Mr. Roger M. De Silva  -  Introduction to Buddhism
 
Activities: Questions to help you discuss your impressions of your visit to the Buddhist Temple | Questions You May Want To Ask A Buddhist Monk | Questions You May Want To Ask A Buddhist Layperson  | The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path: A personal Reflection | Meditation

Next the students should interview one of the monks.  It will depend on how you choose to have
your students visit the temple as to how you will do this.  My students go in small groups on their
own, so they ask the questions in their small group.  If you take the class as a whole, they may
ask the questions together. 
 
 
 
 

Questions You May Want To Ask A Buddhist Monk 

How long have you been a monk?  How old were you when you became a novice? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Why did you become a monk?  Describe the steps to becoming a monk. 
 
 
 
 
 

What does a monk do all day? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What is your relationship with the local community? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What is the most important thing that you believe? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What can you as a monk do to help  (insert name of the area in which you live) face its many
           problems? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
This site was created by Matthew Foglia and Mrs. Smith of Shrewsbury Highschool at the NEH Summer Institute "Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross.