This six-week course was provided by Sagaraghosha from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK.
Week 1:
- Guide line for the teacher (Outlook over the course; setting up and preparing; ‘useful emotions’; exploring values; general and specific intentions
- Handout 1 on preparing for meditation
- Handout 2 (main points from class + meditation diary 1)
Week 2:
- Guide line for the teacher (review; reviewing metta bhavana; balancing effort; trying this out with mindfulness of breathing)
- Diary 2: Balancing active and receptive effort
Week 3:
- Guide line for the teacher (review; focus and broadness)
- Diary 3: Focus and broadness
Week 4:
- Guide line for the teacher
- Handout ‘Exploring experience’ (positive and negative aspects [hindrances and factors of absorption])
- Diary 4: Exploring experience
Week 5:
- Guide line for the teacher (review from last class; guided meditation; using the four ‘types’ of meditation from first course; levels of meditation)
- Handout ‘Hindrances and Antidotes’
- Handout ‘Experimenting in Meditation’ (with difficulties)
- Diary 5: Making choices
Week 6:
- Guide line for the teacher (review of course; making the transition from inner to outer experience)
- Handout ‘Working in Meditation’ (changing mental states; developing more positive mental states)
- Diary 6: Exploring positive mental states