Inner Awareness

• Band A: (Ages 4-6)

  431A

  Setting Boundaries

  Simple ways to make quiet time special

  Practice simple ways to make special quiet time by sitting in circles, using gentle voices,...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  403E

  Shamatha Meditation

  Calm abiding meditation

  Explore shamatha meditation as a way to calm the mind and support both insight (vipassana)...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  433E

  Shrine Room Etiquette

  Creating atmosphere in practice spaces

  Analyze shrine room etiquette practices as external expressions of internal reverence for the three jewels;...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  452E

  Stillness Practices

  Doing nothing

  Analyze various stillness practices, evaluate their value in daily life, and implement discerning choices about...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  407E

  Sympathetic Joy

  Generating joy for all beings

  Analyze the nature of sympathetic joy; guide unscripted meditation practices for cultivating this quality; and...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  400E

  The Five Hindrances

  Common obstacles to contemplative practice and some remedies

  Identify and categorize the five hindrances to meditation practice with their corresponding antidotes; analyze how...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  435E

  The Middle Way between Extremes

  The analogy of the middle way

  Implement techniques for physical, mental, and emotional balancing, and analyze how equilibrium in each area...

• Band A: (Ages 4-6)

  422A

  The Paramita of Dana/Generosity

  Sharing stories that inspire giving

  Listen to and act out simple stories about generous animals or children, draw pictures of...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  422E

  The Paramita of Dana/Generosity

  Generosity as a practice

  Differentiate between ordinary giving and transcendent generosity (dana) that expects nothing in return; analyze how...