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Living the Buddhist life

General

• The Three Jewels: brief intro from FWBO.com
• Taking Refuge: many sources - here's one from About.com

Ethics

• Ahimsa and the Precepts
• Brief thumbnail of common Buddhist views on key ethical issues
• Metta and Karuna
• The Six Perfections - see the Bodhisattva Path
• Right speech
• Right livelihood - see Noble Eightfold Path and Work and money.
• Justice (work of Dalai Lama)

Differing lifestlyes of Buddhists

• Monks & nuns, Vinaya, lifestyle, robes, alms etc
• FWBO (Western Buddhist Order)
• Jack Kornfield on the Eight-Fold Path for the householder
• Family values & sexual ethics
• Work and money

Meditation

• Why meditate? (Ask A Buddhist video answers)
• Samatha, vipassana, dhyana
• The natural world
• Self and other (social engagement vs. quietism, building temples vs. social work)

Death

• Guide to Theravadin Buddhist funerals

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