Things to do to get started (5 mins):
• Take a PostIt note and write a question you
have for the Christians of Cambridge and stick
it on the whiteboard.
• Make sure all the work we’ve done over the
previous weeks is in your plastic wallet.
• Take a piece of scrap paper and find as
many words as you can using the letters:
“Buddhism”
Buddhism
Homework: Find out 5 facts about
the life of the Buddha.
Take a piece of blank
paper and
use a pencil and a
ruler to lay it out as
shown to the right.
(5 mins)
LO: Buddhism:
The Three Marks
of Existence
Anicca – Everything Changes
Buddhists believe that everything is in a
constant state of change called anicca.
Nothing stays the same, nothing is
permanent.
Some things change quickly, others
change more slowly, but in the end
everything will pass.
Write the title
Anicca in the top left
section of your page.
Now draw a picture
explaining this idea.
You are allowed a
maximum of 10
words too.
(5 mins)
Anicca – Everything
Changes
Buddhists believe that
everything is in a
constant state of change
called anicca.
Nothing stays the same,
nothing is permanent.
Some things change
quickly, others change
more slowly, but in the
end everything will pass.
Buddhism:
The Three Marks
of Existence
Dukkha – Everything is Unsatisfactory
Buddhists also believe in Dukkha. This means
that life is unsatisfactory. Just when we think
everything is good, things will change and not
satisfy us.
That new bike that we thought would make us
so happy will get old and not be as great as
we thought it would.
Write the title
Dukkha in the top
right section of your
page.
Now draw a picture
explaining this idea.
You are allowed a
maximum of 10
words too.
(5 mins)
Dukkha – Everything is
Unsatisfactory
Buddhists also believe
in Dukkha. This means
that life is
unsatisfactory. Just
when we think
everything is good,
things will change and
not satisfy us.
That new bike that we
thought would make us
Buddhism:
The Three Marks so happy will get old
and not be as great as
of Existence
we thought it would.
Anatta – No Self/Soul
Just like everything else is in change (anicca),
Buddhists believe that people are constantly
changing too.
There is no unchanging “soul” in a human
being that explains who a person is.
People change every day – the person you are
today is a little different to the person you
were yesterday, who is different to the person
you were 5 years ago.
Write the title
Anatta in the
bottom section of
your page.
Now draw a picture
explaining this idea.
You are allowed a
maximum of 10
words too.
(5 mins)
Buddhism:
The Three Marks
of Existence
Anatta – No Self
Just like everything else is in
change (anicca), Buddhists believe
that people are constantly
changing too.
There is no unchanging “soul” in a
human being that explains who a
person is.
People change every day – the
person you are today is a little
different to the person you were
yesterday, who is different to the
person you were 5 years ago.