Buddhism 1o1

This training program is designed to give the participant a basic understand of Buddhist psychology and practice. In this training program, the student meets weekly (or as close to it as possible) with a teacher to progress through the curriculum. This training program can be taken for its own sake or as a prerequisite to the Lay Priest Training Program.

Curriculum

• The Three Marks of Existence
• Awakening/Nirvana/Samsara
• Four Noble Truths
• The Eightfold Path
• The Five Aggregates
• The Three Poisons
• The Five Hinderances
• Mental Afflictions (Kleshas)
• The Life of the Buddha
• Samsara, Karma and Rebirth
• The 12 Links of Causation
• Schools of Buddhism
• Emptiness
• Buddha Nature
• The Bodhisattva Ideal
• The Mahayana Two Truths
• Mindfulness
• Samadhi and Jnanas
• The Trikaya doctrine
• The Early Buddhist Cannon
• The Mahayana Buddhist Cannon