Showing posts with label compassion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compassion. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Prayer Flags


Hanging on the outside of the Small's classroom are prayer flags. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. By hanging flags in high places, the wind carries the blessings depicted on the flags to all beings.

Buddha


This Buddha sits outside the front gate of our school and welcomes people as they enter the school grounds. It is a reminder to each of us that we are all kind, wise and compassionate individuals.

The statue was very generously bequeathed to the school by a local buddhist who passed away. It is so heavy that it had to be rolled to the school on a skateboard! It may have had a very active past, but today appears very happy with its peaceful life of quiet contemplation.