M.C. Owens mixes sutras Sunday nights 7:00 - 8:30 PM San Francisco Dharma Collective 2701 Folsom St
Avatamsaka Sutra - NINTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 39 "Gaṇḍavyūha" PART FIVE by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - NINTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 39 "Gaṇḍavyūha" PART FOUR by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - NINTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 39 "Gaṇḍavyūha" PART THREE by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - NINTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 39 "Gaṇḍavyūha" PART TWO by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - NINTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 39 "Gaṇḍavyūha" PART ONE by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - EIGHTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 38 by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 37 by Michael Charles Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 36 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 35 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 34 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 33 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - CH 32 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 31 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 30 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 29 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 28 by M.C. Owens
8-week course on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Thursday mornings, 8:30am - 10:00pm (Pacific) June 4th - July 30th, 2026* Tuition: Sliding scale ($400 to $300) All Classes are held live on Zoom with recordings available for participants afterwards This course is an overview of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (“Root Verses on the Middle Way”), a famously difficult poem by Nāgārjuna written around the 2nd Century CE that articulates the Mādhyamika understanding of emptiness based on the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination. At first the verses can feel like a series of locked doors, mainly because they are a rebuttal to the metaphysical assumptions of early Abhidharma schools, including the Sarvāstivādans and Sautrāntikas, and without that background Nāgārjuna's sharp refutations seem to strike at nothing. The purpose of this course is to cut through the obscuring rhetoric and reveal the text's essential concepts with down-to-earth “real world” examples, turning locks into keys. We will read several chapters closely, comparing multiple English translations from Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese, and you will be encouraged to reimagine the verses using your own terms and examples. Go to: www.LotusUnderground.com
Avatamsaka Sutra - SEVENTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 27 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - SIXTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 26 "Ten Stages" by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FIFTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 25 "Ten Transferences of Merit" by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FIFTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 24 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FIFTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 23 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FOURTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 22 2026 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FOURTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 21 "Ten Practices" by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FOURTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 20 2026 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - FOURTH ASSEMBLY - Ch 19 2026 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - THIRD ASSEMBLY - CH 18 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra - THIRD ASSEMBLY - CH 17 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra Ch 15 "Ten Abodes" 2026 by M.C. Owens
Avatamsaka Sutra recitation followup by M.C. Owens
Dedicated to the memory of Mikeal Rogers https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/mikeal-rogers-obituary?id=58676316
Bhadramāyākāra-vyākarana Sutra The Prediction of the Magician Bhadra's Enlightenment Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra (#21) Translated and recited by M.C. Owens Text version: https://snapdragon-fir-e8e.notion.site/21-Bhadram-y-k-ra-vy-karana-Sutra-The-Prediction-of-the-Magician-Bhadra-s-Enlightenment-b18dca2b224b403292fa6c156046e339
The Conduct and Vows of Samantabhadra Conclusion of the Avataṃsaka Sutra Translated from the Chinese by Dharmamitra (Kalavinka Press, 2022) Recited by M.C Owens www.lotusunderground.com
Turning the Dharma Wheel Saturday mornings, 9:00-10:30am (Pacific) September 21 – November 23, 2024 Tuition: $300 All Classes are held live on Zoom with recordings of every class available to student's afterwards. A traditional way of learning Buddhism is called Anguttara, ‘adding one' – wherein the teachings of the Buddha are presented numerically in increasing order, such as the Three Poisons, the Four Noble Truths, and the Five Aggregations. This 10-week course uses a similar method of interlocking systems of ideas to explore fundamental Buddhist concepts and their interrelations. The ideas presented in each week's session increase in complexity and build on previous session topics, thus 'turning the Dharma wheel.' This course also introduces early Buddhist texts, modern interpretations of Buddhist practice, and the transcendent applicability of Buddhism.
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