shila

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery spoke to a group of Middle Way School parents on the subject of shila, or Buddhist discipline on April 13, 2023.

This core document presents Middle Way Education's guiding principles, as it has been implemented at our flagship model, the Middle Way School. This overview presents the philosophical framework, and helps to convey how MWE's approach to physical, social and cognitive development relates to the classic Buddhist threefold training.