Compassion

How am I connected to everything? Download a set of worksheets filled with activities, reflections, and practices to help children answer this important question.

A life-release practice to do with children.

This short activity engages students in a discussion about the 10 positive and negative actions.

This website offers an extensive selection of readings and resources, covering topics such as Social and Emotional Learning, mindfulness and awareness in education, the value of kindness and compassion in the classroom, and more.

The Middle Way School recently hosted a dharma talk by Lama Karma Justin Wall to help support parents and caregivers during this unprecedented era of uncertainty. 

A 4-part series of talks by Sumi Loundon Kim on mindful parenting.

This lessons offers students to understand and experience their basic goodness through different exercises and activities.

This short book was written by Gregory Kramer, cofounder and president of the Metta Foundation in Portland, Oregon. He offers insight and advice for how to practice lovingkindness (or metta) with children of any age, based on his own personal experience with his children over sixteen years.

This sweet book for ages 4-8 takes us on a whimsical tour through all the connections between every single thing in the universe—from people to blobfish to chairs and atoms. 

A collection of lesson plans teaching equanimity, compassion, and awareness. Designed for Australia's Harmony Week, they can easily be adapted for a Buddhist classroom.

Discussing compassion and putting it into action with children during Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.

This is a simple motivation prayer designed as a printable card. Print and give to students to recite at the beginning of... Read More