Resources

Designed for parents, carers, family members, teachers and anyone who works with children between 5 and 11 years old, The Happy Toolbox offers a taster of activities to explore mindfulness and ethical values in a playful way with children.

As Buddhist parents, we have a special and very important responsibility to ensure that our children not only receive a good worldly education but are also educated to be good-hearted human beings. In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how we can teach our children the good qualities and behavior that are essential for achieving every type of happiness, both short- and long-term.

In Part III, Denitsa Gancheva shares what her students taught her about herself, life, and education itself during her time teaching English to monks at Maratika Monastery in Nepal.

In January 2021, The Mind & Life Institute hosted a special free livestream event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, climate activist Greta Thunberg, and leading scientists to explore steps for addressing this urgent set of challenges.

How the Dharma Primary School in Brighton, UK brought the dharma to the school and its students through teacher training, school events, and curriculum.

Neil Amas writes about why Buddhist wisdom can add great value to a modern education, and what makes a Buddhist education unique.

Our emotions and feelings are like the weather, ever-changing and dependent on many causes and conditions. This unit helps students understand their emotions and the impermanent nature of phenomena, while teaching coping skills and strategies, and ultimately cultivating self-awareness, compassion, and improved focus.

Deborah McNamara offers her experiences applying the Principles of Contemplative Parenting shared by Alaya Preschool in Boulder, Colorado.

Deborah McNamara explores the principles of Contemplative Parenting as shared by Alaya Preschool, and reflects on how they relate to her experiences as a parent.

Gabi Garcia writes her children's books to support parents and educators in nurturing mindfulness and awareness in children.

Have you ever struggled to find high quality, wholesome entertainment for the children you love? Watch this video to find out how the Blue Lion album became an international cooperative effort which brings together ancient Buddhist ideas with modern music especially for children.

Speaking at the Buddha Educational Foundation in Taipei, Rinpoche presents his vision of a buddhist education for life.

Classroom practices and resources for contemplative education from Naropa University's Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education.

About the Now I Know... book series by Sally Devorsine

Shugen Roshi, the abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery and advisor to the Middle Way School, gave a talk on the Eightfold Path to MWS teachers and parents.