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Sean Oakes, PhD: Working Class Students of the Buddha: Stories From the Suttas
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) In the Pāli Canon, who talks with the Buddha? The vast majority of named laypeople who have conversations with the Buddha are upper caste and wealthy: brahmins and aristocrats. So where do we find working class devotees? In the record of the monastics: the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā. In this talk Sean introduces a few of these inspiring practitioners, and you will be able to think about how class and privilege influence your own relationships with the Buddha’s teachings.
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