I would like to make a pamphlet in order to distribute it perhaps in our University, but I would like to know what you'd think is an essential component of a Buddhist Pamphlet?
I have come up with:
The Four Noble Truths
The Three Marks of Existence
The Precepts
Parami
What do you also find important to put in a pamphlet?
Dhamma pamphlet
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Dhamma pamphlet
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
Help people understand the Dhamma, it's a project I've been working on.
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
So it is for a Buddhist Student group, then?
In that case I would probably reprint one of the many excellent introductions by famous teachers.
It can be useful to write one yourself but I guess there are many in existence which are excellent written by people with a lot of experience and some considerable insight. Browse and see which you find most appropriate for young people.
In that case I would probably reprint one of the many excellent introductions by famous teachers.
It can be useful to write one yourself but I guess there are many in existence which are excellent written by people with a lot of experience and some considerable insight. Browse and see which you find most appropriate for young people.
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
Greetings WITF,
Do you have a good understanding of your audience?
When I went to write a booklet aimed at modern skeptics, it ended up looking something like this...
Buddhism For The Modern Skeptic
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... rn_Skeptic" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And when another Dhamma Wheel member Stefan, looked to prepare something, his work ended up looking like this
Wikipedia: Outline of Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Buddhism" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The more generic your audience, the more I agree with Dan's fine suggestion above...
Metta,
Retro.
Do you have a good understanding of your audience?
When I went to write a booklet aimed at modern skeptics, it ended up looking something like this...
Buddhism For The Modern Skeptic
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... rn_Skeptic" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And when another Dhamma Wheel member Stefan, looked to prepare something, his work ended up looking like this
Wikipedia: Outline of Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Buddhism" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The more generic your audience, the more I agree with Dan's fine suggestion above...
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
Great, do you know where I can find some good ones?
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
I think this is a good and concise summary
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Re: Dhamma pamphlet
Google on the "Buddhist Publication Society". They have made mountains of free and cheap pamphlets on Theravada Buddhism, many of which may be downloaded freely from their website.
Reading what they have may be a good source of inspiration for what you want to write/rewrite in order to reach your target audience.
If we are talking about college students you might be better off putting up a web site or making a youtube channel about why you think Buddhism is cool.
Reading what they have may be a good source of inspiration for what you want to write/rewrite in order to reach your target audience.
If we are talking about college students you might be better off putting up a web site or making a youtube channel about why you think Buddhism is cool.
In reading the scriptures, there are two kinds of mistakes:
One mistake is to cling to the literal text and miss the inner principles.
The second mistake is to recognize the principles but not apply them to your own mind, so that you waste time and just make them into causes of entanglement.
One mistake is to cling to the literal text and miss the inner principles.
The second mistake is to recognize the principles but not apply them to your own mind, so that you waste time and just make them into causes of entanglement.