Description
INT-244: Investigating Buddhism Speech Outline
For this assignment, your role will be as a trainer for Christian colleagues to prepare them for a missionary trip to a Buddhist community. Complete the following prompts to outline an extemporaneous speech on Buddhism from a Christian perspective to be delivered to this group.
Utilize the course textbook and a minimum of three academic resources, one of which can be your interview. Provide an applicable quote from each resource you choose to use.
- Speech introduction (approximately 100 words)
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- List the four sights that the young Siddhartha Gautama experienced upon leaving the palace.
- Sight #1:
- Sight #2:
- Sight #3:
- Sight #4:
- Concisely describe the significance of each of the four sights for the development of the Buddha’s later teaching. (approximately 50 words for each)
- Significance of Sight #1:
- Significance of Sight #2:
- Significance of Sight #3:
- Significance of Sight #4:
- Briefly reflect on why you think these four sights caused Siddhartha Gautama to begin to seek religious answers. (Give one concise sentence for each sight.)
- Reflection on Sight #1:
- Reflection on Sight #2:
- Reflection on Sight #3:
- Reflection on Sight #4:
- Provide personal thoughts on whether such reflection could be meaningful for spiritual growth from a Christian perspective. Explain your stance. (approximately 225 words)
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- Speech conclusion (approximately 100 words)
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