Clear Thinking

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  331E

  The Brain is not the Mind

  Comparing Buddhist mind science with scientific brain science

  Identify key brain structures on diagrams. Analyze their functions, and compare how neuroscience and Buddhist...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  306E

  The Elements

  Foundational Buddhist understanding of elemental qualities

  Compare and contrast the Buddhist elemental system (earth, water, fire, air, space) with modern scientific...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  309E

  The Five Remembrances

  Four contemplations on impermanence and one on karma

  Articulate the five remembrances and analyze how each contemplation addresses fundamental human experiences of aging,...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  303E

  The Heart Sutra

  The heart of the perfection of wisdom

  Describe the conversation between Avalokiteshvara and Shariputra; recite key passages from the sutra, Analyze how...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  307E

  The Logic of Practicing Virtue

  The effects of selfish and selfless actions

  Recall the ten virtuous and non virtuous actions, and analyze how applying these principles creates...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  326E

  The Three Trainings

  Trishiksha

  Analyze the interconnected relationship between ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom within the three trainings’ framework;...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  317E

  The Two Truths

  Understanding Relative and Ultimate Truths

  Analyze the distinction between relative truth (conventional reality) and ultimate truth (emptiness) in Mahayana Buddhism,...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  316E

  Three Marks: Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta

  Essential characteristics of phenomena

  Analyze the three marks of existence by investigating specific examples of impermanence, suffering, and selflessness...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  301E

  Three Poisons: Anger

  Free your mind from irritation

  Analyze anger as a mental state that projects exaggerated negativity onto situations or people, and...