comments
00:21:02 - Taking 15 Minutes to Write your Own Poems Poems
00:21:36 - Sharing of Participant’s Poems/Contributions and Comments
00:42:02 - 2 Readings/Versions of 'Vimala'
00:44:24 - Patachara - ‘When They Plough their Fields and Sew Seeds in the Earth’
00:48:20 - Patachara-‘Wondering Robe’
00:49:41 - Closing Comments

Books Mentioned During the Class:

First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening by Susan Murcott
The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns Matty Weingast
The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women by Zenshin Florence Caplow (Author), Reigetsu Susan Moon (Author)