Thich Nhat Hanh’s Sociological Imagination: Essays and Commentaries on Engaged Buddhism Plus Proceedings from the Panels on “Buddhist Contributions to Social Justice” at the Fifth International Buddhist Conference on the United Nations Day of Vesak held in Hanoi, Vietnam—May 2008 HUMAN ARCHITECTURE Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge Volume VI • Issue 3 • Summer 2008 Journal Editor: Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, UMass Boston

Journal Article — Realizing True Education with Mindfulness — by Richard Brady

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In this article I discuss impediments to the realization of factors that exist in current education. I then describe approaches based on mindfulness that I have used to address these obstacles and promote each of the factors of enlightenment in a secondary school setting.

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Abstract

True education has as its aim to awaken the student to him- or herself and to the world. We can find helpful guidance for accomplishing this in the Buddha’s teachings on the seven factors of enlightenment (joy, rest, concentration, curiosity, diligence, equanimity and mindfulness). In this article I discuss impediments to the realization of these factors that exist in current education. I then describe approaches based on mindfulness that I have used to address these obstacles and promote each of the factors of enlightenment in a secondary school setting. I include readings I give to students and student descriptions of their experiences with this educational approach.

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Brady, Richard. 2008. “Realizing True Education with Mindfulness.” Pp. 87-98 in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Sociological Imagination: Essays and Commentaries on Engaged Buddhism (Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge: Volume VI, Issue 3, 2008.) Belmont, MA: Okcir Press (an imprint of Ahead Publishing House).

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Journal Article — Realizing True Education with Mindfulness — by Richard Brady

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