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  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    Here are some situations where you might have trouble keeping your cool. You drop your cell phone and somebody steps on it, destroying it. Someone hits your compact car with their SUV. You are a clerk in a store and a furious customer brings back a defective product. Two of your friends have a...
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    A highly revered text from the Mahayana Lojong (mind training) tradition, composed by the Buddhist Master Langri Tangpa (1054–1123). (1) With the determination to accomplish The highest welfare of all sentient* beings, Who excel even a wish-granting jewel, May I at all times hold them dear. (2)...
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    A man walking across a field encountered a tiger. The man fled, running as fast as he could go, with the tiger chasing fiercely after him. The man came to the edge of the field. It was a cliff! He leaned over the edge of the cliff, grabbed a vine, and swung down against the cliff face. The tiger...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: Buddhism
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    Lawyer, butcher, trash collector, thief, corporate executive, full-time parent, lobbyist, hair stylist or barber, grocer, graphic artist, hardware store clerk, baker or chef, computer programmer, stockbroker, animal trainer, jeweler, actor, rapper, stunt-car driver, college professor, engineer, c...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Before Beginning the Eightfold Path: Right Association Since we are influenced by our companions, it is very important to have people around us who are supportive of our spiritual goals and on spiritual paths themselves. They do not need to be doing exactly what we are doing, but they have to...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Buddhism is a religion based on rationality, objectivity, personal experience, and practice. It does not say anything about God. In fact, whether a person believes in any divine power at all is immaterial to Buddhism. What does matter? The mind. Delusions of the mind are what Buddhism seeks to...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    The name "Buddha" means "enlightened one" or "awakened one." However, the founder of the Buddhist religion was not born enlightened. He was born Siddhartha Gautama, son of King Suddodana and Queen Maya, rulers of Kapilavastu, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas in 566 BCE....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
    Tagged as: Buddhism
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    Taoism is a faith practiced by more than 20 million people around the world. The name comes from the word "Tao," which means "the Way." In this case, "the Way" means a way of living in balance and at peace with all that is. Taoism is very old. We know that it existed before 550 BCE and that it...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    The inherent worth and dignity of every person Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations A free and responsible search for truth and meaning The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process...
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era, welcomed into his home a university professor who had asked to see him. The professor arrived, answered the master's simple, polite greeting with a brusque, arrogant reply, and strode past him into the house....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    In Iran... Beginning in 653 BCE, the Assyrian Empire to the east conquered part of the region, the Median Empire was overrun by Scythians, and a new Persian ruler took advantage of the mayhem to seize control....
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    A B C D E Zoroastrianism Jainism Taoism Buddhism Confucianism Founded: 600 BCE Founded: 556 BCE Founded: 550 BCE Founded: 531 BCE Founded: 500 BCE Iran India China India China Founder: Zoroaster (Zarathustra) Founder: Mahavira Founder: Lao Tzu Founder: Siddhartha Gautama Founder: K'ung-fu-tzu...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Zoroastrianism Jainism Taoism Buddhism Confucianism Year 600 BCE 556 BCE 550 BCE 531 BCE 500 BCE Country Iran India China India China Prophet / Founder Zoroaster (Zarathustra) Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara Lao Tzu Siddhartha Gautama K'ung-fu-tzu (Confucius) Followers 2.6 Million 4.2 M 20 M 360 M...
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Gathered from online sources including the Quotations Page and the Brainy Quote websites. 1. Those who would perfect their work must first sharpen their tools. 2. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. 3. A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know the youth's future will...
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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  • A colorful selection of gems.
    In the abode of the great god Indra, king of heaven, hangs a wondrous vast net, much like a spider's web in intricacy and loveliness. At each node of the net hangs a single jewel.
    Story | By Mary K. Isaacs | October 27, 2011 (reviewed August 2025) | For High School, Families, Multigenerational | From Faith Curricula Library
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Interdependence
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    Adapted from Hebrew scripture, 1 Kings 3:16-28. Narrator: Now the guard brought two women to King Solomon. They stood before him. Guard: These women bring a dispute before you, my Lord. First Woman: My Lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me....
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Category: Daniel Was carried off to Babylon at a young age Served as a dream interpreter in the royal court of King Nebuchadnezzar; predicted Armageddon Interpreted the "handwriting on the wall" which foretold the destruction of King Belshazzar's kingdom: "God has numbered the days of your kingdo...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    In our previous workshop on Judaism, we learned that Judaism is monotheistic (believes there is one God), covenantal (based on a covenant of faith and practice between its believers and God), varied in its expressions, and geared to raise awareness and gratitude for every aspect of life. We also...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Traditional adaptations from Hebrew scripture, Exodus 20:2-14. Jewish Ten Commandments 1. I am the Lord your G-d. 2. You shall have no other gods before me; You shall not make for yourself an idol. 3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your G-d. 4....
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Holy Day/Holiday: Rosh Hashanah Celebrates: New Year (Rosh Hashanah, two days), beginning of High Holy Days period Observed by: Two-day period of worship including sounding the shofar (ram's horn trumpet); dipping apples in honey; abstaining from work; tashlich ceremony, or symbolically casting o...
    Leader Resource | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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