Group+7

**Top Five Things We Learned About Ourselves**
 * 2009 FDSTL Conference Notes - Group 7**
 * 1) Short attention span during meditation walk
 * 2) Project internal and external on others and need to find balance & “awareness”
 * 3) All have the same Shinjin
 * 4) Difficult to make a choice between two bad choices
 * 5) Decisions don’t have to be “either” “or”

**Top Five Things Learned About Shinran**
 * 1) Lots of names
 * 2) Less gentle and human, not above others
 * 3) Desire for peace & tranquility
 * 4) Turmoil in monasteries
 * 5) Embraced everything with entire heart
 * 6) Understanding circumstances surrounding Shinran – choice he make to path of enlightenment
 * 7) Details not important – Focus on teachings

**Lesson Plans**
 * 1) “Would You Rather” game that is age appropriate
 * 2) Walking Meditation
 * 3) Different points in Shinran’s life
 * 4) Night Walking Meditation
 * 5) “Path of Shinran”
 * 6) Click on dots to find key aspects of his life – answer questions
 * 7) Shinran-sama video
 * 8) Skit on Shinran