Course: Meditation: Theory & Practice (RE 288 GP, Fall 2022)

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Welcome to the course Meditation: Theory and Practice! Please familiarize yourself with the resources below. I've included a number of supplemental websites, apps, and links and will be adding to them throughout the semester. Also, there are places where you will upload your assignments throughout the semester as well as details about what we will be reading/studying under the appropriate units.
I look forward to exploring these issues with you over Fall 2022!
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Classroom Agreements
Be respectful of others' viewpoints
Practice active listening
Pay attention to each other
Eye contact can be important
Be aware of body language
Limit use of electronics
Confidentiality
No interrupting
Be openminded
Be genuine
Don't talk to talk
Be aware of how much you are speaking
Don't dominate the conversation
But contribute to the conversations
Ask questions of curiosity
Ask for other's thoughts or opinions
Respect other people's boundaries
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  Lovingkindness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  
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  Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
  
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  Walking Meditation Instructions
  
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  Resources from Kaira Jewel Lingo
  
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  A Variety of Guided Meditations by Tara Brach
  
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  A Variety of Guided Meditations by Joseph Goldstein
  
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  A Variety of Guided Mediations by Jack Kornfield
  
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  A Variety of Resources by Susan Salzberg
  
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  RAIN Meditation with Tara Brach
  
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Other Meditation/Contemplative Practices and Traditions
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  Birmingham Shambala Meditation Center
  
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  Greater Good Science Center, UNC- Berkeley
  
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  Insight LA
  
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  Magnolia Grove Monastery
  
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  Mind and Life Institute
  
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  U-Mass Memorial Center for Mindfulness
  
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The Dhamma Brothers
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Unit 1- How to Sit
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Basics of how to sit (meditate) by the renowned teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Please read the entire book by Monday, August 29th.
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Unit 2- The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
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Unit 3- Types of Asian Meditation
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Reading Questions for the chapters of Types of Asian Meditation:
1. What are the themes of this chapter? How does it relate to the themes of the book? What is the goal of the chapter?
2. How do these traditions "think" about meditation? How go they think it works? What is the foundational knowledge of the tradition?
3. What are the goals of the meditative practice?
4. What does the meditation technique look like?
5. What is interesting about this chapter? What is confusing?
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  Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.18 - Deepest Stage of Meditation (YouTube)
  
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  Sikh Nam Simran (singing; YouTube)
  
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  "How to Meditate Like a Buddhist Monk" (BBC clip from Sri Lanka)
  
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  "The Importance of Long Life" (Tibetan Lama Phakchok Rinpoche)
  
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  The Creation and Destruction of a Tibetan Sand Mandala
  
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Unit 4- Buddhist Meditation
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Unit 5- Christian Meditation
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Hi everyone,
For Monday, October 24 please read "Early Christian (Catholic) Meditation" below.
For Wednesday, October 26 please read the below piece on Quaker worship and then watch the three short videos on Quaker beliefs and worship, listed below.
As you read and watch these, keep in mind these discussion questions:
How do these readings compare to Buddhist meditation practices that we've been discussing and that we've read about in Introduction to Buddhist Meditation?
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  "What to Expect in Quaker Meeting for Worship" (video two)
  
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Unit 6- Popular Conceptions of Meditation
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Hi everyone,
For Monday, October 31st please read the two articles linked below.
For Wednesday, November 2 please read the two articles linked below.
As you read and watch these, keep in mind these discussion questions:
What are the general claims that are made about wellness/health/daily life in these pieces? Are these new claims that are specific to American practices or have we seen similar claims made before about meditative practices?
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  Wednesday, November 2: "What science says about meditation: it improves your focus and emotional control" (Vox)
  
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  Wednesday, November 2: "Yoga and meditation: what are the real health benefits?" (LiveScience)
  
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  In-class video: "Mindfulness Dissolves Thoughts — Attention Is What’s Left Over, with Jon Kabat-Zinn | Big Think"
  
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  In-class video: "Mindfulness: How to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin, with Jon Kabat-Zinn | Big Think"
  
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  "Mind Your Own Business, " a critique of the mindfulness movement by the late Barbara Ehrenreich (who wrote the book Nickeled and Dimed)
  
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  "Are meditation apps promoting true Buddhist mindfulness?"
  
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Upload your Creative Summary here. It can be done any week, provided it has some relevance to the current course material. Please contact me if you have any questions.
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  One creative piece that summarizes or explores a weekly subject and/or reading of your choice. You only need to do it once during the semester. It is 10% of your grade.
  This is a chance to take a particular concept, system, figure, practice, or idea and creatively present it to the class. Previous students have given demonstrations and explanations of yoga, have created pieces of art, created videos, and given explanatory lectures on particular subjects.
  It may be created using a medium of your choice (powerpoint, prezi, song, interpretive dance, artwork, short play or film, lecture, music video, etc.) If what you choose to do is not written, you should write a brief summary of your project and upload it to Turnitin during the appropriate week.
  If you have questions or need direction, please email me for inspiration or direction. You may also choose to do a group project with your assigned small group (with prior approval; please contact me).
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Course Documents

pdfRE 288 Meditation: Theory and Practice Syllabus (Fall 2022)

docRevamped Schedule (October 24, 2022)

Apps and Other Free Resources

URLCalm

URLHeadspace

URLInsight Timer

URLMindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Online Course (Free but not vetted)

URLMindfulness Daily (free)

URLMindfulness Daily at Work (free)

Guided Meditations

URLCalm, Ease- Guided Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

URL10-MInute Lovingkindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

URL5-Minute Lovingkindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

URLLovingkindness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn

URLMetta (Lovingkindness) Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

URLWalking Meditation Instructions

URLResources from Kaira Jewel Lingo

URLA Variety of Guided Meditations by Tara Brach

URLA Variety of Guided Meditations by Joseph Goldstein

URLA Variety of Guided Mediations by Jack Kornfield

URLA Variety of Resources by Susan Salzberg

URL10-Minute Body Scan Meditation

URLSound Meditation

URLRAIN Meditation with Tara Brach

URL10 Minute Guided Meditation: Heart of Compassion Meditation by Jack Kornfield

Other Meditation/Contemplative Practices and Traditions

URLAboriginal (Indigenous Australian) Practice of Dadirri

URLThe Golden Sufi (Islam)

URLSufi Whirling Dervishes (Naqshbandi Sufi order)

Supplemental Websites

URLBirmingham Shambala Meditation Center

URLGreater Good Science Center, UNC- Berkeley

URLInsight LA

URLInsight Meditation Center (Redwood, CA)

URLInsight Meditation Society

URLMagnolia Grove Monastery

URLMind and Life Institute

URLSacred Texts (online)

URLSpirit Rock Insight Meditation

URLU-Mass Memorial Center for Mindfulness

URLThe Pema Chodron Foundation

The Dhamma Brothers

URLThe Dhamma Brothers (film)

URLThe Dhamma Brothers (website)

URLPanel with Jenny Phillips

URLTedx Talk with Jenny Phillips "The Only Way Out is In"

Unit 1- How to Sit

URLHow to Sit, Thich Nhat Hanh

pptPresentation 1: How To Sit

Unit 2- The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

URLShort video on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

URLTricycle article that discusses vipassana meditation

pptSlides: Buddhism Overview and Transformation and Healing

Unit 3- Types of Asian Meditation

pptYoga and Tantra

URLThe Heart of the Yoga Sutras (YouTube)

URLPatanjali Yoga Sutra 1.18 - Deepest Stage of Meditation (YouTube)

URLSikh Nam Simran (singing; YouTube)

URL"How to Meditate Like a Buddhist Monk" (BBC clip from Sri Lanka)

URL"The Importance of Long Life" (Tibetan Lama Phakchok Rinpoche)

URLThe Creation and Destruction of a Tibetan Sand Mandala

URLThe Land of the Disappearing Buddha (film)

Unit 4- Buddhist Meditation

URLCrash Course World History: Buddha and Ashoka

URLShort article on the difference between mindfulness and vipassana

docIntro to Buddhist Meditation chs 5-8 discussion questions

pptBuddhism in China

URLIn-class video- The Land of the Disappearing Buddha

docLand of the Disappearing Buddha discussion sheet

Unit 5- Christian Meditation

pdfEarly Christian (Catholic) Meditation

pdfQuaker Reading ("Listening for the Voice of God: Silence in Quaker Worship" by Tom Rothschild)

URL"9 Core Quaker Beliefs" (video one)

URL"What to Expect in Quaker Meeting for Worship" (video two)

URL"Quaker Meeting for Worship Pt 1: The Challenge of Sitting in Silence" (video three)

URL"Quaker Meeting for Worship Pt 2: Giving Vocal Ministry" (optional; not required)

URLMichael Berker and Discernment (Quaker)

Forum
News forum

pdf
RE 288 Meditation: Theory and Practice Syllabus (Fall 2022)

doc
Revamped Schedule (October 24, 2022)

URL
Calm

URL
Headspace

URL
Insight Timer

URL
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Online Course (Free but not vetted)

URL
Mindfulness Daily (free)

URL
Mindfulness Daily at Work (free)

URL
Calm, Ease- Guided Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

URL
10-MInute Lovingkindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

URL
5-Minute Lovingkindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

URL
Lovingkindness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn

URL
Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

URL
Walking Meditation Instructions

URL
Resources from Kaira Jewel Lingo

URL
A Variety of Guided Meditations by Tara Brach

URL
A Variety of Guided Meditations by Joseph Goldstein

URL
A Variety of Guided Mediations by Jack Kornfield

URL
A Variety of Resources by Susan Salzberg

URL
10-Minute Body Scan Meditation

URL
Sound Meditation

URL
RAIN Meditation with Tara Brach

URL
10 Minute Guided Meditation: Heart of Compassion Meditation by Jack Kornfield

URL
Aboriginal (Indigenous Australian) Practice of Dadirri

URL
The Golden Sufi (Islam)

URL
Sufi Whirling Dervishes (Naqshbandi Sufi order)

URL
Birmingham Shambala Meditation Center

URL
Greater Good Science Center, UNC- Berkeley

URL
Insight LA

URL
Insight Meditation Center (Redwood, CA)

URL
Insight Meditation Society

URL
Magnolia Grove Monastery

URL
Mind and Life Institute

URL
Sacred Texts (online)

URL
Spirit Rock Insight Meditation

URL
U-Mass Memorial Center for Mindfulness

URL
The Pema Chodron Foundation

URL
The Dhamma Brothers (film)

URL
The Dhamma Brothers (website)

URL
Panel with Jenny Phillips

URL
Tedx Talk with Jenny Phillips "The Only Way Out is In"

URL
How to Sit, Thich Nhat Hanh

ppt
Presentation 1: How To Sit

URL
Short video on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

URL
Tricycle article that discusses vipassana meditation

ppt
Slides: Buddhism Overview and Transformation and Healing

ppt
Yoga and Tantra

URL
The Heart of the Yoga Sutras (YouTube)

URL
Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.18 - Deepest Stage of Meditation (YouTube)

URL
Sikh Nam Simran (singing; YouTube)

URL
"How to Meditate Like a Buddhist Monk" (BBC clip from Sri Lanka)

URL
"The Importance of Long Life" (Tibetan Lama Phakchok Rinpoche)

URL
The Creation and Destruction of a Tibetan Sand Mandala

URL
The Land of the Disappearing Buddha (film)

URL
Crash Course World History: Buddha and Ashoka

URL
Short article on the difference between mindfulness and vipassana

doc
Intro to Buddhist Meditation chs 5-8 discussion questions

ppt
Buddhism in China

URL
In-class video- The Land of the Disappearing Buddha

doc
Land of the Disappearing Buddha discussion sheet

pdf
Early Christian (Catholic) Meditation

pdf
Quaker Reading ("Listening for the Voice of God: Silence in Quaker Worship" by Tom Rothschild)

URL
"9 Core Quaker Beliefs" (video one)

URL
"What to Expect in Quaker Meeting for Worship" (video two)

URL
"Quaker Meeting for Worship Pt 1: The Challenge of Sitting in Silence" (video three)

URL
"Quaker Meeting for Worship Pt 2: Giving Vocal Ministry" (optional; not required)

URL
Michael Berker and Discernment (Quaker)

ppt
Early Jesus Prayer

URL
The Jesus Prayer (in Church Slavonic)

ppt
Quaker Worship

URL
Quakers in Birmingham

URL
Monday, October 31: "Why Your Team Should Practice Mindfulness" (Harvard Business Review)

URL
Monday, October 31: "Many business leaders meditate. It might be because it can help you make fewer mistakes" (World Economic Forum)

URL
Wednesday, November 2: "What science says about meditation: it improves your focus and emotional control" (Vox)

URL
Wednesday, November 2: "Yoga and meditation: what are the real health benefits?" (LiveScience)

URL
In-class video: "Mindfulness Dissolves Thoughts — Attention Is What’s Left Over, with Jon Kabat-Zinn | Big Think"

URL
In-class video: "Mindfulness: How to Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin, with Jon Kabat-Zinn | Big Think"

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Monday, October 31st: Meditation and Work

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Wednesday, November 2: Meditation and Unusual Claims