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4/2 |
This is due Monday – 1st pd, Wed – 6th pd (due to field trip). You are asked to write Chapter 82 of the Tao Te Ching (there are 81 chapters in the Tao Te Ching). I would highly recommend that you immerse yourself in a natural surrounding that will inspire thoughts of the Tao, "the Way", some have called it the "the Watercourse Way", the "Way of least resistance". If you ever watch water in a river or stream, do you notice how it effortlessly finds its way, this is what the Taoist sages have seen and of which they speak. So, after finding a suitable place, write a minimum of 10 lines, maximum of 20, describing the Tao, in nature, in human relationships, in you, all of the above, just run with it..., you may also talk about other Taoist concepts, yin/yang, wu-wei, chi, etc…. It would be ideal if you started with 5-10 minutes of meditation. I want you to write more from your heart-mind and less from your intellectual-mind, more from the Pooh-mind (as in Winnie the Pooh) I’ll explain how Winnie the Pooh is a Taoist next week...but you maybe already have a sense as to why if you know Winnie :) Please refer to the Tao Te Ching chapters in Novak for guidance. Flow with the Tao.......... |
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4/20 |
1) Islam Smith Questions will be due on Day 4 of this week. Given the nature of this tradition and the very poor coverage of this wisdom tradition in the media, it is very important that you read and read carefully.
Thus, you are to read Chapter VI in Smith on Islam and answer Smith Questions on Islam...Answer #1-10 and #29, then choose 9 others of your choice, for a total of 20 questions! 2) For Monday, 4/27 - please read Novak Chapter Seven: Islam...Remember read selections of each...Qur'an, Hadith, Sufis, Malcolm X. Then answer Novak Questions, #1-10, #32, and choose any additional 3 for a total of 15 questions. .
As-Sal?mu `Alaykum "Peace be upon you" - Muslim greeting of peace 3) Spiritual Activity is now due May 11th to allow for anyone interested to go to Jon Kabat-Zinn on May 8th. See classroom for details. No late work please.
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SEE MAY FOR HOMEWORK |
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1) Continue your Mind Watch this week. You should have 10-12 entries by the end of the week which includes what you did before break. 2) I would like you to choose 1 more link from the website to the right, your choice, and print out/highlight and read carefully. You will use this for your Final Synthesis. You should have read 1 link already from the week before break. If you are behind on this, then you need to choose 2 links to read and digest. 3) We will have a guest speaker on Thursday, April 3rd. Rev. Daishin, who graduated from SI in 1968. He is Zen Monk from Mt. Shasta Abbey. |
Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho | |
1) Please look over Buddhist Final Synthesis on the main page and begin thinking about how you will approach this assignment. 2) Please click the link to the right in preparation for our guest speaker and to learn more about the Mt. Shasta Abbey. Please look around the site for a few minutes on your own, then click the Meditation link at the top. Please read this page carefully for new insights into meditation. |
http://www.shastaabbey.org/ | |
6th period - see above, Tuesday 4th period - Begin working on your Final Synthesis |
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Guest Speaker, Rev Daishin visits SI
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1) Buddhist Final Synthesis is due Monday, April 7th. Please see link on main page for details of the assignment. You will need to turn in the following with your essay:
Please have all of this stapled together and ready to go WHEN YOU WALK IN THE CLASS, there will not be time to organize your papers in class. Thanks for being prepared and organized.
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By Monday, 4/14, please read the following article from Time Magainze about the Dalai Lama by Monday, see link to the right . Please bring in a printed/highlighted copy for class discussion. I will check in class to see that you have it. PLEASE READ. We will go over the other link in class, the History of Tibet. If you are absent from class on Thursday/Friday, 4/10/11, then please read the History link for background information on Tibet.
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1) Please read the History of Tibet link. Highlight and bring to class with the Time magazine article. 2) We begin Islam next week. Given the nature of this tradition and the very poor coverage of this wisdom tradition in the media, it is very important that you read and read carefully. Thus, you are to read Chapter VI in Smith on Islam and answer Smith Questions on Islam...Answer #1-10 and #29, then choose 9 others of your choice, for a total of 20 questions! DUE Monday April 21st.
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History of Tibet | |
1) Islam Questions due Tuesday, April 22nd. 2) Tibetan Final Synthesis due Tuesday if you did not finish in class. 3) Taoism Smith Questions and Reading, due Monday, April 28th. It's the shortest chapter in Smith and there are only 6 Questions :) 4) Permission Slips due Wed, Monday at the latest.
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Check May for Homework! |