Additional Teacher REsources

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Chanting procedure

Chanting the Amitabha name helps concentration, focus, purify the mind and calmness. It helps reduce anxiety, worries, unhappy and distressing thoughts.

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Offer of Merit
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The Offer of Merit helps students understand that their positive thoughtfulness can be projected on to others who are around them and who are in need.

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Prostration method

Prostration is repeated before an image of a Buddha statue. 
A layperson takes refuge (the act of prostration) in the Triple Gem.​
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The Triple Gem
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The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha are called the Triple Gem. The Triple Gem is very special to Buddhists.

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The Five Moral Precepts

The five moral precepts are guidelines for how to behave: avoid killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and using intoxicants.

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The Four Noble Truths

The four noble truths are teachings from Buddha about the truths of suffering: Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Magga. 

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