This download version of Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential, an introductory level course, is for FPMT centers and study groups only. It contains the program components for Module 7 only in PDF format or as PowerPoint files.
Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential is a FPMT introductory level course. This course introduces the Buddhist knowledge of the mind to provide:
And it does so through presenting both the Buddhist and a comparative modern scientific perspectives to stimulate reflection and inquiry. The course is presented over seven modules.
Module 7 Embodying warmheartedness and wisdom focuses on how to bring our inner qualities into the world—and how to enhance them while living in it. It does so by presenting topics such as inner refuge, spirituality, and engaged compassion. It also includes helpful guidelines, such as the “Six Perfections,” or how to deal with difficulties and use them in our favor. In a way, it is a call for a revolution of compassion. It is complemented by references to current scientific understanding on prosocial skills, life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness.
This module contains 6 units:
Unit 1: An Inner Journey
Unit 2: A Revolution from Within
Unit 3: Far-Reaching Attitudes
Unit 4: Transforming Difficulties
Unit 5: Tools for the Path
Unit 6: Walking the Path
This package includes the following materials for centers and study groups to run Module 7 of the Buddhist Mind Science course:
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