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Buddhist online course
Version 1 "Beginner course"
Topics
4 truths
4 thoughts
karma
suffering in samsara
precious human life
impermanence
"ethics"
3 levels of vows
10 virtues and nonvirtues
How to understand buddhist ethics as a westerner
How to live ethical life from Buddhist pov
4 seals of buddhism
practices
Shamatha
different methods of shamatha
Loving kindness
tonglen
vipassana
"Other"
Pros and Cons
Pros
Simple
Easy to make
Open to general public
Rimé
Cons
Possibly too general?
Study
Teachings from lamas
Recommended readings
Parts from basic texts
Gampopa
Patrul Rinpoche
Jigten Sumgon
Sutras
Version 2 "tantric ngöndro"
Study
Teachings by khenpos and drubpons
Traditional texts and vajra songs
Practice
Outer ngondro
karma
precious human life
suffering of samsara
impermanence
Inner ngondro
Refuge
vajrasattva
Mandala
guruyoga
Pros and cons
cons
Would be lineage specific
limited access, people would need a lung
one should ideally have a lama to lead one through ngöndro
pros
could be a good resource for people starting ngondro
good for people without regular access to lama
could give help people with understanding ngondro properly
Version 3 "Pith instruction course"
Step 1 Ask a Lama for a Pith instruction poem
Step 2 with help of a lama and khenpos create commentary
Step 3 create course around the poem and commentary
Pros and cons
cons
Probably hardest option
would take a lot of lamas and khenpos to work with us
Pros
would be very interesting
could be well suited for modern people
original poem could be easy to remember, therefore easy to memorize and use in daily life
Questions to consider.
What do we expect from the course?
Who is our target audience?
Who can we "pitch" this to?
How hard will it be to maintain the course?
Will it need regular presence of lamas to give teachings?
Will students progress by themselves, or will they need to have someones approval?
How Drikung kagyu specific do we want to be?