On the 28th January 2017, at the Dhamma Sarana Temple in Melbourne, Australia, the Sati Pasela (MindfulKids) monthly session was held successfully with the participation of about 90 children.

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris and Joseph Goldstein answer questions about the practice of mindfulness. They discuss negative emotions, the importance of ethics, the concept of enlightenment, and other topics.

Research shows that mindfulness skills improve memory, organizational skills, reading and math scores, all while giving kids the tools they need to handle toxic stress.

The Sati Pasela story was presented to a multi-religious, multi-ethnic group of religions dignitaries, university academics & professionals at a special event at Light of Asia Foundation on January 28th.

On the 23rd January 2017 at Wellington, New Zealand the Sati Pasela program had 41 children attending, ages between 7 to 20 years.