Dhammarato and friends discuss the duties and benefits of Sangha, the lack of a Sangha in the West, friendliness and honesty as duties to the Dhamma, volunteering without the need to be in charge or to take ownership, a new model of Dhamma-teaching, and informal distribution of support through the mechanisms of an open Sangha.
See the video version of this call on YouTube.
►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljA5RYyRu88
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To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel.
We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA
What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded.
00:00:00 Sangha is the gem in the crown
00:03:22 We all have a duty to the Dhamma
00:08:20 Friendliness and honesty
00:14:05 Cultivating a wide variety of friends
00:17:40 Western Buddhism lacks a Sangha
00:29:53 The importance of monks and nobles
00:48:09 How can we promote Sangha?
00:58:46 No one needs to be in charge of have ownership
01:06:11 The benefits of volunteering
01:10:01 Work should not be too burdensome
01:13:38 A new model of Dhamma-teaching
01:19:23 Informal distribution of support & no formal ordination process
01:22:37 The sotāpan has the highest duty
01:32:29 Gaining benefit from volunteer work
01:33:14 How to investigate the causes of depression
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