Positive Affect

• Band D (Ages 13-14)

  406D

  Loving-Kindness

  Ceremonial practices for cultivating goodwill

  Design loving-kindness ceremonies that generate positive emotions and strengthen group bonds, participate in structured metta...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  406E

  Loving-Kindness

  Generating love and kindness for all beings

  Analyze the nature of *metta*/loving-kindness; improvise a guided meditation that generates this quality; and initiate...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  427E

  Mantra of Compassion

  OM MANI PADME HUM

  Analyze the symbolic meaning of each syllable in OM MANI PADME HUM; evaluate how mantra...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  327E

  Sukha or Contentment

  Buddhist views on happiness

  Analyze different definitions of happiness; evaluate how equanimity transforms our relationship to pleasant and unpleasant...

• Band E (Ages 15-18)

  504E

  Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

  Maintaining an open mind, fresh and curious

  Analyze the relationship between "beginner's mind" and insight as taught in Zen Buddhism; evaluate how...