Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness in Education by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh . Unknown Year . English

The first authoritative manual of the teachings, practices, and activities developed by Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village educators to help teachers cultivate mindfulness in their own lives and in the lives of their students in classrooms, schools, and universities around the globe. The authors stress that teachers, professors, administrators, and other personnel must first embody mindfulness practice and transformation themselves as the interconnected and ethical foundation for everything they do in their schools, universities, and classrooms. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques—perfected by educators themselves—to learn mindfulness and to apply it in their relationships and teaching with students and colleagues. Presented in secular language appropriate for many classrooms, the instructions in Happy Teachers Change the World are offered as basic, bare-bones mindfulness practices taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, followed by down-to-earth guidance for educators who use and teach the practices in their classrooms, with ample in-class interpretations, activities, tips, and student responses.

Categories: Spirituality

About the Author

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, and peace activist and one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world. Born in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. His work for peace and reconciliation during the war in Vietnam moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. In Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh founded Van Hanh Buddhist University and the School of Youth for Social Service, a corps of Buddhist peace workers. Exiled as a result of his work for peace, he continued his humanitarian efforts, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle refugees. In 1982 he established Plum Village France, the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the hub of the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. Over seven decades of teaching, he published a hundred books, which have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

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