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  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    Activity time: 90 minutes Materials for Activity For pre-engagement preparation Handout 1, Taoism Fact Sheet Leader Resource 1, Taoism Background For the engagement Blankets, beach towels, or yoga mats, one for each person Food for sharing, such as bread, cheese, and grapes, and bottles of water...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "A Cup of Tea" Preparation for Activity Read the story "A Cup of Tea" so you will be comfortable presenting it. Description of Activity Introduce the story "A Cup of Tea" by saying, in these words or your own: In every religious tradition,...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, Random Tao Te Ching Chapters (enough copies for each participant to have two or three chapter slips) Preparation for Activity Cut individual chapters into strips, making sure that the chapter numbers are included with each chapter.
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    A website on Taoism is Taoism.Tai Chi, as does the International Taoist Tai Chi Society.
    October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
  • LEADER RESOURCE 4 Newtons Cradle, Illustration
    From Scientific American. 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
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Virtue Ethics"
    To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. — Confucius IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we discussed having a generous spirit, which allows one to be generous with all resources and gifts, not...
    Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
  • LEADER RESOURCE 3 Jain Symbol
    Provided by Elembis. The Jain Hand symbolizes the Jain Vow of Ahimsa, or nonviolence. The Sanskrit word in the middle of the palm is "ahimsa." The wheel represents the dharma (teachings) of Jainism, through which Jains seek to attain rational perception and ultimately freedom from the cycle of...
    Leader Resource | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Compassion directed to oneself is humility. — Simone Weil IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we discussed the virtue of humility. We read quotations from holy texts and wise people on humility and turned those words into real life situations....
    Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
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    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Jain Symbol Preparation for Activity Print Leader Resource 3. Optional: Read the article "The Concepts of Ahimsa or Nonviolence" by Jayaram V on the HinduWebsite...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity A chalice, lighter, and extinguisher Art paper and water colors, pastels, crayons, markers, color pencils Optional: Three-dimensional art materials such as modeling clay and/or craft items for collage or sculpture Optional: An LED/battery-operated...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Aphorisms of Confucius Pencils/pens Optional: Bag of fortune cookies Preparation for Activity Copy the handout. Optional: Purchase fortune cookies that contain sayings allegedly by Confucius (not all do). If ordering, do so at least two...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Indra's Magnificent Jeweled Net" A wide, flat pan A pitcher, filled with enough water to cover the bottom of the pan, one inch deep Preparation for Activity Read the story so you will be comfortable presenting it....
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Ahimsa A yoga teacher in Santa Cruz offers on her website the page Ahimsa: Non-Harming, a very nice page on ahimsa, the path to true nonviolence. The article "The Concepts of Ahimsa or Nonviolence" by Jayaram V, on the HinduWebsite"J…—Respect for All Life" on the Jainworldhistory of Jainism.
    October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Virtue Ethics"
    One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. — Simone de Beauvoir IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we talked about the virtue of compassion and ways to make compassion a spiritual practice. More Stories about...
    Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Building Bridges"
    The word "religion" derives from the Latin religare, meaning to bind or tie fast—to connect. All religions emerge to serve this function. Religions last when they continue to connect their adherents, and the five religions introduced in this workshop have each lasted more than 2,500 years. Think...
    October 29, 2014 | From Building Bridges
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    You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful....
    Taking It Home | October 29, 2014 | For Families | From Virtue Ethics
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    "Kashrut" means "fitness." Food that has been prepared according to the laws of kashrut is kosher—"fit"—for consumption by an observant Jew. Many Reform Jews do not keep kosher; Orthodox Jews eat only kosher food; Conservative Jews usually follow the laws of kashrut but less strictly than their...
    Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Does your attitude about life, your base level of happiness and hope for the future, change when bad things happen to you? When bad things happen, do you tend to be: Happy and positive no matter what? Upset but generally trusting that good will come eventually? Recognizing things could be good...
    Handout | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    From Hebrew scripture, the Book of Exodus....
    Story | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges
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    Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 1, What Now? Pens/pencils Preparation for Activity If you have done the Welcoming and Entering activity, make sure participants have their copies of Handout 1 with their notes about how they would respond to...
    Activity | October 29, 2014 | For High School | From Building Bridges