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Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Dear friends,

We are happy to be arranging our Third Transgender Retreat soon with the help of some fundraising!

In 2021 Shuan Bartone became a Mitra through the Boston Sangha and Triratna Gender Diverse Buddhists. A year later, He started working on a project to record a song about Dr. Ambedkar, called ‘Babasaheb’, which is released on BandCamp.

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tejadhamma

Visit of Sheffield Buddhist Sangha Pilgrims to the Transgender Project

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 11:57

Visit of Sheffield Buddhist Sangha Pilgrims to the Transgender Project

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 11:57

We are happy to see the Sheffield Buddhist Sangha at People to People’s Transgender Project. The welcome ceremony was led by Tejadhamma, who offered the Garland and Scarf of Panchasheel by the auspicious hands of a very senior Indian order member Chandrasheel.
There was good interaction and discussion between our transgender sangha and SBC pilgrims. In the...

tejadhamma

Second Retreat for the Transgender Community Led by Amoghasiddhi

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 22 Jan, 2023 - 14:34

Second Retreat for the Transgender Community Led by Amoghasiddhi

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 22 Jan, 2023 - 14:34

We have successfully organised a second retreat for transgender community at the bottom of Chikhaldara Hill Station, Bihali, Amravati. The total 30 participants enjoyed this retreat held from 5 to 8 August 2022. The retreat was organized by the hard work of Tejadhamma, Suchikirti, Aryasiddhi, Anushri and Sarika. Dhammachari Amoghasiddhi led the retreat very effectively with the help of Ratnasiddhi and ...

Zac

People to People Project, Nagpur: 2021-2022 Report

From Triratna News on Fri, 29 Jul, 2022 - 12:32

We are happy to share the People to People Project report 2021-2022.

People to People is a social charity in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Started in 2008 by the initiative of Tejadhamma Khobragade and others, running projects for the upliftment of the underprivileged at Amravati, Bhandara, and Nagpur districts in India. People to People works in the areas of education, the empowerment of women, youths development, culture, and health. At present projects are being run in urban slums...

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tejadhamma

Report 2021-2022

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 - 17:46

We are happy to share the report 2021-2022. People to People contributed effectively to the beneficiaries. We helped 61,343 beneficiaries by running such programmes as below:

People’s Kitchen - Free cooked food distribution to poor families in rural and urban slums.
Free Ambulance Service - This service was provided in the Kamptee slums to take poor patients to hospitals from their home. We were able to save 19 lives out of 22 patients supported.
Financial Assistance - In the slums of Kamptee, elderly poor residents, single parents, and

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Centre Team

Dr. Ambedkar and His Guided Movement for Liberation

Thu, 14 Apr, 2022 - 20:28

Dr. Ambedkar and His Guided Movement for Liberation

Thu, 14 Apr, 2022 - 20:28

A wonderful article by Maitriveer-Nagarjuna to mark an important day remembering Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the millions he helped lead out of caste oppression. The struggle continues!

On the 14th of April every year, the followers of Babasaheb all over the world will celebrate the Jayanti with joy and festivity. It is well-known fact that Babasaheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was against hero worship and blind faith in any individual.
Nonetheless, history tells every great liberator becomes iconic after the demise to
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Vijaya

Ordinations at Bordharan, India

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 17:48

Ordinations at Bordharan, India

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 17:48

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following 19 women took place at Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre, Bordharan, India. The Private Ordinations took place on the 18th January, and the Public Ordinations on the 19th January.

Amidst difficult conditions, with the support of Srimala, we, the four new Indian Public Preceptors, conducted our first Public Ordinations – the first ordinations of women in India to take place since December 2017.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

With...

Centre Team

Big Changes to Funding Movement Projects in India

From Triratna News on Thu, 13 Jan, 2022 - 12:05

Big Changes to Funding Movement Projects in India

From Triratna News on Thu, 13 Jan, 2022 - 12:05

As you may have seen in the news, the past few weeks have seen major changes affecting the NGO sector in India. More than 150 large Indian charities, including at least one of our Triratna Trusts, have had their permission to receive foreign funding revoked by the Indian Government.

Most significantly, TBMSG Pune has had its foreign contributions permission removed. This is one of the main trusts supporting Triratna social projects in India. It employs 67 staff, mostly Mitras and...

Ananta

Launch of Karuna USA! Live Event, November 6

From Triratna News on Tue, 19 Oct, 2021 - 22:12

Launch of Karuna USA! Live Event, November 6

From Triratna News on Tue, 19 Oct, 2021 - 22:12

We are delighted to announce the launch of Karuna USA!

Live launch: November 6th: 1-3pm EDT | 10am-12pm PDT | 11am-1pm México | 5-7pm IE & UK | 6-8pm Europe

Karuna USA has been established by Triratna sangha members based in the United States as a sister entity to Karuna UK and Karuna Germany. We are grateful to Karuna UK’s Trustees and Team for their invaluable support.

Sharing similar missions and...

Maitriveer Nagarjuna

Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the Post-Pandemic World: Live Online, 15-16 October

From Triratna News on Tue, 12 Oct, 2021 - 20:10

An invitation to celebrate the 65th Dhammachakra Pravartan Din Online
The pandemic has not only exposed social fault-lines and weaknesses in a way that can no longer be ignored but also exacerbated many of them, not only in India but throughout the world. Concurrently, and perhaps enabled by it, the international geopolitical situation seems to have made a considerable shift. India and the world are faced with old questions they can no longer ignore, and new questions they have to face...

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