Mr Bigg's RPE blog » Suffering http://mdbigg.me.uk/cvc For all of Mr Bigg's RPE students at CVC Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:20:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Year 7 Assessment: How do Buddhists account for the existence of suffering? http://mdbigg.me.uk/cvc/2011/03/year-7-assessment-how-do-buddhists-account-for-the-existence-of-suffering/ http://mdbigg.me.uk/cvc/2011/03/year-7-assessment-how-do-buddhists-account-for-the-existence-of-suffering/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:39:38 +0000 http://mdbigg.me.uk/cvc/?p=301

Your task is to produce an assessment that answers the question, “How do Buddhists account for the existence of suffering?”

You can present your work in a variety of ways if you don’t want to write an essay:

  • A poster
  • A PowerPoint
  • A booklet
  • A newspaper article
  • An essay if you’d like to write one!
  • If you have any other ideas please leave a comment and ask



To answer this well you need to:

  • Define suffering: What does it mean? What is the difference between moral and natural evil?
  • Give examples of the different types of suffering
  • Describe Buddhist beliefs about the causes of suffering – refer to the Three Marks of Existence and The Four Noble Truths
  • Explain how Buddhists believe suffering can be controlled. You’ll want to look at the Eightfold Path
  • Analyse Buddhist beliefs in relation to Christian beliefs. How do Christians explain evil? (The Devil? Free will? Adam and Eve? Suffering is a test? Suffering is a punishment?) What are the differences?
  • Conclude: Does Buddhism explain suffering well? Is there a better way to explain?



Resources:

Due Date: Thursday 7th April

Please get in touch with me if you need more time for any reason. Don’t turn up on the day without anything!

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