Values education for
peace
The
38 Blessings of Life ✨
What the Buddha taught about living a
happy,
kind and wise life
The origin story
A big argument in
ancient India! 🗣️
🏘️🗣️
Everyone was arguing!
People gathered
everywhere asking: "What are life's greatest blessings?"
👁️ 👂 🤲
See? Hear? Feel?
Every answer was
disproved! Nobody could agree — even angels were arguing!
✨🌙
The Buddha answers!
One night, angels asked the Buddha. He gave 38 blessings — about how we behave, not what we own.
Why
study the blessings?
Our
body AND mind need food! 🍚💭
🍚
Body needs food
- 🥦 Vegetables
& rice
- 💧 Water to drink
- 😴 Rest and
sleep
↔just like
💭
Mind
needs Dhamma
- 📖
Buddha's teachings
- 💛
Kindness & wisdom
- 🌸 The 38
Blessings!
Just like rice keeps our body strong —
Dhamma keeps our mind happy!
3
levels of progress
The blessings are a staircase! 🪜
🌸
Step 3 —
Nirvana
Complete peace and freedom — the highest goal of
all
⭐
Step 2 — A
wonderful next life
Good deeds now lead us to a
beautiful
place after this life
🏡
Step 1 — A happy
life
now
Good school, loving family, good work —
happiness today!
👆
Tap a step to reveal it!
Blessings 1 – 19
Tap any blessing to
learn it! 👇
Blessings 20 – 38
Keep exploring! 🌟
Two
kinds of blessings
Which blessing do YOU
follow? 🤔
The "Have" blessing
Holding lucky charms — blessings from
things
we own
VS
The "Perform" blessing
Acting kindly, studying hard — blessings
from what we DO
The Buddha taught: what we DO is
what truly matters!
⭐🌟✨🌟⭐
Always
remember! 🙏
Blessings are not
about what we have — they are about how we act, speak and think
Be kind. Be wise. Be
generous. That is a true blessing! 🌸