Lesson 4

Suffering the Buddhist and

Christian response
LO: To examine how Buddhists try to live

a good life that avoids suffering by

following
The FIVE PRECEPTS.

Engagement: give two examples of when

you have been greedy or selfish in the
past year and what the consequences
were.
How did it make you or someone close to you
feel?

The Five Precepts

Today I aspire to
Understand what the 5 precepts are.
Give examples of the 5 precepts.
Evaluate how they help Buddhists lead
a life without suffering.

INVESTIGATE:
When a person becomes a
Buddhist they promise to follow
the 5 precepts. A precept is a rule
or guide to show you how to live.
The 5 precepts are
Avoid harming living things
To take only when offered
Avoid improper sexual activity
Avoid improper speech (lies and
gossiping)
Avoid alcohol and drugs
You have been given a card with one
precept. Write down an example.
Ext: do 2 more.

Which of the precepts do you think would be

the most difficult for you to live by?
Give a short explanation
to your answer.

EVALUATE:
Think of 5 rules that you would like to
introduce into the school.
Draw a table in your book with two columns.
Behaviour to avoid
in school

Behaviour to
develop in school

Design a poster which could be used around the

school which would inform people of what the 5
precepts are and how we could use them in our
school.
Success criteria Key words
Images
Short sentences
Bright colours
Examples to live by

Using the 5 moral precepts, what do

you think Buddhists would say about:

Eating meat?
Abortion?
Drinking lots of vodka?
Telling someone what the strange person over
there did today?
Picking up a 10 note you spot in the
corridor?

EXPRESSION:
If everyone followed the 5 precepts there
would be no problems in the world.
What do you think? Explain your answer from
both points of view.
A Buddhist might think because

OR

In my opinion I think(refer to what you have

used in the previous paragraphs)