Teaching Mindfulness

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Teaching Mindfulness

Overview

*Introduction " THE BUDDHA"- David Grubin

*Using Film as an Eduaction al Resources-Mirabai Buch

If you want to have an appercu of what is Mindfulness. You can watch this youtube video on "understanding mindfulness" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o481xEN3fGQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Mirabai Bush Co-Director and senior Fellow Center for Contemplative Mind in society Northampton, Ma

This film is only to intro

Using the film "the Buddha" as an Educational Resource

Intoduce the basic practice and meditation

The Buddha talks help students develop attention skill, social skill and self regulation.

Buddha is teacher

Like a teacher, he shared the practice and discover in a systematic set of training to develop compassion.

History of culture

It a story of a man who offered his contribution to the evolution of human spirit available to all.

Introduction of Buddhism

Use "THE BUDDHA" film for introuction

David Grubin filmmaker

David Grubin is an American documentary filmmaker, who has produced and directed numerous films, many of which are best-known from airing on PBS.

Born: 1944, Washington, D.C.

Spouse: Joan Grubin

Movies: The Buddha, Downtown Express, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon

David Grubin

Productions, Inc.

Info@grubin.com

www.grubin.com

Meditation "empty the mind"

Find Nirvana

message passing "A way to deal with suffering"

25000 years A.C

Based on Buddha life

What is mindfulness?

Teaching Mindfulness

Amy Saltzman

Mindfulness is paying attention to your life here and now with kindness and curiosity. It allow for choice, to choose how to repond to various situation. Mindfulness is a natural human capacity.

Teaching from your own experience

Research

Teaching from your experience

Preliminary K-12 Data

Epidemics in our classrooms

Breathe exercise

What does this type of attention allow for?

It allows for choice and how to respond in various situation.

What can we attend to?

Take a monet and pay attention to our feeling such as emotion, hearing, smelling, touching and thoughts. Change your way of thinking, avoid the unkind mind judgement and compare which is a negative shadow.

Pay attention to:

Peter Brown Comparative World Religions Teacher Teaching about the Buddha & Buddhism

Three purposes

what is freedom? what is human nature? what is sacred?

Course outline

Teaching Buddhism

1. Visitation- Buddha center

2.Essentiel question Freedom

3.Daily mindfulness activities: the training

4.Life of the Buddha: find meaning in myth

5.Reflective writing: discovering your own truth

6.The noble eight-fold path: the fist of right speech

Methaphor of a "path"

Right meditation

Right mindfulness

Right effort

Right livehood

Right action

Right speech

speech should be helpful, kind, truthful and timely

Right intention

Right view

Reflective writing: discovering your own truth

The trath of cessation of Dukka: happiness Is this true for you?

The cause of dukka:tanha Is it true for you?

The truth of dukka(suffering) Is it the truth for you?

Life of the Buddha: find meaning in myth

Daily mindfulness activities: the training

Involve students in meditation exercises help them to understand themselves and also to calm.

At school

Essentiel question Freedom

What is freedom

Buddha teaching defintion of freedom is not related to religious knowledge and is accessible to everyone. It enable students develop reflective though and discover inner truth.

Visitation- Buddha center