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Dharma Doors @ SFDC

Dharma Doors

The Dharma Doors with MC Owens @ SF Dharma Collective

Every Sunday, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Join us online with Zoom using this link: http://bit.ly/sfdharma Password to log in: 108108or  301-715-8592 to join by phone.  Meeting ID: 545 039 806

Buddhists speak of 84,000 different Dharma Doors – entry points leading to enlightenment and liberation for all sentient beings – with access to them through 84,000 different sutras (Buddhist texts), each containing a distinct teaching to ease suffering. With so many sutras and so little time, it can be helpful to have a guide to explore all this preserved wisdom.In weekly gatherings, sutras become a springboard to understanding the foundational, the obscure and the esoteric concepts that make Buddhism the unique and diverse tradition that it is.

Join MC Owens each Sunday night as he weaves humor and storytelling with modern scholarly research to open a new dharma door through a thought-provoking engagement with Buddhist texts and ideas.

MC Owens is a Buddhist teacher, translator, and author who uses a sutra-based curriculum that draws from a variety of traditions to teach the history, philosophy, and practice of Buddhism. He teaches regularly for the San Francisco Dharma Collective and he also runs Lotus Underground – a repository of his teaching activities, audio recordings, and writings.

Introductory Videos

The following is a list of videos in the “Intro” collection.

Michael Owens Youtube

Escape from Samsara: Introduction to Buddhist Cosmology
January 31, 2020
Robes of Patience: The Evolution of Buddhist Monastic Garments
March 28, 2020
FROM TEN DIRECTIONS – The Geography of Buddhism
April 25, 2020
An Introduction to Buddhist Iconography
June 4, 2020
The First Free Women - Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns
July 2, 2020
Thích Nhất Hạnh's 14 Precepts of Engaged Buddhism
September 22, 2020
The Dharma Bums: a history of Buddhism in America with MC Owens
September 27, 2020
MAGIC CIRCLE: The Art and Architecture of Buddhist Mandalas
November 1, 2020
Vox Buddha: The Languages of Buddhism
December 21, 2020
THE INCONCEIVABLE REALM: A visual introduction to Mahayana Buddhist Cosmology
March 26, 2021

Visual Buddhism

Once a month Michael does a talk on Buddhism that is not tied to a specific sutra at SF Dharma Collective called “Visual Buddhism.” Those videos are below.

Michael Owens Youtube

Escape from Samsara: Introduction to Buddhist Cosmology
January 31, 2020
Robes of Patience: The Evolution of Buddhist Monastic Garments
March 28, 2020
FROM TEN DIRECTIONS – The Geography of Buddhism
April 25, 2020
An Introduction to Buddhist Iconography
June 4, 2020
The First Free Women - Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns
July 2, 2020
Thích Nhất Hạnh's 14 Precepts of Engaged Buddhism
September 22, 2020
The Dharma Bums: a history of Buddhism in America with MC Owens
September 27, 2020
MAGIC CIRCLE: The Art and Architecture of Buddhist Mandalas
November 1, 2020
Vox Buddha: The Languages of Buddhism
December 21, 2020
THE INCONCEIVABLE REALM: A visual introduction to Mahayana Buddhist Cosmology
March 26, 2021