Video
The Buddha and Annanda Discuss Precious Human life
About This Resource
Summary A class project on precious human birth by students and teachers at Lhomon Education, based on Shakyamuni Buddha's metaphor of the “Blind Turtle & Floating Log."
Age Range Early Education (ages 0-4), Middle/Junior High School (ages 13-15), Primary/Elementary School (ages 5-12)
Contributor Lhomon Education
Details
To explain how rare and precious our human life is Shakyamuni Buddha once used a metaphor, known as “Blind Turtle & Floating Log.” Based on this metaphor a short video was made by Lhomon Education students and teachers. The video was a project, a part of a lesson in the class. All the actors in the video are students. The movie project is aimed at facilitating students to learn values and multi-skills as they explore and learn their lessons. Further, it is also to share their learning with other people around the world.
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About The Contributor
Lhomon Education
Lhomon Education (LME) is a grassroots initiative fostering the development of innovative curricula designed specifically for Bhutanese students.