*Tanha*: Sensory Enjoyment
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Liberation (Ages 15-18)

  • 502Tanha: Sensory Enjoyment
    Implement mindful self-care practices that honor the body as a vehicle for awakening, and analyze how unrestrained sensory craving creates suffering.
  • 508Paramitas and Creativity
    Identify and define the six paramitas; analyze how diligence (virya), concentration (dhyana), and patience (ksanti) function as essential supports for artistic mastery; and evaluate personal creative practice by implementing sustained, mindful engagement with chosen artistic disciplines that cultivate both technical skill and awareness.
  • 511Lila and Mudita
    Define and analyze the concepts of lila (divine play) and mudita (sympathetic joy) in Buddhist philosophy; evaluate how cultivating spontaneity and celebrating others’ success supports spiritual development; and synthesize understanding by implementing creative practices that embody playful wisdom while maintaining awareness and compassion in artistic expression.
  • 515Anicca and Lila
    Create spontaneous, playful artistic expressions with awareness of impermanence, and analyze how non-agenda-driven creativity enhances present-moment awareness.
  • 599Opanayiko
    Analyze the difference between accepting teachings through belief, versus discovering truth through direct experience, then evaluate how applying a Buddhist concept in daily life—such as impermanence or compassion—can lead to personal insights. Compare direct experience with theoretical understanding of dharma teachings, and assess whether this experiential approach demonstrates the quality of opanayiko by genuinely leading toward inner clarity and transformation.
  • 435The Middle Way between Extremes
    Implement techniques for physical, mental, and emotional balancing, and analyze how equilibrium in each area supports the others.
  • 439Right Motivation
    Implement regular motivation checks and adjustments, appreciating the value of benefiting others, and analyze how motivation functions within the eightfold path using personal examples.
  • 504Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
    Analyze the relationship between “beginner’s mind” and insight as taught in Zen Buddhism; evaluate how cultivating awe and wonder supports openness to learning; and find natural delight in everyday things. Maintain childlike wonder and curiosity.
  • 325Abhidharma
    Define abhidharma precisely; analyze how its practice reduces aversion, craving, and suffering; and evaluate examples from personal experience.
  • 327Sukha or Contentment
    Analyze different definitions of happiness; evaluate how equanimity transforms our relationship to pleasant and unpleasant experiences; and experiment with showing “no preference” toward perceived beauty and ugliness.
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