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Introduction To Buddhism

Course Structure

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Week 1:       The Origins of Buddhism in Ancient India

• The Buddha and his Indian Context
  
• Background of life of the Buddha
  

 
Week 2:      Life of the Buddha

• His search 
  
• Mara and realisation
  
• How did the Buddha see himself?
  

Week 3:      Some basic and important teachings of the Buddha 1

• The Four Noble Truths
  
• The Three Characteristics of Existence
  

Week 4:      Some basic and important teachings of the Buddha 2

• The Noble Eightfold Path
  
• Conditionality
  

Week 5:      Buddhist Practice and the role of the Sangha

• Why meditation
  
• Five Precepts
  
• Loving Kindness
  
• The importance of the spiritual community
  

 Week 6:      Is Buddhism a system of belief?

• Karma and Rebirth
  
• Buddhist Cosmology
  
• Testing things out in the light of our experience
  

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Dates for the course are Friday 27th February, the 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March, and the last date will be Tuesday 31st March. Each evening to commence at 7.30 p.m. in the Garden Room, Blackthorn Medical Centre, Maidstone.