Religion: Dhammapada Discussion Day Worksheet

1. Contextualize the Dhammapada as Buddhist literature. Where does it fit in the Buddhist canon? What is its purpose/who is its audience? Is it applicable to us today? How so?

2. How does the Dhammapada depict the ideal monk (arhant)? Discuss virtue and vice in the Dhammapada. What does Virtue look like? What does Vice look like?

3. How does the Dhammapada relate to the four noble truths of Buddhism? Discuss suffering and the practical dimensions of the eightfold path in eliminating suffering

4. Discuss the literary dimensions to the Dhammapada as poetry. Do you think this is effective in presenting the message of Buddhism?

5. What are reflections or concerns you have upon the text. What moved you from the text? What are problems you find with the text? How does the text help you understand Buddhism better?

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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character development is the internal change an individual, a fictional one in this case, undergoes through the course of a story as a result of the conflict or conflicts that person encounters. options 1,2 and 5 don't offer much of this since they mostly just describe the momentary actions and reactions of edna pontellier. in kate chopin's the awakening we first meet edna as someone in a sort of semi-conscious state and completely unaware of her own feelings and ambitions. as the story progresses she becomes more self aware of these ambitions and gaining also the confidence to act on them on quotes 3 and (mostly on) 4 we begin to see these changes on her.

the correct answer is buddhist practice and government structure