Warm Up How would you feel if you

Warm Up: How would you feel if you could never improve your life over what it is now? Monday, 10/21 Turn In NOW if you haven’t already: • PERSIAN Notecatcher • Hammurabi’s Code w/ conclusion attached

Objective: • I will be able to follow the 8 -Fold path and a complete a one-pager of my experience.

Buddhism • Founded in India around 500 BC by Siddhartha Gautama. • Became Buddha, the Enlightened One, when he was 29. • He was trying to find the true meaning of life and eventually, through four trance-like stages of meditation, he was enlightened to the Buddhist way of life • His main teaching was to eliminate human wants as they are the cause of suffering in the world. • Buddhism has no unique creed, no single authority and no single sacred book • Buddhism focuses on each individual seeking to attain enlightenment

"The Four Noble Truths“ 1. Life means suffering 2. The origin of suffering is attachment to worldly things 3. The end to suffering is attainable through eliminating physical wants/needs • Eventually can achieve Nirvana (no wind) • Nirvana means freedom from all worries and troubles 4. The path to the end suffering and achieve Nirvana is to follow the Eight Fold Path

Eight Fold Path • 1. Right View • To see and view things as they really are • Attained true wisdom • 2. Right Intention • Think and do the right things at all times • 3. Right Speech • Do not lie, curse, slander, or gossip • 4. Right Action • Do not harm yourself or others, do not steal, and no sexual misconduct • 5. Right Livelihood • No jobs dealing in weapons, in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), working in meat production and butchery, and selling alcohol and drugs • 6. Right Effort • Give 100% effort in what you do • 7. Right Mindfulness • Having the power to control our thought process and see the truth behind things • 8. Right Concentration • Ability to have deep concentration and ability to focus on wholesome thoughts and actions

Assignment Try to follow Buddhist’s Eight Fold Path for 48 hours. • Description: A one pager is a single page response to your learning experience. It is a way of making your own unique meaning. It is a way to be creative and experimental. It allows you to respond imaginatively and honestly while being brief and concise. • Connections: A one pager connects the verbal and the visual. It connects the author’s thoughts to your thoughts. It makes connections between words and images. • • • What to do: Use unlined paper. Pull out 2 quotations from the notes and write them on the page. Draw at least 5 of the Eight Fold Path steps Scatter 5 -7 words or phrases around your drawing. These words/phrases should express your thoughts, impressions, or feelings about what you have learned. Make a personal statement about your attempt to follow the path. Ask a question or two and answer them. Put a border around the edges of the page. Make it symbolic, as related to the experience. Create the one pager in such a way that your audience will understand something of your thinking about what you have experienced. Use colored pens, pencils, or markers. The more visually appealing it is, the more your peers can learn. Write your name on the FRONT.