Please try this method of getting an assigned reading. It is a variation of the SQ3R method.
1. Skim the major headings of the article. Get an overview of the key ideas. Here, read over the worksheet and know what to look for.
2. Read one section. Just read without marking.
3. Then go back and, if the reading is yours, mark it. If it is not yours, like in this case, take notes on this section.
4. Reread and study your notes.
5. Later stuyd your notes.
Reading from Huston Smith's The Religions of Man
Another ethical system: Buddhism
The Man Who Woke Up.
A. Know the basic facts of his life.
B. Know the key events of his life, espcially the ones that influenced the development of his philosophy.
a) Four Passiong Sights
b) Great Going Forth
c) The Principle of hte Middle Way
d) The Immovable Spot
e) Encounter witht he Evil One
f) Bo Tree/The Great Awakening
g) death
II) The Silent Sage
III) The Rebel Saint
a) Six aspects of religion
b) Buddha’s teaching on this.
Original Buddhism can be characterized in the following terms:
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The Four Noble Truths
1st Noble Truth
• Six moments when life’s dislocation becomes glaringly apparent.
2nd Noble Truth
3rd Noble Truth
4th Noble Truth
The Eightfold Path
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• The Five Precepts
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Another ethical system: Confucianism
The First Teacher
A. Know the basic facts of his life.
The Problem Confucius Faced
Rival Answers
Confucius’ Answer
The Content of Deliberate Tradition
Jen
Chun tzu
Li
Te
Wen