Compassion
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406CLoving-KindnessInvestigate how loving-kindness practice affects their emotional well-being and sense of security even during social challenges, practice maintaining positive feelings and trust while extending metta to difficult people or situations, and develop confidence in their capacity to generate happiness and safety through loving-kindness.
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406BLoving-KindnessPractice generating feelings of warmth and goodwill toward family, friends, and classmates while noticing how these feelings affect their own happiness and sense of connection, experiment with kind actions that create positive emotions in themselves and others, and develop trust in their ability to both give and receive care.
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129DThe Buddha’s EquanimityExamine the Buddha’s revolutionary rejection of caste hierarchy through critical analysis of the kusha grass encounter, evaluate how this ancient story provides guidance for modern social justice activism, and synthesize understanding of how equanimity enables effective challenge to systemic oppression.
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129CThe Buddha’s EquanimityDesign multimedia presentations combining research, art, and performance to explore equality themes, create kinesthetic learning experiences about social justice, and develop varied creative projects that demonstrate understanding of equal dignity through different artistic expressions.
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129BThe Buddha’s EquanimityDemonstrate equal respect for all classmates through inclusive actions, practice responding to unfair treatment with kindness rather than exclusion, and implement daily habits that show everyone has equal value regardless of their background or abilities.
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129AThe Buddha’s EquanimityPractice treating everyone with kindness by offering seats to classmates, demonstrate caring actions toward all friends regardless of differences, and show equal friendship to everyone in the class through daily interactions and inclusive play activities.
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406ELoving-KindnessAnalyze the nature of metta/loving-kindness; improvise a guided meditation that generates this quality; and initiate kind actions based on understanding all beings’ desire for happiness.
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443ECompassionAnalyze the nature of karuna/compassion; guide unscripted meditation practices to generate this quality; and implement compassionate actions based on understanding beings’ desire for well-being and safety.