Play

We are engaging our young students in the play. Play is an important part of each child's overall development - the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development. The play also helps inculcate kindness in students.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in one of the videos to a group of children, said, “the most important thing in your life is to play." Next important, Rinpoche continues, “is to be kind.”

Wall Painting

For the last few days, Sangay Wangchuk, a senior student has been creating texts on a class wall using his calligraphic skills.

Two New students

Two newly arrived students, Jigme Kelden Wangchuk and Kuenzang Yeshi Dawa, after learning embroidery for a day created these beautiful flowers.

Presentation to ThimDzong Sherig Mentorship

We are delighted to present some of our works to a group of educators in Thimphu Dzongkhag (ThimDzong Sherig Mentorship Focal Persons), today.

Thank you to Madam Lham Tshering, Principal Education Specialist of Thimphu Dzongkhag and Dr Sonam Chuki, Program Analyst, NCWC for making the session possible.

ibisPaint X

Beautiful digital portraits of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and H.H. Dalai lama, created by Mr. Tenzin Jamtsho, one of our senior students using a free and versatile app "ibis Paint X", on his mobile phone.

It is heartening to see how students make use of digital platforms to express their creativity.

This is clearly a process of learning to learn!

Harvest

If it is not for the reality of impermanence, we may not be able to harvest these potatoes. Thanks to mother earth, water, sunlight, manure, labour, earthworms and all the causes and conditions involved in this complex process.

Bumjur Dawa

In coincidence with the end of the Bumjur Dawa, and the Chotrul Duchen, a few young souls from Bhutan would like to pay homage to the man who started it all. Prince Siddhartha Gautama. Or as we now know, Buddha Shakyamuni.

Through these small displays of homage, we wish to dedicate this merit to the continuous flourishing of the Buddha Dharma. And that all sentient beings be able to recognize the true nature of their own minds.

Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Shakyamuniye Soha.

Retreat opportunity for teachers

Recently, Mr Sangay Tenzin, a teacher with Lhomon Education (LME) took part in a short retreat program coinciding with the Chotrhul Dawa.

He said, “It was an exciting three days journey where I got time to meditate, contemplate, and observe my mind. It was a strict full-day practice from 6 am to 9 pm. The practice included were tara practice, smoke offering, meditation and recitation of seven-line prayers.”

The retreat was offered as a part of teacher development training to allow individuals to cultivate and develop the innate quality of our minds, using our own wisdom tools such as meditation, recitation, and visualization in a solitary environment.

For us, developing innate qualities is about cultivating kindness and compassion as a basic foundation for a teacher’s transformation, as Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche has pointed out “The most important quality of a teacher is kindness. Teaching should not be treated as a job. It is a big responsibility; you are actually responsible for somebody’s life.”

Thread Art

Tashi Wangmo, a student of Phuntshothang school, Bangtar who took part in our basic embroidery training at Selmothang came up with this beautiful art of His Majesty the King.