Buddhist Learning Practice
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Buddhist Learning Practice is a Buddhist practice that is a religious learning practice (an elevated-significance learning practice).
- Context:
- It can (typically) relate to understanding how to cultivate Buddhist-Affirmed Wisdom, Compassion, and Mindfulness.
- It can (typically) precede a Buddhist Performative Practice, to ensure effective understanding of Buddhist teachings.
- It can (often) draw from a Buddhist Tradition.
- It can (often) involve studying Buddhist teachings and Buddhist sutras, attending Dharma talks, and learning Meditation Techniques.
- It can (often) precede a Buddhist Assessment Practice, to esnure effective application of Buddhist teachings.
- It can range from being a Self-Instructed Buddhist Learning Practice to being a Guided Buddhist Learning Practice (e.g. in Sangha community).
- It can range from being a Personal Buddhist Learning Practice to a Collective Buddhist Learning Practice.
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- Example(s):
- Learning about the Eightfold Path.
- Learning about the Five Precepts.
- Learning about Karma and Reincarnation.
- Learning about the teachings in the Lotus Sutra.
- Attending a Dharma talk given by a Buddhist monk.
- Learning Mindfulness Meditation Techniques at a Buddhist retreat.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- A Existentialism Learning Practice, such as studying the works of Friedrich Nietzsche.
- A Christian Learning Practice, such as attending a Sunday School class.
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- See: Buddhist Writting.