A 10-week course designed to provide guidance to participants on how key aspects of the Buddha’s teachings apply in our daily lives. Suitable for those who wish to know more about the basics of Buddhism.
1st Week: Buddhism as We See It Today
- General Concepts – Religion or Atheistic
- Comparison with other spiritual movements
- Its relevance in today’s secular context

2nd Week: The Founder
- Life of Gotama the Buddha
- His lifelong work
- His contribution to the world
- Significance of Buddhahood

3rd Week: The Core Teachings
- Why the teaching of the Four Noble Truths
- Understanding the concept of suffering
- How to cope with today’s context

4th Week: The Doctrine (I)
- The Tipitaka (3 Baskets)
- Evidence of authenticity – historical

5th Week: The Doctrine (II)
- 3 characteristics of existence
- Concepts of 5 aggregates
- The theory of Kamma & Rebirth

6th Week: The Moral Development
- The five, eight and ten precepts
- The Triple Gem
- Taking the precepts
- Leading a moral life

7th Week: The Path
- The Middle Path
- The three aspects of the Path
- The methodology to escape from rounds of rebirth
- Mind transformation – Meditation

8th Week: The Middle Doctrine
- Doctrine of Dependent Origination
- Applications & implications to a modern lifestyle

9th Week: The Facets of Buddhism
-A look at Theravada, Mahayana and Vajirayana concepts & teachings
- Rituals, ceremonies and culture

10th Week: Facing the World
- Applying Buddhism in modern day setting
- Looking into human lifespan in the Buddhist context
- Tackling death and the dying process