A Holistic Education:
School Mission Statement to Parents and Staff
Personal message from Riktam

`Education` is not something separated from `normal life`- in fact, education is about `finding out` answers- not just a remembering of data.

Moreover, contrary to what is commonly believed,`happiness` is not a mysterious quality of existence. The insights demonstrated by Zen Buddhism reveal that we are only as `happy` as our perceptions and natural intelligence are unclouded. Thereby, we possess the ability to think and process new experiences creatively without being bounded by restrictive processing.

`Normal education` shapes us for good and worse into adults with divided minds. Of course, this can`t be avoided, but to the extent that English is an activity which involves ` finding out` and not just rote memorized study, English can maintain childrens` natural born intelligence…Grasping, learning and growing from experience, not because of experience. So what better way to invest in our childrens` future?

Some insights for guidance:

Buddha's last words were reputedly: "samnasati" or "be a light unto yourself"

Jesus: "If your eyes are as pure as a child's, you will enter the kingdom of heaven"