Thawsi School in English

Changes that have taken place

“Through regular training, and practice and concerted effort, our teachers are beginning to see the real value of their work. In the past most of them worked in order to make a living. There was little sense of purpose. But after the teachers began to understand that Buddhist education concerns the integrated development of everybody, including the teachers themselves, most of them began to teach with a strong sense of commitment and devotion.

Although we still have occasional problems as a community, and the extent to which Buddhist training is adopted by individual teachers varies, I have noticed many positive changes:

-Spiritually, they are more mindful and calm.

-They are nurturing the desirable qualities of patient endurance, perseverance, accountability, courage and confidence to tackle problems by themselves. Quite importantly, the teachers are now more confident and at ease enough with the Buddhist teachings to explain them to parents. They have formed quite a good partnership in educating and looking after the children.”

-The teachers are more united;

-They have more loving kindness and compassion;

-There is a greater sense of sympathy and understanding for others, less jealousy and more forgiveness, less of the fault-finding mind and more looking at their own minds;

-Teachers are more open to critical comments and more willing to learn new things.