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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Life of the Buddha" Leader Resource 2, Images of the Buddha, and tape Preparation for Activity Read the story "The Life of the Buddha" so you will be comfortable presenting it. Print two copies of Leader Resource 2. Use one copy to cut...Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
The Religion Facts website is a good, objective source of information about many religions, including Buddhism. Various artistic representations of the Buddha are explored at Buddha Mind. A very good collection of links about Unitarian Universalism, Buddhism, and Buddhist practice can be found at...October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
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Reading some sections of the Buddhist scripture, The Dhammapada, could be a useful endeavor. Read to find verses that particularly speak to you. Copy the verses for future meditation and thought....October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
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Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The Goddess and the God" Leader Resource 3, Wheel of the Year Handout 2, Lyrics – Chant for the Seasons Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the Unitarian Universalist hymnbook A copy of Singing the Journey, supplement to Singing the...Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Apples for all participants Knives Preparation for Activity Gather a few knives for youth to share. Knives only need to be sharp enough to cut the apples. If you are concerned, provide only one knife and plan to monitor its use. Description of...Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon. — Samuel Butler, novelist IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we discussed loyalty. In addition to loyalty to family, friends, and institutions, we talked about loyalty to one's congregation...Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics -
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we talked about forgiveness—of others and of ourselves. We envisioned forgiveness as a path instead of a finite act and identified doorways and road blocks along the way. We...Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
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Recreate the image of the poster on newsprint. Cut the phrases into slips of paper. Make everybody eat together Pressure people to give their houses, cars, money, etc. to the group Track down and/or kill people who leave the group Punish people for criticizing the group or the leadership Pressure...Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
The information in this handout was compiled from the International Cultic Studies Association, particularly the articleRobert Jay Lifton; and "Common Characteristics of How the Cults Operate" (2009) on the Let Us Reason Ministries website. What Makes It a Cult?...Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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The Reverend James Jones was a charismatic young man of 24 when he founded the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis in 1955. He preached racial equality, and, amazingly, more than half the Peoples Temple members were of racial minorities—a level of diversity almost unheard of in the 1950s. The church...Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. — Atticus Finch, in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird IN TODAY'S...Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
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Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple" Handout 2, Behavior of Abusers Newsprint, markers, and tape Preparation for Activity Read the story "Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple" so you will be comfortable presenting it. Copy the handout for all...Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, What Makes a Cult? Leader Resource 2, Cults Background Optional: Cults/Religions poster the group created in the Welcoming and Entering activity...Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Excerpt A is a 1939 translation by Dwight Goddard. Excerpt B is a 1995 translation by Peter Merel. Excerpt C is from a translation by Charles Muller, revised in 2009. Excerpt D is a translated by James Legge, 1815–1897; used with permission. Excerpt E is from Tao Te Ching: Annotated and Explained...Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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The future, which we hold in trust for our own children, will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children. — Marian Wright Edelman IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we learned about the life of one of our Canadian Unitarian ancestors, Lotta Hitschmanova. We talked about whether everyday games we...Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
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1 The tao that can be described is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be spoken is not the eternal Name. The nameless is the boundary of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of creation. Freed from desire, you can see the hidden mystery. By having desire, you can only see what is visibly...Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges -
Founded/Created: It is estimated that the Tao Te Ching (DOW duh jing) was written in China in 550 BCE; however, the origins of Taoism go back hundreds of years before that. Adherents: 20 million—predominately in Asia but distributed worldwide. Ranking: Seventh in size, behind Christianity, Islam,...Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges