This is a six-week course from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre. The course offers introductions to the basic meditation practices and covers the following topics:
Buddhism: the basics and the path
- The Buddha, historical and ideal
- Ethics, meditation, wisdom
- The Sangha, the fellowship of practitioners,
- The six emphases of Triratna.
Outline of the course
Introduction
Short course description including a commented reading list
- Meditation: posture and body awareness
- Buddhism: the basics and the path
Session 2
- Meditation: awareness of the body and breath
- Buddhism: the Buddha, historical and ideal
Session 3
- Meditation: the mindfulness of breathing
- Buddhism: the Dharma, part 1 – ethics
Session 4
- Meditation: the metta bhavana
- Buddhism: the Dharma, part 2 – meditation
Session 5
- Meditation: the metta bhavana
- Buddhism: the Dharma, part 3 – wisdom
Session 6
- Meditation: working creatively
- Buddhism: the sangha, the fellowship of practitioners,
- The six emphases of Triratna