Buddhism

Week 1: What do you know about The Diamond Sutra? Why does the Zen school use this sutra as the reference point for authenticating the mind’s attainment? Week 2: To attain Buddhahood in ‘day-to-day’ experiences Week 3: The two categories that classify the myriad things in the world and their examples Week 4: Four stages of Buddhahood and Adornment of the Pure Land (construct a bright society by our own) Week 5: From a person who ‘receives and holds four-lined verses’, to a buddha who ‘expounds the four-lined verses for to others’ Week 6: The Unconditioned Phenomena is “The Vájra-cchedikā Prajñā-pāramitā” Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for anyone with an interest in Buddhism, religion, Zen meditation or physical science. You can use the hashtag #FLdiamondsutra to talk about this course on social media.