Buddhism lesson 4

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Buddhism

Lesson 4

2024-2025

A2b

Are you allowed to quit being a monk?

Why did the monk shave he was already bald?

What is a puja?

How can a bhikkhu shave his head with shaving cream?

Homework

Classically discussing: 

• To do activities 1, 3 – 5 page 159
  

Objectives

You will….

• know the different structures of Buddhist temple in the world
• understand the importance of stupa for Buddhists
• evaluate the importance of temples to Buddhist communities

Where do Buddhist meditate?

Reading

Let's read page 160

Key words

1. Vihara:  A Buddhist place of worship
   
2. Buddha: “The Enlightened One” – the name given to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism.
   
3. Shrine:  An area dedicated to worship – usually containing a statue and offerings.
   
4. Stupa:  A bell-shaped shrine, representing the path to enlightenment.
   
5. Dana:  The act of giving food and other necessities to Buddhist Monks.
   

Meditation The act of thinking deeply about one thing, leading to a calm and relaxed state of mind.

Video assignment

1. Create two colomns in your notebook
2. 1st colomn = new concepts to learn
3. 2nd colomn = concepts I already know

Homework

1. The teacher hands out a copy of a Vihara Floorplan
2. On Teams read the 'Visiting a Vihara' information sheet.
3. Using the information and the floor plan, write a Visitors’ Guide to the Vihara.
4. think of proper behaviour, objects, spirituality and meditation

 

This should provide visitors with the information they need about how to behave (e.g. shoes off, be quiet), but it should also describe how the different parts of the Vihara, and the objects in it, encourage spirituality and meditation.

To conlude

• Place a seat in a prominent position facing the class.
• Explain that the seat has been imbued with magical qualities and that anyone who sits in it becomes a member of the local vihara.
• Ask for a volunteer to sit in it.
• Ask the volunteer questions about the lesson.
• The volunteer must answer in character.
• You could open the questioning to other students, but stress that the questions must be about what was covered in the lesson!
• Don’t let it go on too long, and change volunteer often.