Each lecture will be based on one or more Suttas. Students are encouraged to read and ponder this material before and after the relevant class.
Course Text Book “In the Buddha’s Words” by Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2005.
ISBN 0-86171-491-1 (available at the Buddhist Society)
Schedule of Lectures
- The Noble Search – Ariyapariyesana Sutra
- Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma
- The Satipattana Sutta (Foundations of Awareness)
- The Five Hindrances and Seven Factors of Enlightenment
- The Fire Sermon
- Insights from The Wheel of Life
- Karma – The Discourse between Nagasena and King Milinda
- The Last Days of the Buddha