Dunhuang Grottoes and Global Education

Xu Di is Professor in the Department of Education Foundations in the College of Education at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Dunhuang's Infinite Connections with Education.- 3. Dunhuang and Educational Philosophy.- 4. Lessons in Moral Education from Dunhuang Murals.- 5. The Philosophy of Aesthetic Education of Ch'an Buddhism: A New Interpretation on the Mandala Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch from Dunhuang.- 6. West Meets East - The Interplay of Unity and Diversity.- 7. Enlightenment from Body-Spirit Integration: Dunhuang's Buddhist Cultivation Pathways and Educational Applications.- 8. Dunhuang as a Model for EthnoSTEM Education.- 9. The Significance of the Dunhuang Mogao Frescos for Universal Education Today.- 10. An Examination of Dunhuang Education from Psychological Perspective: Heart, Soul, and Our Lives.- 11. Dunhuang and Contemporary Music Education.- 12. Dunhuang and Basic Education.- 13. Dunhuang Grottoes and Lifelong Learning.- 14. Harmonious Coexistence with Nature: Naturalistic Education in the Dunhuang Frescoes.