Prepared by
John D. Hughes, Dip App Chem, TTTC, GDAIE,
Anita Hughes, RN Div1,
Evelin Halls, Dip For Lang Corres
Pennie White, BA, Dip Ed
Abhidhamma Class No. 31, 21 January 2003
"Review of Abhidhamma Classes 19, 20 and 21"
For Abhidhamma class 31 we revise Abhidhamma Classes 19, 20 and 21.
In these classes we studied saddha (in English confidence) the first of the 25 sobhana cetasika (in English Beautiful Mental Concomitants) in more detail.
With saddha we can proceed in our study of Abhidhamma and our practice of Buddha Dhamma.
The papers we revise for Class 31 are:
Abhidhamma Class No. 19, 29 October 2002, "The cetasika confidence applied to our core business".
Abhidhamma Class No. 20, 5 November 2002, "Protecting your saddha".
Abhidhamma Class No. 21, 12 November 2002, "The benefits of practicing saddha (confidence, trust, non-fogginess)"
Papers for Classes 19 and 20 are included in Vol. 12. No. 6 and the paper for class 21 is included in Vol. 12 No. 8 of the Buddha Dhyana Dana review Online at:
www.bdcu.org.au and www.bddronline.net.au
Last week we outlined the Eames systematic method of study.
The Eames SLUR method for systematically learning Abhidhamma is:
Study each day
Learn the definitions and meanings of the Pali terms
Use the charts as well as the text
Review
Some of our Abhidhamma students have already reported positive feedback using this systematic method for the study of Abhidhamma.
Last class we invited our Abhidhamma students to contribute by documenting their learning techniques.
Many of the learning techniques used by our students could be considered as an expansion of the four headings of the Eames method.
We invite our students to document examples of their use of these methods or their own methods for us to publish so many students can benefit from what has been learned as stages towards array (matrix) learning. Truth tables can check the validity of your learning methods.
What would you do if your study handbook for a course said that the main method recommended for learning the topic is to offer flowers every day on the shrine to your Teacher.
You may think you had enrolled in the right course.
If your average attention span was 5 minutes how could you increase it to ten minutes.
Building shrines as learning aides are classical methods from antiquity.
We are currently assisting with the building of a new Dining Hall.
Members may see the building plans upon request in jpg or bmp form on our internal systems. These are not available on our websites.
Soon, we will teach you how to build a shrine to help your learning.
In the John D. Hughes Reading Room we assembled a Devas and Devatas of Learning Shrine from their other shrines on 12 January 2003. Many offerings can be made to many Devas and Devatas of Learning.
Photographs of our new shrine are online at www.bsbonline.com.au/Bsb84/bsb84.html
References
Mon, Dr. Mehm Tin (1995), "The Essence of Buddha Abhidhamma", publisher Mehm Tay Zar Mon, Yangon.
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