For Monday, May 5

Finish reading Siddhartha.
Bring a rough draft to class f0r review and comment.
Priscilla will return the drafts by end of school on Tuesday, May 6.
Another draft should be turned in for review either Wednesday or Thursday.

Paper Due May 9

Trace Siddhartha's life journey.
Trace your own life's journey.
Compare and contrast the two.
Compare Siddhartha's search for meaning and understanding with your own search for knowledge, understanding, and happiness.

Requirements:
Typed
Double-Spaced
1,000 words

For Thursday, May 1

Read Chapter 10

For Tuesday, April 29

Read Chapter 9

4 Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path

1. all life is suffering
2. Desire causes suffering
3. Eliminate suffering by eliminating desire.
4. End desire by following the Eight-Fold Path.

Eight-fold Path
1. Right Understanding: understand the 4 Noble Truths
2. Right Intention: exert our own will to change
3. Right Speech: abandon false, divisive, abusive speech
4. Right Action:
5. Right Livelihood: do not do business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison.
6. Effort:
7. Mindfulness: Awareness
8. Concentration:

Chapters 6, 7, 8

Read them for Monday, April 28.

Chapter 5

Read it for Thursday, April 24.