BUDDHIST EDUCATION CENTER OF AMERICA INC.

DONG HUNG BUDDHIST TEMPLE

4177 West Neck Rd. Virginia Beach. Virginia 23456 - 3861 USA Phone: (757) 689-3408

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WISDOM FOR MODERN LIVING:

BUDDHIST TEACHINGS & PRACTICE

Weeks 1-4: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

The Four Noble Truths

The link to the Thich Nhat Hanh talk is Nirvana and wrong views
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWIPhj-ivo&feature=related

The links to the Dalia Lama talk (parts 1-4) are: Four Noble Truths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXmdKWVirUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoMJ2B3v1iU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3t0uMdPT6g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTs6HnSqHmo&feature=related

The Eightfold Path

READINGS:

Discourse on Turning of the Wheel Dharma (Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta)

Discourse on Right View (Sammaditthi Sutta)

DISCUSSION: Suffering and Liberation from Suffering

Week 5: Buddhist Theory of Human Nature

The Five Aggregates

READINGS:

“The Five Aggregates,” Thich Nhat Hanh (to be distributed in class)

DISCUSSION: Consciousness

Week 6: Buddhist Concepts: No-Self, Impermanence, And Emptiness 

READINGS:

Discourse on the Dharma Seal (Sutra #104, Taisho Rev.)

The Heart Sutra

RETREAT!

Week 7: Buddhist Concepts: Karma

Presentation & Discussion

Weeks 8-9: The Nature of Cause & Effect

READINGS:

“The Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising” (to be distributed in class)

Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings (Sutra # 779, Taisho Rev.) 

Week 10: Buddhist Ethics: Precepts & Perfections

READINGS:

Discourse on Love (Metta Sutta)

Discourse on Happiness (Mahamangala Sutta)

Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone (Bhaddekaratta Sutta)

Week 11: Theory & Practice of Meditation

READINGS:

Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing

Discourse on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

Week 12: The Life of the Buddha

Presentation and Discussion