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4.1 Buddhist Practices
Hindu Religious Education · Grade 7 · 15 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Buddhist daily scheduled practices in outline
- Buddha Vandana (paying homage to the Buddha)
- Tisarana (refuge in the Triple Gem)
- Panchasila (the five precepts)
- Puja (offerings)
- Samatha (tranquillity meditation)
- Vipassana (insight meditation)
- Metta meditation and sharing of merits
- Benefits of daily practice for harmonious living in Kenya
What you will be able to do
- examine the Buddhist daily scheduled practices for generalisation
- illustrate the observance of the scheduled religious practices in daily life
- practice the Buddhist scheduled religious practices in daily life
- appreciate the benefits of the Buddhist daily scheduled practices for harmonious living
Key questions
“How do daily scheduled practices benefit society?”
“How do meditation practices impact one's life?”
Lessons
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Buddhist daily scheduled practices
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAn overview of the listed daily practices: vandana, tisarana, panchasila, puja, samatha, vipassana, metta and sharing of merits.
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Buddha Vandana: paying homage
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThe received homage formula Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma-sambuddhassa, its three titles, and respectful gesture.
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Tisarana: the Triple Gem
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizBuddha, Dhamma and Sangha as the three refuges, with the received Pali lines and their English sense.
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Panchasila: the five precepts
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizUndertaking the five training rules in received sense: life, taking, respect for bodies, speech, intoxicants.
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Living the five precepts
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIllustrating panchasila in Kenyan daily life: road, desk, corridor, speech and dares, including learners with diverse needs.
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Puja: making offerings
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizBuddhist puja as offerings of flowers, incense, light, water or food, done with respect in a vihara or at a home shrine.
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What offerings mean
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizFlowers as impermanence, incense as spreading good, light as wisdom, water and food as gratitude - not payment to the Buddha.
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Samatha: tranquillity meditation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSamatha as calming the mind, often with the breath (anapanasati), like a pond that stills so it can reflect.
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Practising samatha with care
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizA short, structured, optional breath practice with posture, return-from-distraction, and notes on impact, including diverse needs.
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Vipassana: insight meditation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizVipassana as seeing anicca, dukkha and anatta in what arises, at Grade 7 depth, without claiming attainment.
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Samatha and vipassana together
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHow tranquillity and insight work as two wings: a restless mind cannot see, a calm mind that never looks stays dull.
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Metta meditation and sharing of merits
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWidening goodwill from self to all, as in the Metta Sutta, and dedicating good (patti-dana) so it is not locked as mine.
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Illustrating a Kenyan day of practice
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTabulating and drawing the full schedule in home, school, vihara and street, including a possible visit with permission.
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Visiting a vihara with respect
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHow to visit a Kenyan vihara or Vesak gathering: permission, dress, shoes, silence, no unauthorised photos, and assisting classmates with diverse needs.
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Benefits for harmonious living
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAppreciating how the scheduled practices benefit the person and Kenyan society: cooler speech, less taking, metta on a mixed street, a trained pause.