The power of happiness: A Buddhist approach to secular education

We speak with Drs. Isabel Nuñez and Jason Goulah, editors of “Hope and Joy in Education: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda across curriculum and context.” According to Ikeda, the internationally-famous Buddhist philosopher, education should first and foremost engender happiness and instill habits of global citizenship. Drs. Nuñez and Goulah talk about implications for teachers’ classroom practice. Overview 00:00-00:52 Intros00:52-02:14 Daisaku Ikeda02:14-05:10 Ikeda’s central ideas on education05:10-09:30 Relevance of his ideas to non-Buddhists09:30-14:41 Concept of global citizenship and teachers’ practice14:41-20:26 Self-love20:26-25:35 Inner transformation and social change25:35-29:57 Relationships of humans to other animals and to future generations29:57-33:35 Ikeda’s Buddhist humanism and John Dewey’s pragmatism33:35-36:46 Religion and spirituality36:46-42:50 Bringing hope and joy into classrooms in 2021-202242:50-45:31 Teachers working collectively to create hope and joy45:31-48:30 Outro Transcript Click here to see the full transcript of this episode.  References “Hope and Joy in Education” Book page at Teachers College Press Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education at DePaul University Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning...

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