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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
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

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
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

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
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

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
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Essentials Of Buddhism and Meditation (A Six-Week Course By The Glasgow Buddhist Centre)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 19:23

This is a six-week course from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre. The course offers introductions to the basic meditation practices and covers the following topics:

Buddhism: the basics and the path

  • The Buddha, historical and ideal
  • Ethics, meditation, wisdom
  • The Sangha, the fellowship of practitioners,
  • The six emphases of Triratna.


Outline of the course 

Introduction
Short course description including a commented reading list

  • Meditation: posture and body awareness
  • Buddhism: the basics and the path
     

Session 2

  • Meditation: awareness of the body and breath
  • Buddhism: the Buddha, historical and ideal
     

Session 3

  • Meditation: the mindfulness of breathing
  • Buddhism: the Dharma, part 1 – ethics
    • ...
File NameSize
Essentials Of Buddhism and Meditation - A Six-Week Course By The Glasgow Buddhist Centre (zip)545.3 KB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: What Makes You A Buddhist? (A Six-Week Course By Vajrapriya)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 19:12

This is Module 1 of the Level 2 Buddhism Course by Vajrapriya used at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK (November 2007). 

The resources include: notes for the course leader (including learning objectives, guide lines for input and exercises, background information, suggestions for home practice), and handouts

Week 1: Sraddha – Faith within a Buddhist context
Topics: Grounds of faith; developing faith; faith and doubt; faith and inspiration; experiences of faith.

  • Notes for the course leader
  • Handout 1 (2 pages): Faith within a Buddhist Context
  • Handout 2 (1 page): Quotes on Faith
     

Week 2: Going for Refuge
Topics:...

File NameSize
What Makes You A Buddhist? A Six-Week Course By Vajrapriya (zip)1.61 MB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Simple Dharma Handouts

By lokabandhu on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 17:58
  • A one-page Buddhism handout (by Lokabandhu, as used for the Buddhafield Festival)
     
  • A one-page handout introducing basic Triratna resources eg our main websites (Lokabandhu)
     
  • A 17-page booklet - the same but in much more detail, including Triratna websites, recommended reading lists and basic intros to meditation, Dharma, and Triratna. Also prepared by Lokabandhu
File NameSize
Buddhism - One Page Handouts by Lokabandhu (PDF)74.63 KB
FWBO Resource Sheet (PDF)69.78 KB
FWBO Resource Pack For Newcomers (PDF)2.15 MB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Introduction (2008)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 17:48

Mokshini has prepared a great summary of how Triratna’s System of Practice (Integration-Positive Emotion-Spiritual Death-Spiritual Rebirth-Spiritual Receptivity links with the above levels. It’s attached here.

Please don’t hesitate to make suggestions for improvements and ask questions: add comments below. 

If you are interested in an overview about what is taught at urban Triratna centres, you can also download a survey prepared by the Dharma Teaching Coordinator for the Chairs Assembly in July 2008.

File NameSize
Ideas For Communicating Our System Of Practice - Mokshini And Others (PDF)397.96 KB
What Is Taught At Trirtana Centres? (2008)174.57 KB
Triratna Highlands
Triratna Highlands

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38Beginning 17th April - 8:00pm to 9.30 every other week until 7th August (apart from 29th May), Animisha will be leading an 8-session course on mindfulness meditation based on Maitreyabandhu’s book “Life with Full Attention” in the Community Room of An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway. This course will also be accessible on Skype for those who are too far away to attend in Stornoway or who are physically unable to attend. Suggested donations: £45 wages/£25 unwaged/concessions. Please contact Animisha...

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