Articles about Buddhism
Research
This article is for paying subscribers A different look at Buddhism
Compiled by Dr Rachael Jackson-Royal, HoD of RE and a member of the NATRE Executive. She can be co tacted at:
Theory and practice
This article is for paying subscribers A landscape of distinct practices: teaching a deeper Buddhism
How does a teacher engage with a religious tradition so that it can be presented in an engaging manner yet with accuracy and authenticity? Here, Rae Hancock talks through some of the issues that she has had to work...
For the staffroom
This article is for paying subscribers Improve your RE subject knowledge
We invited members of different religions to reflect on the values that their worldviews seek to promote. Over these next six pages you will find much to enlighten. As well as contributing to readers’ RE subject...
For the staffroom
This article is for paying subscribers Two Buddhist stories about values: looking for enlightenment
Read these two stories with pupils in the 7–14 age range and consider what they mean, what they have in common and how they relate to the teaching of the Buddha. The Enlightened Chicken Once there was a clever little...
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This article is for paying subscribers Wisdom and compassion Two wings on a bird
Wendy Ridley shares ideas from Buddhism about finding wisdom What would you like young people to learn in RE about the wisdom of Buddhism?WR: How wonderful if young people learnt in RE how we know what we know and...