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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Meditation: Posture Guides

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 22:55
  1. A 13-page ‘Posture Workshop’ developed by Bodhipaksa from Wildmind.
     
  2. Read Kamalashila’s online version of his posture guide from the original version of his book ‘Buddhist Meditation’.
     
  3. A 2-page guide by Vajramati


 

File NameSize
Posture Guide by Bodhipaksa (PDF)489.23 KB
Posture Guide - Vajramati77.96 KB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Meditation: Triratna Meditation Summaries

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 22:42

Posture, body awareness, Mindfulness of Breathing, Metta Bhavana – from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre.

Tips for Establishing a Meditation Practice by Suvarnaprabha in San Francisco.

About his summary, Lokabandhu, who says:
“I produced this for use in Buddhafield and Bodh Gaya, I’ve always liked it as a very compact one-page summary of our meditations. The idea is that it is a one-page printout that folds into 4 and makes a miniature...

File NameSize
Buddhist Meditation Summary by Lokabandhu (PDF)66.75 KB
Buddhist Meditation Summary by Lokabandhu (doc)31.5 KB
A Short Handout On The Essentials Of Our Practices From Glasgow Buddhist Centre (PDF)71.74 KB
Tips for Establishing a Meditation Practice by Suvarnaprabha (PDF)130.28 KB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Meditation: Six-Week Foundation Course and Practice Diary (Maitreyabandhu)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 22:35

This is a six-week foundation course based on a practice diary. This course aims to support people in establishing a meditation practice, breaking down teaching into day-by-day experiential exercises and reviewing how the meditation is going. The materials include a meditation diary, handouts with reminders of the practice, and Teachers Notes. Developed by Maitreyabandhu and peer-reviewed by the Lighting the Flame Group.

Notes on the Practice Diary

This post introduces the context for using the Diary in a course you are leading.

1. Aims
2....

File NameSize
Six-Week Foundation Course and Practice Diary (PDF)299.93 KB
Six-Week Foundation Course and Practice Diary (doc)205.5 KB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Meditation: Six-Week Beginners’ Level 1 Meditation Course (Sagaraghosha)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 22:07

This is a fully-worked-out six-week course introducing the FWBO’s main meditation practices, by Sagaraghosha from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK. We’ve included a file with the complete course combined into one document.

Week 1:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Practical Points‘
  • Handout ‘Four Types of Meditation‘ (concentrative, generative, reflective, receptive)
  • Handout about meditation diary and meditation CDs

Week 2:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Meditation Posture‘
  • Handout ‘Mindfulness of Breathing‘
  • Handout ‘Diary‘ 2

Week 3:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Diary‘ 3

Week 4:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Metta Bhavana‘
  • Handout ‘Diary‘ 4

Week 5:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Diary‘ 5

Week 6:

  • Guide line for the teacher
  • Handout ‘Diary‘ 6
  • Handout ‘Feedback sheet‘
  • Programme for Meditation 1 Practice Day

Get the Level 2 course by Sagaraghosha 

File NameSize
SIx-Week Beginners’ Meditation Course by Sagaraghosha (zip)3.31 MB
SIx-Week Beginners’ Meditation Course (Sagaraghosha) - Complete Files (PDF)1.47 MB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Introduction to Buddhism Course (Suvarnaprabha)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 19:53

Here is an outline for a six-week Introduction to Buddhism course by Suvarnaprabha, given at the San Francisco Buddhist Center. The course is based on the book by Chris Pauling (Vadanya), Introducing Buddhism. It includes a Buddhism Quiz which can be used independent of the course.

File NameSize
Outline For A Six-Week Introduction to Buddhism Course by Suvarnaprabha (PDF)91.88 KB
Buddhist Quiz (PDF)76.7 KB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Reading Lists

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 19:36

Windhorse Publications have prepared a series of recommended books for people at different levels of involvement with Triratna. We also includes reading list prepared by Vajramati in New Yor. 

File NameSize
WIndhorse Publications - Introductory (PDF)365.98 KB
WIndhorse Publications - Going Deeper (PDF)465.47 KB
WIndhorse Publications - Meditation (PDF)292.16 KB
WIndhorse Publications - Mitra Study (PDF)549.78 KB
An Introductory Reading List By Vajramati (PDF)88.46 KB
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Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Basic Core Teachings (A Six-Week Course By Achala)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 19:28

Here you can download the handouts for a six-week course, provided by Achala from New Zealand.

Please note that according to Achala further improvement of some of these handouts is needed! Please share your improvements in the comments.

NOTE: This is what Achala said about his intentions when designing this course:

I tried to construct a course such that it:
 

  • covers what an average human being needs to effectively practice Buddhism
     
  • doesn’t not have a scholastic bent (so a few Pali/Sanskrit terms seemed reasonable
...
File NameSize
Basic Buddhist Teachings - A Six-Week Course By Achala (zip)729.72 KB

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