Think of a way that your mind determines what reality is like for you.

gossip

fear

confidencecalmnessconfusion

prejudice

road rage

frustration trust

Take 2 mins with your partner to work out how having a different mindset could change some of the things on this slide.

Buddha teaches in the 4 Noble Truths, that Greed is at the heart of all these problems. Could that be true?

HWTo do a poster showing the Buddhist teachings we have learnt so far.• The 4 sights

• The 3 signs of Being• The 3 Fires• The 4 Noble Truths

• To understand each step on the 8-fold path

• To apply the 8-fold path to your own life

• To evaluate how the 8-fold path should be practiced

The Noble Eightfold

Work out what each of the eightfold parts are, and what they might be about.

1. Think about others without ill-will, cruelty, sensuality.2. use words that are always kind and helpful. Do not tell lies, gossip,

use angry words, idle babble. Say nothing to hurt others.3. Work hard to do good things, and to avoid the bad. Do things to the

best of your ability, putting your whole self into them.4. Be alert and aware of your thoughts and feelings so you can re-

shape them in the right way.5. Look at life in the right way. Recognise how you should see others

and yourself. Understand what a good life is about.6. Do not kill or steal. Treat others well. Do no harm to any person or

animal. Respect life.7. Work for the good of others, in a job that does not harm others or

kill things.8. Train your concentration and being aware of what is in your mind by

practicing meditation. This helps you to be a self-controlled, self-aware and peaceful person.

Identify which of the eightfold path is being described below. Write it out in your books.

Think of a typical school day. What type of actions, thoughts, feelings do you

have during different parts of the school day?

Now think how you could apply each of the 8-fold path to each of these different parts of your day.

Rank the eightfold parts in logical order of which you

would learn to practice 1st, 2nd etc.

Livelihood is last. Explain why you put your top 2 first.

After the discussion, explain in your book whether your ranking has changed at all and why.

The Buddha said: “It is you who

must make the effort”.

EXPERIMENT•Choose 3 of the Eightfold path to practice in the coming week. •Plan for how you might put them into practice.•Monitor each evening if it made a difference to your life.

Watch the video.

Do you agree that “we are what we think”?

Think about what we have talked about this lesson.

You are what you think

The circle the Buddha is making with his finger and thumb symbolises the Dharma wheel. It is a symbol of Buddhism.

Dharma = teaching. This Buddha is in teaching pose.

The Noble Eightfold (how to rise above greed, freeing yourself from delusion and attachments, so to reach Nirvana.)