1/15/2008

Intermediate Dharma class at Jade Buddha Temple

I will be teaching one weekly class about basic concepts of Buddhism at Jade Buddha Temple starting January. The class is offered on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:30. We use the book “The way to Buddhahood” by Venerable Yin-Shun as the framework to discuss various basic Buddhism concepts. This is a combined class with students from last semester's Friday night and Sunday afternoon classes. We finished chapter 1 to 3 of "The way to Buddhahood" and will continue from chapter 4. About half of the students will repeat chapter 4 one more time. The feedback I received from those students indicated that chapter 4 might be a little less organized and some of the concepts are mixed together. I will need to find different ways to convey those concepts.