Sunday School

Age Group: 10 and up

Lesson Plan

The Story of Buddha

Buddhism for practical

Gaatha

Discuss what’s Buddhistm using Sabba Papassa Akaranam	Discuss how to avoid evil things, Practice Good things using examples Discuss ways to.. - Avoid all evil - Cultivate the good and the true - Purify your mind	Sabba Papassa Akaranam
Four Nobel Truths	Recognize suffering - Suffering of the physical body - Suffering of the mind	HOMAGE TO THE BUDDHA Iti'pi so Bhagava Araharn Samma-sambuddho
The Noble Eightfold Path. The Way to the End of Suffering	Cause of suffering - What are things we crave for? - What is ignorance?	HOMAGE TO THE DHAMMA Svakkhato Bhagavata

Age Group: 7 to 10

Lesson Plan

The Story of Buddha

Buddhism for practical

Gaatha

Overview of the Buddha and the Triple Gem.	Kids will gain good moral conduct and develop patience and kindness towards others.	The Five Precepts (Pansil)
The birth and childhood of Prince Siddhartha.	Kids will learn how and why they should respect their parents. They can demonstrate this understanding through the daily recital of this gaatha to their mother before going to bed.	Overview of respect for parents. Homage to the Parents: Dasa maasay – I respect my Mother
rince Siddhartha’s youth and marriage.	Kids will learn how and why they should respect their parents. They can demonstrate this understanding through the daily recital of this gaatha to their father before going to bed.	Homage to the Parents: Uddhi Kaaro – I respect my Father

Age Group: 5 to 7

Lesson Plan

The Story of Buddha

Buddhism for practical

Gaatha

The Triple Gem - Buddha - Dharma - Sangha	What is Good? What is Bad? How to distinguish right from wrong.	Taking refuge in the Triple Gem
The Birth of Prince Siddhartha. Read & Discuss: "Story of the Buddha"	Good conduct (keeping the precepts) is the basis of all good qualities. Buddha’s main Teaching: - Do Not Do Bad - Do Good - Clean Your Mind( Lesson 4)	The Five moral Precepts
The Childhood of the Prince. Discuss good qualities of the prince.	Showing kindness to others -Buddhist Song	Loving-kindness Meditation
Leaving The place - The Four Sights - The prince leaves home	Introduction to Three Doors - Discuss : Three ways of action - Clean Your Mind
The Enlightenment - Searching for Teachers - Six Years of Hardship - Attained enlightenment	Good friends - Story & Class Play: Sathikumba Jathakaya
Vesak - Who is a Buddhist - Vesak Celebration	Giving (dhanaya)	The Eight Precepts or Ata Sil
Teaching the Dharma to the Five Friends	Introduction to The Four Noble Truths. - Connection between a doctor and the Buddha
The Buddha’s Last days - The Buddha Speaks of His Death - Buddhist Temples & Stupa	Introductions to Middle path - Doing too much Vs. doing nothing