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| PROGRAM STRUCTURE |
| – Course Components |
| – Reading Assignments |
| – Writing Assignments |
| – Service Work |
| – Mentor Interviews |
| – Optional Activities |
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| MONTH BY MONTH |
| – Before Our First Workshop |
| – September Karuna – Compassion Seminar 09/08 Workshop 09/29 |
| – October Dana – Generosity Seminar 10/13 Workshop 10/20 |
| – November Sila – Virtue Seminar 11/10 Workshop 11/17 |
| – December Virya – Energy Seminar 12/04 Workshop 12/08 |
| – January Panna – Wisdom Seminar 01/12 Workshop 01/19 |
| – February Nekkhama – Renunciation Seminar 02/02 Workshop 02/09 |
| – March Khanta – Patience Seminar 03/08 Workshop 03/15 |
| – April Sacca – Truth Seminar 04/09 Workshop 04/12 |
| – May Aditthana – Resolve Seminar 05/03 Workshop 05/10 |
| – June Metta – Lovingkindness Seminar 05/31 Workshop 06/07 |
| – July Upekkha – Equanimity Seminar 06/28 Workshop 07/12 |
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Dharma Reflections
(1-2 pages)
Each month we will provide you with a short story or teaching to be used as a basis for a personal reflection paper. The practice of reading, reflecting and writing on these stories has a number of functions. These include developing skills of personal reflection, becoming familiar with teaching stories that they remain readily at hand to be used in any number of varied situations, and to help develop the ability to imagine different perspectives that different people have toward the same event.
Read the dharma story a number of times. Spend time thinking about the story, perhaps even visualizing it. Consider what some of the expressions of the Dharma may be contained in the story. Do not settle for your first reactions or thoughts but return to the piece a number of times to see if you can approach it from a number of different perspectives.
Imagine yourself as different characters in a story. Also imagine how people in different circumstances might experience or hear the story. You might share the story with friends to learn how they understand it.
After you have lived with the story for some time write a 1-2 page paper of your reflections on the story. This is not an explanation of the dharma within the story. Rather, it is an expression of your thoughts and feelings and associations about the story. This is like a personal journal, and need not need be polished or carefully structured.
DHARMA STORIES
TENDING THE SICK
CRYING WITH
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED
ANGULIMALA
THE WOMAN IN SAMADHI
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT