Title: Students | Clear Vision Education
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Information to help your study of Buddhism
4-7 years
8-11 years
12-14 years
15-16 years
17-18 years
STORIES from the BUDDHIST TRADITION - aged 4 to 7
Stories from the Buddhist tradition
Siddhartha and the Swan
Siddhartha and the Swan
Angulimala meets the Buddha
Angulimala meets the Buddha
The Lion and the Jackal
The Lion and the Jackal
Kisa and the Mustard Seed
Kisa and the Mustard Seed
The King's Elephant
The King’s Elephant
The Monkey King
The Monkey King
QUIZZES about BUDDHISM - aged 8 to 11
Try a quiz!
The Buddha
The Dharma
The Sangha
Meditation and Worship
INFO about BUDDHISM - aged 12 to 14
The Three Jewels
Noble Eightfold Path
RIGHT VISION
RIGHT EMOTION
RIGHT SPEECH
RIGHT ACTION
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
RIGHT EFFORT
RIGHT MINDFULNESS
RIGHT MEDITATION
Meditation
Four Noble Truths
Karma
Actions have consequences
The Five Precepts
Behaviour to avoid
Behaviour to develop
1. To abstain from harming living beings
2 To abstain from taking the not given
3. To abstain from sexual misconduct
4. To abstain from false speech
5. To abstain from taking intoxicants that cloud the mind
Delving deeper into BUDDHISM - aged 15 to 16
Beliefs and Values
Conditionality or Dependent Origination
The Four Noble Truths
Noble Eightfold Path
RIGHT VISION
RIGHT EMOTION
RIGHT SPEECH
RIGHT ACTION
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
RIGHT EFFORT
RIGHT MINDFULNESS
RIGHT MEDITATION
The Threefold Way
The Middle Way
Karma
Nirvana
The Three Marks
Community and Tradition
The Buddha in 60 seconds!
Sangha
Buddhist Schools
1. Theravada Buddhism
2. The Bodhisattva Path
3. Tibetan Buddhism
4. Zen Buddhism
5. Pure Land Buddhism
6. Triratna (formerly FWBO)
Scripture and Authority
The Pali Canon (Tipitaka)
The Pali Canon as a source of authority
Dhammapada
A section from the Pali Canon: the Buddhavagga
Buddhavagga (The Section of the Enlightened One)
Metta Sutta (sermon on Loving-Kindness)
Kalama Sutta
Worship and Celebration
Worship in Buddhism
The chanting of mantras
Why do Buddhists bow?
Living the Buddhist Life
Ahimsa and the Precepts
Ahimsa: non-harm
The Five Precepts
Guidelines for Living
Metta and Karuna
Metta: Universal Loving Kindness
Work and money
Money
Work
Money
Work
Family values and sexual ethics
The Third Precept
Celibacy
Marriage and Divorce
Delving even deeper into BUDDHISM - aged 17 to 18
The Buddha
Buddhology and the Trikaya Doctrine
The Buddha in Early Buddhism and Theravada
The Buddha in the Mahayana
First Answer: Two bodies
Further answer: three bodies
Who is the Buddha?
The Evolution of a Buddha
from Who is the Buddha? by Sangharakshita
The Nature of Reality
Samsara and conditionality
Samsara, Paticcasamuppada (Dependent Origination) and the Wheel of Life
The twelve nidanas
Paticcasamuppada and karma
The positive nidanas
The Three Marks of Conditioned Existence
a) Impermanence ( anicca)
b) Insubstantiality or No-self (anatta)
The Five Skandhas
Insubstantiality of all objects
Anatta and rebirth
c) Dukkha
The Texture of Reality
The Two Realities
Suffering
Impermanence
Emptiness of Self
The Three Liberations
Nirvana (Nibbana in Pali)
Negative descriptions
Positive Descriptions
Paradoxical Descriptions
Symbolical Descriptions
Problems relating to nirvana
Sunyata
Madhyamika Teachings and Sunyata
The Perfection of Wisdom
Madhyamika Philosophy
The Hinayana interpretation of the dharmas
Mahayana objections to this view
Madhyamika Arguments
The Shunyata Practice
Buddhist Teachings
The Importance of Intention
Two Important Assumptions
1. Human Character is Malleable
2. Volitional Actions Modify Character
Levels of Karmic Consequence
Do We Always Get What We Deserve?
Do We Need Rebirth?
What if Rebirth is False?
The gods
The Noble Eightfold Path in general
Some important overall features of the Eightfold Path
The limbs of the Noble Eightfold Path
1. Right View (samma-ditthi)
The Importance of Views
Question
Extract from the Pali Canon on Right View (with notes in square brackets)
Exercise
2. Right Aspiration
Extract from the Pali Canon on Right Aspiration (with notes in square brackets)
Jack Kornfield on Right Aspiration
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
How to judge right and wrong action
5. Right Livelihood
Exercise
6. Right Effort
The Four Exertions
7. Right Mindfulness
Awareness of things
Awareness of oneself
Awareness of others
Awareness of reality
Right Concentration
Concentration and mindfulness
Practices to develop concentration
Concentration and integration
Revision of the Mahayana
What is a bodhisattva?
The bodhisattva vow
Preparation for the vow
Bodhisattvas of the Path
Advanced and symbolic bodhisattvas
Buddhism in the Modern World
The Middle Way of views and of behaviour
The Middle Way in morality
Practical application of the Middle Way
Summary
The 1st Precept: Non-Violence
I undertake the rule of training which consists in abstention from killing living beings.
Why is killing wrong?
Himsa and Ahimsa
Violence and the self
Can Violence never be justified?
The second precept: avoiding taking the not-given
I undertake the rule of training which consists in abstention from taking the not-given
Stealing vs. generosity
Issues relating to taking the not-given
Issues relating to generosity
Reflection and discussion
Further Reading
The third precept: avoiding sexual misconduct
I undertake the rule of training which consists in abstention from sexual misconduct
Interpretations of the precept
Contentment
Discussion and evaluation
The fourth precept: avoiding false speech
I undertake the rule of training which consists in abstention from false speech
Exercise
The fifth precept: avoiding intoxicants
I undertake the rule of training which consists in abstention from drink and drugs that cloud the mind
Reflection/ Discussion
1. Buddhism and Abortion
Spiritual Instrumentalism and rebirth
The First Precept
The Middle Way
2. Buddhism and Euthanasia
The Buddhist case against suicide and euthanasia
The First Precept
The Patimokkha
The value of a human birth
Applying the Middle Way
The art of dying well
The value of suffering
The Buddhist case for euthanasia
Protest deaths
The case for euthanasia
3. Buddhism and Embryo Research
Objections to embryo research
Defences of embryo research
4. Buddhism and Organ Donation (1)
Attitude to death and afterlife
Second precept
Impermanence and insubstantiality
Some Buddhist views
Resources issues and the Middle Way
Organ transplantation (2)
5. Buddhism and the allocation of medical resources
The First Precept and Four Noble Truths
Holistic medicine
Saving lives vs quality of life
Buddhism in business relationships
Non-exploitation
Gratitude
Buddhism and the Environment
Buddhism and environmental issues
Buddhist attitudes to nature
The Precepts
The Simple Life
Middle Way
ONLY CONNECT!
The Armchair Society
How do I Affect Other People?
A Reflection
How Do I Change the World?
A Sharing Revolution
SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY
Twenty-Five Excellent Things To Do
Motivation: The Cultivation of Wisdom and Compassion
Doing the Unexpected
a case study: air travel
Using the Imagination:
Some Other Examples
Experiments with Simplicity
BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD
Being Open
Seeing with a Warm Heart
Time with Nature
Reflecting on Nature
Indra’s Net
Reflection
Buddhism and vegetarianism
The sufferings of farm animals
Old macdonald had a factory
Cattle
Chickens
Sheep
The way of all flesh
Why are we beastly to animals?
the buddhist perspective
The benefits of vegetarianism
benefits for the world
benefits for our health
Iron
Calcium
Protein
Commonly asked questions about vegetarianism
How do I give up eating meat?
Surely it is impossible to live without causing harm?
Plants are living too. Aren’t vegetarians inconsistent?
Why should I worry about animals when there is so much human suffering in the world?
How do I relate to meat-eaters?
What would happen to the animals if we all became vegetarian?
Will I miss having meat in my diet?
What about veganism?
Is there such as thing as disengaged Buddhism?
Types of Buddhism and their Development in the West
The Development of Buddhism in the West
The spread of Buddhism to the West
Overall reasons for the spread
Discussion
Oriental Studies
Research
The first Western Buddhists
The Sixties
Traditional forms of Buddhism in the West
Discussion
Theravada Buddhism East and West
Theravada Buddhism in the East
Theravada Buddhism in the West
Tibetan Buddhism East and West
Tibetan Buddhism in the East
The Chinese invasion and Tibetan diaspora
Tibetan Buddhism in the West
Websites of Tibetan Buddhist Organisations
Chinese and Japanese Buddhism East and West
Buddhism in China
Buddhism in Japan
Chinese and Japanese Buddhism in the West
Zen:
Triratna Buddhist Community
Triratna Buddhist Community
THE BODY
The Diamond Throne
Principles of Posture
Sitting on the Floor
Sitting on a Chair
Getting the Body Right
Experiencing the Body
Body Meditation
Body Meditation: a led practice
LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION
The Metta Bhavana
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Stage Four
Stage Five
Approaches to Cultivating Metta
The Metta Bhavana: a led practice
UNFIXING OURSELVES
A Productive Life?
Facing Up to Suffering
Real Compassion
reflection: Constant Change
JOY

Content: Looking up, they saw an old man standing in the doorway. He approached and looked at the wounded animal in Siddhartha’s arms. “If this swan could talk,” said the old man, “it would tell us that it wanted to be well again and be free to fly and swim with the other wild swans. None of us wants to feel pain or die and it is the same for the swan. It wants to live, so it should go to whoever wants to give it life.” “Let it be so,” said the king. “ Siddhartha shall keep the swan. Thank you, old man, for your wise advice.” But the old man had already disappeared, as quietly as he had come. All this time, Devadatta had stood silent.