INEB Institute
Built on the traditions of socially engaged Buddhism, the INEB Institute aims to develop and implement new practices, learning strategies, and social forms that nourish the moral imagination while cultivating peace and reconciliation, environmental healing, alternative education, sustainable economics, and the capacity for spiritual growth and leadership. The INEB Institute’s core purpose is to help young people rediscover their fundamentally interdependent nature while developing the skills essential to bring about genuine change. Our vision is that positive and lasting social change must be grounded in a transformation of the way each individual views her or his connection to our world and all its inhabitants.
“Education needs to be re-envisioned to include the cultivation of wisdom, as well as learning to live in society and overcoming oppression and exploitation. For education to be more effective, it has to be dialogical, inclusive, and compassionate, and needs to heal the rift between body and mind… Buddhist education begins with humanity’s ultimate questions: What is the meaning of life? What is our own deepest nature? What is our responsibility to others? Buddhism does not separate life from education.” — Sulak Sivaraksa, The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century
