Group+8

**Top Five Things We Learned About Ourselves**
 * 2009 FDSTL Conference Notes - Group 8**
 * 1) The journey is just as important as the destination
 * 2) Ego gets in the way of meditation
 * 3) It requires effort to tune out distractions and balance your “Buddhist self”
 * 4) Life is shades of gray
 * 5) Causes and conditions influence decisions

**Top Five Things Learned About Shinran**
 * 1) How many difficult choices he had to make
 * 2) Anyone can be enlightened
 * 3) Took him 20 years to find another way
 * 4) His social standing and how that lead to the choices in his life
 * 5) Because of his social standing, he was accepted into the monastery

**Lesson Plans**
 * 1) Develop age appropriate “Would You Rather” games
 * 2) Walking meditation
 * 3) Make Shinran hats and decorate them
 * 4) Create a timeline of Shinran’s early life
 * 5) Locus of Control exercise