Young Voices
Young Voices is a special project from Buddhistdoor Global collecting insightful essays written by high school students in the US who have attended experiential-learning-based courses rooted in the Buddhist teaching. Inspired by and running in parallel with BDG’s Beginner’s Mind project for college students, Young Voices offers a platform for these high school students to share essays expressing their impressions and perspectives on their exposure to the Buddhadharma and its relationship with their hopes, aspirations, and expectations.
Young Voices is updated monthly.
With special thanks to Chenxing Han and Andy Housiaux, who teach an experimental high school class through the Tang Institute at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) focused on “Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard.”
Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard
Young Voices: Finding Comfort in Not-Knowing
An American high school student reflects on encounters with the Buddhadharma and the kindness found therein
Young Voices: Buddhism and Self-Reliance: Learning For Growth
A US high school student reflects on the path to inner wisdom and understanding the Buddhadharma.
Young Voices: Unraveling from Expectations
Buddhist wisdom helps an American high school student reframe her perception of education and the pressures of social expectations
Young Voices: Dana: The Power of Communal Learning
Reflections on the profound wisdom and power of generosity to build bridges and sustain communities
Young Voices: What to Do with Impermanence
Introducing “Young Voices,” a special project from BDG collecting insightful essays by high school students in the US who have attended experiential-learning-based courses rooted in the Buddhist teaching.
Young Voices: Finding Comfort in Not-Knowing
An American high school student reflects on encounters with the Buddhadharma and the kindness found therein
Young Voices: Buddhism and Self-Reliance: Learning For Growth
A US high school student reflects on the path to inner wisdom and understanding the Buddhadharma.
Young Voices: Unraveling from Expectations
Buddhist wisdom helps an American high school student reframe her perception of education and the pressures of social expectations
Young Voices: Dana: The Power of Communal Learning
Reflections on the profound wisdom and power of generosity to build bridges and sustain communities
Young Voices: What to Do with Impermanence
Introducing “Young Voices,” a special project from BDG collecting insightful essays by high school students in the US who have attended experiential-learning-based courses rooted in the Buddhist teaching.