Austin Buddhist Center

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The Completed Curriculum of the ABC Dhamma School for 2009

Month and Date Topic
January 25th 2009 The Buddhist Flag 
February 7th 2009 “The Great Adventure of Arahath Mahinda”
February 22nd 2009 Buddhist Symbols 
March 8th 2009 Introduction to the Noble Eightfold Path and Construction of Dhamma Chakkra
March 29th 2009 Salutation to the Buddha: The nine emotional qualities “Ithipiso Bhagava………”
April 12th 2009 Homage to the Buddha “Namaskaraya…….” The Three Refuges Poster: Messages of felicitation to the creators of the Buddhist flag
April 26th 2009 The Seven Weeks of Enlightenment
May 3rd 2009 Construction of Vesak Lanterns
May 17th 2009 The meaning of Vesak: The Birth of the Buddha
May 23rd 2009 -Vesak  Tree planting event
Vesak lanterns display
June 7th 2009 The Pari-Nirvana of the Buddha
The Five, Eight and Ten precepts
June 21st 2009 The Mangala Sutta
June 27th 2009 – Poson Dhamma Charika to Wat Buddhananachat Thai Temple in Del Valle and Vegetarian picnic
July 12th 2009 The Five, Eight and Ten precepts
August 2nd 2009 “The Incredible Voyage of Sangamitta” The construction of The Buddha Pooja – Homage to the Bodhi, presentation of Buddha Pooja, flowers, incense etc. to the Buddha – Learning the gatha………
August 9th 2009 The Four Noble truths
August 30th 2009 The Legacy of the Great Emperor Asoka of India and Buddhism in the world today
Buddhist sights of interest from around the world
Presented in Power Point
September 13th 2009 The early life of the Buddha
Presented in Power Point
September 27th 2009 The search for Enlightenment, Enlightenment and the preceding events in Buddhist history
Presented in Power Point
October 25th 2009 Karaniya Metta Sutta
Screening of “Jeff Corwin experience: Southern Nepal”
November 8th 2009 The Rhythm of Gatha and Sutta : An audio demonstration
November 22nd 2009 Introduction to Dhamma-pada
December 13th 2009 Ratana Sutta