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
   

Session 4

• Meditation: the metta bhavana
• Buddhism: the Dharma, part 2 – meditation
   

Session 5

• Meditation: the metta bhavana
• Buddhism: the Dharma, part 3 – wisdom

Session 6

• Meditation: working creatively
• Buddhism: the sangha, the fellowship of practitioners,
• The six emphases of Triratna