Still Learning was launched in 2009, in response to requests from teachers across the region. We are both young Buddhists, training for Ordination into the Triratana Buddhist Order, and we are passionate about making Buddhism accessible and fun for students of all ages and abilities.
My practice is a great source of inspiration and joy to me and I am training for ordination in the Triratana Buddhist Community. A big part of my life now is sharing my understanding of the Buddha’s teachings with people who visit the Buddhist Centre, whether they are on a school visit or an evening class, and I’m totally dedicated to this.
I view religious education as being vitally important in today’s society as a way to promote tolerance and mutual understanding. I am a member of the SACRE council for Sheffield.”
“I was first taught to meditate as a teenage pupil at a Roman Catholic school in Sheffield and it opened a spiritual door in my life and helped me to get through some difficult times at school. After a few years in the spiritual wilderness I encountered the Sheffield Buddhist Centre in 2004 and my life was transformed. I had met a room full of like-minded people and discovered that there had been a tradition of people like me (Buddhists) dating back for 2,500 years! I eventually decided to leave the business I had co-founded to focus all of my energies on my Buddhist practice.When we visit schools it is very important to me that pupils get an accurate picture of Buddhism and that they can see that Buddhists are ordinary people, just like them! Also, the teachers and pupils seem to benefit greatly from being introduced to meditation (as I was back at my school) and these are everyday techniques that anyone can use – whatever your religion. I am delighted that my request to be ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order has been accepted and I will formerly be ordained as a Buddhist in 2011.”
