
| Welcome |
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| PROGRAM STRUCTURE |
| – Course Components |
| – Reading Assignments |
| – Writing Assignments |
| – Service Work |
| – Mentor Interviews |
| – Optional Activities |
| COURSE INFO |
| – Contacts, Communications and Pumble |
| – Group Agreements |
| – Payment, Withdrawal and Completion |
| MONTH BY MONTH |
| – Before Our First Workshop |
| – September Karuna – Compassion Workshop 1: 09/26 Workshop 2: 09/30 |
| – October Dana – Generosity Workshop 1: 10/10 Workshop 2: 10/24 |
| – November Sila – Virtue Workshop 1: 11/07 Workshop 2: 11/21 |
| – December Nekkhama – Renunciation Workshop 1: 12/12 Workshop 2: 12/19 |
| – January Panna – Wisdom Workshop 1: 01/16 Workshop 2: 01/23 |
| – February Virya – Energy Workshop 1: 02/06 Workshop 2: 02/13 |
| – March Khanta – Patience Workshop 1: 03/13 Workshop 2: 03/20 |
| – April Sacca – Truth Workshop 1: 04/03 Workshop 2: 04/10 |
| – May Aditthana – Resolve Workshop 1: 05/08 Workshop 2: 05/15 |
| – June Metta – Lovingkindness Workshop 1: 06/05 Workshop 2: 06/12 |
| – July Upekkha – Equanimity Workshop 1: 07/10 Workshop 2: 07/17 |
| RESOURCES |
| – Action + Reflection = Learning |
| – General |
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Reading Assignments
Reading assignments are in 2 sections:
-Book-a-Month schedule (below)
-Articles posted in the ‘Month by Month’ links
Books can be purchased either new or used in a variety of ways, or through a public library. Some of them, like the Arts of Contemplative Care, are now out of print. They are more easily available on digital formats like Kindle or Everand. If it is not possible for you to obtain all of these books, do let us know and we can provide photocopies of the suggested reading chapters.

READING ASSIGNMENTS
Please peruse these texts as you are interested. We will also specify which particular chapters are relevant as we move through the year.

Sept-Oct
The Arts of Contemplative Care
by Cheryl Giles & Willa Miller
Recommended chapters:
Chapter 1:
Towards a definition of Buddhist Chaplaincy
Chapter 2:
Cultivating an Appropriate Response
Chapter 11:
The Way of the Chaplain
Oct-Nov
An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics
by Peter Harvey
**Only 25% reading of this book is required


Nov-Dec
Awake at the Bedside
by Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt Weingast
Dec-Jan
Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care Handbook
by Stephen B. Roberts


Jan-Feb
None: Catch up time!
Feb-Mar
Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the 21st Century
by Wendy Cadge and Shelly Rambo


Mar-April
The Wounded Healer
by Henri M Nouwen
April-May
Refuge in the Storm
by Nathan Jishin Michon


May-June
Transitions
by William Bridges