EXPERIENTIAL BUDDHIST EDUCATION

We offer full time Experiential Buddhist Kindergarten (age 3 to 6) and Primary to Early Secondary (age 6 to 14)

Teaching Diploma Courses, Experiential Buddhist Foundation Studies, and other personal & professional development courses and retreats for educators, teachers, parents and anyone caring for children, including their own inner child.

Our aim is to educate towards inner freedom through a journey of re-discovering our innate goodness. This approach is centred on experiential and contemplative learning, fostering a process of transformation and the development of wisdom and compassion.

The primary purpose of Experiential Buddhist Education is to (re)connect to our Awakened Nature according to each individuals’ capabilities. We do this through the content of the curriculum, our teacher training course and learning approach. By immersing ourselves in this way of being and process of learning, teachers, and children alike, discover a space within themselves that is open, soft and radiant. The essence of this openness is love, which is at the core of all true spiritual endeavour and ultimately transcends desire and concern for oneself. It is the very heart of enlightened wisdom. For more information about our work bespoke programmes, please visit www.abidinghearteducation.net

This education programme rests on the experiential Buddhist tradition rather than on prevailing education systems, and the emphasis is on developing wisdom and compassion that is to be lived in the classroom and in one’s personal life. The transformative and experiential approach to learning nurtures the children’s changing consciousness and fosters autonomy and ownership in teachers. All aspects of learning and knowing are inter-linked and, by bringing about a shift in how children and teachers learn and experience the world, we advocate for self-transformation.