A group of nuns from the Bhutan Nuns Foundation will be touring the UK from July 2013, meeting local Buddhist groups and giving presentations on the realities of life as a nun...
Continue ReadingBhutan Nuns touring UK this summer
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The Dharma School Seeks A New Head Teacher
Posted on 2nd May 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
The Dharma Primary School, Europe’s only primary school to offer an education based on Buddhist values (based in Brighton, East Sussex, UK), is seeking a new Head Teacher.
Current head Peter...
Continue ReadingTransforming Conflict – August Conference on Buddhist-inspired ideas for personal and social change
Posted on 23rd April 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
We usually think of conflict as negative and painful. How...
Continue ReadingWorld Buddhist Leaders Response to the Growing Ethnic Violence Against Muslims in Myanmar
Posted on 23rd April 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
In response to the recent ethnic violence against Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine state, which has often been supported and perpetuated by the area’s Buddhists, the NBO executive endorse the recent statement issued by a...
Continue ReadingCelebrating Ambedkar’s birthday, April 14th
Posted on 12th April 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
Tomorrow – April 14th – sees the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Dr. Ambedkar, inspiration to many millions of India’s ‘Dalits’ and leader of their mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956....
Continue ReadingNBO Report to the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom March 2013
Posted on 11th March 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
Modgala, the NBO’s interfaith officer, recently attended Parliament to report to the “All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom” on issues faced by Buddhists in different parts of the world. Her report is...
Continue ReadingGreen Earth Awakening – new Buddhafield event May 2013
Posted on 5th March 2013 in News with Comments Off by Lokabandhu
Buddhafield have a new event coming up this year, building on the success of the much-loved Buddhafield Festival, now in its 17th year. Titled ‘Green Earth Awakening’, it’s on the theme of ‘Tools...
Continue ReadingKalyanamitra Meeting
Posted on 26th February 2013 in News with 0 Comments by Chrisw
Report on the Buddhist Chaplaincy Support Group (Kalyanamitra) Meeting 22 February 2013
Dr Sunil Kariyakarawana spoke about the focus of Kalyanamitra being to support practicing Buddhists who are working for the benefit of others …
Continue ReadingThe ALBA Bulletin
Posted on 28th January 2013 in News with 0 Comments by Chrisw
Many of our NBO members publicise the NBO in their internal newsletters and websites. Have a look at the Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association Bulletin here: www.buddhacommunity.org/~…
Continue ReadingEarthKind 2013
Posted on 10th January 2013 in News with 0 Comments by Chrisw
Many of you will have enjoyed participating in EarthKind 2012 – the activities organised across the UK in July to do something for our human and natural environment. We hope that this becomes a...
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