Dhamma Wisdom School


In the School of Wisdom, we learn various knowledge and skills in a pleasant and safe atmosphere in order to think, behave and speak in a way that would be pleasant and useful for ourselves, other people, and all living beings.


WHAT DO WE LEARN DURING THIS YEAR?

  1. Introduction. Ignorance and wisdom: how to embark on the path of wisdom? Who is the Buddha and what did he teach and why is it good and beneficial to follow the dhamma he taught?
  2. The right view. What does the right view of the four truths, action and fruits, and dependent arising mean? Lust and desire: how to understand them? Inferiority and superiority: how to decisively renounce them?
  3. Right thinking. How does renunciation and non-violence affect our lives and the lives of other living beings? Controlling Your Thoughts: A Mindset That Increases and Reduces Suffering. Friendship: What is a bad friend and what is a good friend? Anger and Hate: What's My Choice? Nonviolent Problem Solving: How to Find Solutions? How to bravely and nonviolently respond to violence?
  4. The right talk. What is good to avoid lying, slandering, backbiting and empty talk? Fitness and unfitness: How does good behavior lead to desired achievements?
  5. The right action. What fruits does killing and stealing bring, and what pleasures lead directly to suffering? Controlling my behavior: Who is in control of my behavior? Violence and non-violence: how to live without hurting yourself and others? Nonviolent Dissent: How to Choose Right and Good Over Bad? Standing up for yourself and others, courage and solidarity: what is skillful and intelligent action in a situation where others are treated unfairly?
  6. The right livelihood. What is the unproductive, inappropriate, fraudulent and animalistic wrong way of life and how does the right way of life help to achieve the desired, skillful results? Greed and kindness: to be greedy for yourself or to share with others? Carelessness and respect. Nature, self and the object-centered world.
  7. The right aspiration. How do we abandon that which leads to suffering and cultivate that which leads out of suffering and brings joy and ease?
  8. Right awareness. How to observe and become aware of the body, feelings, consciousness and dhammas? Awareness and management of your feelings: do you lead or drag along? Offense and Forgiveness: Why It's Good to Take Responsibility for Your Feelings? How to develop concentration and improve memory?
  9. Right meditation. How to achieve deep and peaceful concentration? Fear and peace: how to overcome fear? Friendliness: How to develop and enforce friendly thinking, behavior and speech?
  10. Summary. Reviewing and repeating what you have learned. Setting your goals, planning and implementing desired changes.