Jodo Shu

Status: MODERATED

Grade Level: High School

Objectives

• 1. After this lesson, the students will know:

     1. The founder of Jodo Shu

     2. The key beliefs & Sutras

     3. The key practices

Materials

Worksheet

Worksheet-Answer

Preparations

Make enough copies of the Worksheet for all the students.

Prepare a presentation equipment (projector or monitor) with a laptop.

Method

• 1. Intro: 

     1. What do you know about Jodo Shu? 

  2. Video https://youtu.be/9RcP8jVrkJ8

  3. Worksheet 

     1. Read worksheet while students follow along filling in the worksheet

  4. Practices

     1. Junen - https://youtu.be/Dy57um3Pjpg (3:30 min)

     2. Nembutsu Ichie - 5 minutes 

     3. San shorai - https://youtu.be/fBtA4qfBLQY (8:00 min)

  5. Review

Evaluation

What do you think of  Jodo Shu?

Can you do this?

Who is the founder of Jodo Shu?

Notes

The Nembutsu Ichie can be lengthened to be much longer as desired. Longer sessions provide a different effect. Short time periods students will laugh. However, once they keep going past, there will be moments of concentration as well as lapses. Have the leader keep going. They can get louder or softer  if they choose.

Author

Mas Nishimura, nish221.at.gmail.dot.com, San Jose Betsuin, 2018