"Understanding and love is not something that you gain, it exists like a seed in every child. The Hoa Nghiem Primary School was founded as an environment where children can be awakened to their capacity to be wise and loving individuals. Through education, meditation and mindfulness practices, they will enter society as global citizens and contribute with compassionate thoughts and actions." Most Venerable Thich Thien Tam.
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Through age-appropriate mindfulness practices, meditation and the exploration of Buddhist principles, we learn to cultivate wisdom, compassion and understanding.
We learn to slow down, pay attention, listen deeply and engage fully with the present moment. Through these practices, we develop awareness of our thoughts, feelings and actions and learn to respond with kindness and care.
The Buddhist learning journey encourages us to be curious and reflective. Just as we investigate ideas through inquiry learning, we are invited to observe, question and explore Buddhist teachings through our own experiences.
This practice supports us to develop an open mind and an open heart. It helps us understand ourselves more deeply, appreciate the perspectives of others and strengthen our sense of connection with all living beings.
Through this lifelong journey of learning, we cultivate the qualities that support happiness, understanding, acceptance and the wellbeing of both ourselves and others.
Hoa Nghiem Buddhist College is rooted in the tradition of the Buddhist philosophy where students develop a comprehensive understanding of impermanence and, through a variety of enquiries and practices, experience their inter-being relationship with all aspects of the living world. The aim of the Buddhist philosophy in our school is to provide an education that leads students to cultivate their quality of being in order to become wise citizens capable of meeting the challenges of their time.
Being able to connect to True Happiness is the result of an education where wisdom becomes the life purpose in whatever professional fields and personal life students will chose to venture. At Hoa Nghiem Buddhist College, students learn to connect to their inner peace where they find the peaceful strength to experience True Happiness. During their schooling, students learn to feel that True Happiness is not about having and possessing things. From introspection, deep listening as well as the progressive development of a clear mind and a clear heart, they know that True Happiness is about being.
The findings of international research carried out by UNESCO have shown that the most important learning to acquire if our children are to live sustainably in our century is to develop not only their quality of learning, but also and above all their quality of being. Learning to Be in the 21st century will be achieved through four essential learning dimensions: Learning to Be Wise, Learning to Learn Holistically, Learning to Do Ethically and Learning to Live Together.