Negotiations+and+Right+View

=**Title: Negotiations and Right View**=

Objective:

 * Students will realize the Right View or perspective taking is a key to a successful negotiation
 * Students will know what are the steps in planning and executing a negotiation

Materials:

 * Negotiation and Right View handout [[file:Negotiation_and_Right_View.pdf]]
 * Pens
 * Scratch paper
 * Some visual magic trick. I like to use the mirrored box trick.

Preparation:

 * Make enough copies of the handout
 * Cut the Negotiation Exercises in half to split the seller and buyer sections.
 * Practice the magic trick so that it is convincing

Method:
>>> means trying to get a the truth and to see things from many different sides. Just like this magic trick. Looking at it one way it seems mysterious, another way, not so mysterious. Also it means to try to understand the messages and the motivation behind the messages.
 * 1) Presentation
 * 2) Ask "What's the first of the Eightfold Path?"
 * 3) First one of the 8fold path is: Right View. What does it mean? (after short discussion)
 * 4) To illuminate this, let's see this magic trick. (Do the magic trick)
 * 5) Now let's see how this is done. (Show how the trick works)
 * 6) This is Right View or Perception. And since humans are not omniscient, it also
 * 1) Now, this year, we're doing "practical buddhism"... in other words, showing you, not how to achieve enlightenment itself, but how to just applicable Buddhism is to your lives.
 * 2) How often do haggle with your friends or parents for something? That's "negotiation". Let's see how that usually plays out.
 * 3) Volunteers attempt at haggling
 * 4) Ask for 2 volunteers.
 * 5) "Give" one of the volunteers something.
 * 6) Ask the other to barter for it.
 * 7) Ask the other students to carefully watch what happens
 * 8) Review what happened afterwards after applause for the volunteers.
 * 9) Worksheet
 * 10) Negotiations Practice - Have students pair up. Give the Seller sheet to one, Buyer sheet to other.
 * 11) Negotiations Practice #2 (if time permits)
 * 12) Discussion/Evaluation

Evaluation:

 * What was the lesson about?
 * When can you use this?
 * What buddhist principle is this practicing?

Author:
Mas Nishimura nish221@gmail.com San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 2007 ||