Please take out your book, and write down today’s learning target Welcome to a new week! Please take out your book, and write down today’s learning target Learning target: Describe the basic ideas of Buddhism “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~Buddha 5/12/14

Agenda 5/12/14 Plan for the week Upcoming due date reminders Talk about Chapter 1 Intro to Buddhism Reading time Homework: Work on your portfolio (due Wed. May 14th) Work on your practice senior board speech Work on your reading journals

Did you email me a paper Friday? Don’t forget I need a paper copy to grade! (only applies to Catcher in the Rye essay- SRPs, I’ve got you covered)

Plan for the week Today: Review Chapter 1?, go over some Buddhism basics, reading time Tuesday-Wednesday: In Lab 503 to work on/turn in your portfolios You’ll get your SRP redos back Tuesday I’ll be here all day Wednesday AND Thursday for help time Thursday: In classroom to start practice board speeches/reading time Friday: Practice board speeches/book discussion time

Upcoming due date reminders Whole completed portfolio due to me on May 14th We’ll be in Lab 503 the 13th and 14th Leave a blank spot for me to enter your project evaluation form once I’ve evaluated the portfolio Take home all your portfolio folder stuff so you can start assembling it if you haven’t already!

Thoughts about the book so far? Questions? Comments? Confusions? Let’s talk about Govinda…what is he, what isn’t he…

Very Brief Overview of a Very Complex Topic

Very Brief Buddhism Overview To do no evil; To cultivate good; To purify one's mind: This is the teaching of the Buddhas. Buddhism is not a religion-it’s a philosophy. Buddhists do not “worship” Buddha-they just try to follow his teachings because they see him as someone who has achieved Nirvana, or “enlightenment.”

The Buddha The Buddha was born Siddhartha Gautama to a wealthy family in approximately 566 BC. When he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him.

The Buddha’s Life, Continued After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation where he became “The Buddha.” The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path, or “Dharma.” In approximately 486 BC, at the age of 80, the Buddha died.

Teachings of Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths Life is suffering. Suffering is due to attachment Attachment can be overcome There is a path for accomplishing this. You can’t avoid it, but it’s why we feel “bad” To material things and relationships, which makes us “want” It’s called “The Eight-Fold Path”

The Eight-Fold Path Right view Right aspirations Right speech Right action Right livelihood Right effort Right mindfulness Right concentration Understanding of the Four Noble truths and a true desire to free oneself from the attachments Abstain from gossip, lying, hurtful behaviors (including those that hurt yourself), and making your living in a way that doesn’t hurt Focusing on meditation and reflection to support your right views, aspirations, speech, and actions

Questions to think about going forward Where on the 8 Fold Path is our character Siddhartha? In which ways is our character Siddhartha like “The Buddha?” What characters are helping/holding back Siddhartha from Enlightenment? Rhetorical analysis-ish… Where on the 8 Fold Path are you? What do you believe about the purpose of life? How do you learn about “real” life? From whom? How much, if at all, does a spiritual life affect you? How have people you know helped you/hurt you in finding out who you are? How have they impacted your “journey”? Personal write-ish…

Reading Time Get settled in to your reading, please!