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Understanding Karma in Buddhism

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about the Buddhist concept of karma, including its origins in Brahmanical ritual action and how it evolved in Buddhist thought, the distinction between good and bad karma based on intention, and a recap to ensure students understand that karma results from mental, verbal, and physical actions but the effects may not be seen for many lifetimes.

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Understanding Karma in Buddhism

The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about the Buddhist concept of karma, including its origins in Brahmanical ritual action and how it evolved in Buddhist thought, the distinction between good and bad karma based on intention, and a recap to ensure students understand that karma results from mental, verbal, and physical actions but the effects may not be seen for many lifetimes.

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Karma

Overview & Purpose Education Standards Addressed

Students will have an understanding of the origins of the concept of karma and will
be able to demonstrate the importance of karma within Buddhist doctrine.

Activity Aims Time Given Other


Ask students if they have heard of Students should be able to 10 minutes Karma has been addressed in many films and
karma, what it means to them and what see that karma is present in a television shows. Whilst these might provide a
religion or religions they associate it number of religions and have basic understanding the portrayal of karma is
with. a basic knowledge of what it not necessarily Buddhist.
is.
Using a powerpoint or handout to Students should be able to 10 minutes. Many students expect karma to have a near
explain the origins of karma as ritual see the differences between instant effect. This is not the case in Buddhist
action and how this evolved within Brahmanical and Buddhist thought and students might need to be
Brahmanical and Buddhist thought. ideas about karma. They reminded that karmic results can take many
Make sure that students take notes if should also be able to lifetimes to come into fruition.
they do not have a handout. identify the terms as
meaning ‘action’.
Introduce the students to good and bad This should make students 15 minutes If the class is large split the students into
karma. Group students into pairs and think critically about the larger groups.
get them to discuss what they think function of karma.
makes an action good or bad. The pairs
should then present their ideas to the
class.
Explain to students that it is the Students will understand the 10 minutes. The Eight Fold Path is useful way of
intention behind the action that importance that intention demonstrating this. For an additional task you
determines whether there will be a good has on the karmic results of a can ask students to examine the Eight Fold
or bad karmic result. Also explain that particular action. The same Path and get them to explain why it promotes
mental, verbal and physical actions can action can produce different good karmic results.
all generate karmic results. results dependent upon the
thought behind it.

Get students to recap the lesson. Ask Students will be able to 5 minutes.
them what karma is within Buddhist demonstrate what they have
thought, how it is produced and the learnt over the course of the
differences between good and bad lesson.
karma

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