Annette French from Buddha House in Adelaide shares her experience of leading a weekly group inspired by the 16 Guidelines using a Discussion Group resource provided by FDCW.
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Our Marketing and Communications Manager Zoe participated in the first ‘Building Inner Strength’ 16 Guidelines for life course of 2020 here at the FDCW Headquarters at the Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London. Here are her words to describe her experience,
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Everyone wants and needs respect. It is a prerequisite for human beings to relate to each other in a positive and constructive way. Respect acknowledges that we have the same basic needs, whether physical, psychological or spiritual, and that other people’s experience and wisdom can be helpful to us.
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Words! Love them or hate them, it often feels like we’re drowning in the noise they create – not only in our own ears, or on the page, but in our heads. They have the power to uplift us and to cast us down, to liberate and to entrap.
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Last month, Lorena Adame, one of our facilitators of the 16 Guidelines program, visited a women’s shelter in Sri Lanka. She worked in coordination with the Tara Lanka study group led by Venerable Lekdron. The refuge is for fifteen girls between 14 and 18 years old who have experienced severe trauma.
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On August 21 2019, two of our UK based facilitators, Kitty D'Costa and Karl Grey, led a 2 hour taster session on the 16 Guidelines for Life using MeetUp which provides free meeting spaces throughout London.
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Reflect on your conversations you have today - their content, their tone and their purpose. It's nice to speak with kindness, sensitivity and wisdom.
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This month Martha Cabral led a 16G Level 1 workshop in Guadalajara. Afterwards, one of the participants, Iris, emailed Martha on how much the course had impacted her life.
We think that Iris's experience will strike a chord with many people and she has agreed to let us use her feedback to inspire others to explore Universal Education programs.
12 teachers attended the training of the 16 Guidelines for Life in Bodhgaya, India - including all the teachers at Maitreya School. Our focus was on sharing, empowering and investigating the values of the 16 Guidelines thoroughly. We wanted to empower the teachers to feel confident in designing their own exercises to try with the children.
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Many of us believe that the purpose of life is to seek happiness. We work hard to get the right partner, job, house, car, body, and children so that we will be happy. But after a basic amount, will having greater wealth, success, or sensual pleasure actually mean we experience greater happiness?
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Why is bad news sometimes more compelling than good news? If we can learn to dwell on positive stories and accomplishments we can quickly bring more happiness into the lives of ourselves and others, so why not make a date with delight?
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Fifty four people from 5 continents came together to share their experiences of the 16Guidelines and to deepen, renew, and explore the wisdom of these teachings.
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In April 2011 Fernando Romo Ledezma attended the Conferencie Essential Education América Latina in México and was introduced to Universal Education. He shares the impact it has had on him
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