Buddhism lesson 2

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Buddhism

Lesson 2

The life of the Buddha

2024-2025

A2b

Name the four sights

Homework

Swap your notebooks and correct each other's homework

page 147

1a. Awakened One, Enlightened One, a person who has deep 

      understanding of life

   b. The Laws of Life, the teachings of the Buddha

   c. Old, age, sickness, death, wise man (sadhu)

2. Their truth lies in their meanings, not in the facts of their having 

     happened.

   

Homework

3. The Buddha was destined to be a great spiritual teacher. He 

 would overcome suffering. He would realiste the potential all human 

beings have. Even the Buddha would experience tragedy. He would fulfill his destiny.

4. That no can avoid suffering. Money/luxury cannot protect humans from life's realities. Common sufferings are birth, old age and sickness. That it may be possible to overcome sufering. Determination to go on spiritual quest to overcome sufffering. To learn how to be permanently content.

Homework

page 149

1a. Middle Way

  b. Meditate

  c. bhikkhus (homeless brothers)

  d. 80

3. A life between the extremes of hardship and luxury. Also an attitude of mind: steadfast, centred, determined, focuses etc.

4. Think of a 'lightbulb' moment when sth clicks: it all makes sense. The Buddha's enlightenment then 'lit up' the world, giving everyone the access to knowledge that could make them enlightened

If stories about the Buddha aren't true, then Buddhism is just a lie.

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Objectives

You will….

• know the Three Marks of Existence, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, Dependent Origination and karma
• understand how practising the Dharma leads to the attainment of Nibbana and how Buddhist concepts are linked
• know how the Buddha's teaching can be applied to daily life.
• apply Buddhist teaching.

Everything is a constant change

For 2 minutes freeze!

• Who managed this? 
• How do you feel? 
• Who didn't manage to keep still? 
• What did you move and why?

Everything is a constant change

The causes of suffering is twofold:

1. desire and 
2. attachment.

If we want things we haven't got, then we will not be happy and suffer.

Read page 152 step 2 & 3

Excersise

You have received 3 speech bubbles

Look at nr 1!

1. For 1 minute think about it in silence
2. For 2 minutes write down examples in the speech bubble
3. We'll repeat the process for speech bubble 2 & 3
4. We'll have a classically discussion about the outcomes.

Assignment

Go to Teams / Bestanden

Read the assignment

Any questions?

Do you believe in karma?

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Do all actions have consequences?

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Are you the cause of everything that happens to you?

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Homework

• To study page 152 –155  
• To do activities:   

      1 – 4 page 155  

Name 3 Buddhist concepts