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European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2023

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 15:56

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2023

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 15:56

As every year on the last long weekend in September the European Buddhist Union held its annual 3-day meeting, this year outside Brussels, followed by the annual 3-day meeting of Buddhist Teachers in Europe.

(These meetings meet in different places around Europe year by year but this time we met in Brussels to mark the EBU’s transition to being registered as an organisation in Belgium, to enable easier access to the European political institutions in which the...

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Conference: Being Buddhist in Britain, 21st October 2023, Birmingham UK

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023 - 16:28

Conference: Being Buddhist in Britain, 21st October 2023, Birmingham UK

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023 - 16:28

A day of talks, workshops and discussions exploring what it means to be Buddhist in Britain today.

@ Birmingham Buddhist Vihara
29-31 Osler Sreet, Ladywood, B16 9EU
10:00-16:00

The organisers write: “A wonderful opportunity for Buddhists from all traditions and backgrounds to meet and get to know each other and discuss how Buddhism is progressing in the UK in all its magnificent diversity.”

For more information:

https://www.nbo.org.uk/conference-being-buddhist-in-britain/

Munisha

Volunteer treasurer sought for Network of Buddhist Organisations UK

Tue, 23 May, 2023 - 07:20

Volunteer treasurer sought for Network of Buddhist Organisations UK

Tue, 23 May, 2023 - 07:20

Would you like to support the UK Buddhist community?

The Network of Buddhist Organisations UK seeks a new volunteer treasurer. This is a small but vital role including processing membership payments, preparing accounts for Companies House and the Charity Commission, and assisting with various back-office tasks. We are a small organisation and our income for the year ending 2022 was around £1300.

Join us (including Munisha, Triratna’s Liaison officer) in our work of working for the good of all Buddhists within the...

Munisha

Death of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche (Michael Hookham) (1935-2023)

Mon, 15 May, 2023 - 12:02

Death of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche (Michael Hookham) (1935-2023)

Mon, 15 May, 2023 - 12:02

The death has been announced of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche of the Longchen Foundation, husband of Lama Shenpen Hookham of the Awakened Heart Sangha. He was 88.

Both attended teachings by Sangharakshita in the 1960s; Rigdzin Shikpo may be better known to Triratna readers as Mike Hookham, one of the ‘Three Musketeers’ mentioned in Bhante’s memoirs, Moving Against the Stream.

Lama Shenpen has published this post
https://buddhawithin.org.uk/2023/05/04/the-passing-of-lama-rigdzin-shikp…

First Buddhist European Chaplaincy Conference 24th-25th June 2023

Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 14:04

First Buddhist European Chaplaincy Conference 24th-25th June 2023

Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 14:04

The European Buddhist Union’s international conference, “Buddhist Chaplaincy in Europe”, will take place in Rome, at Sapienza University and online on 24th-25th June 2023.

Pre-conference workshops will take place on 23rd June.

The purpose of the conference is to develop, organize and support Buddhist chaplaincy in Europe in order to provide support, training opportunities and materials for those engaged in Buddhist chaplaincy, and to identify spiritual and pastoral needs within Buddhist communities to encourage broader community cohesion and social integration.

Full information below.

Bookings and enquiries to ...

Munisha

Wesak greetings from UN Secretary General

Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 12:06

Wesak greetings from UN Secretary General

Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 12:06

A Wesak video greeting from UN Secretary General, António Guterres.

Munisha

Death of Lama Zopa, co-founder of the FPMT

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 16:01

Death of Lama Zopa, co-founder of the FPMT

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 16:01

The death was announced yesterday of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who co-founded Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and the international organisation known as the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). He was 76.

A teacher of the Gelug school of Buddhism, Lama Zopa was born in the Mount Everest region of Thami in 1946 and left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the Chinese occupation.

The FPMT today comprises 160 Dharma centres and projects across 37 countries.

European Buddhist magazine spring edition now out

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023 - 11:27

European Buddhist magazine spring edition now out

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023 - 11:27

The spring edition of European Buddhist, the European Buddhist Union’s magazine, is available now, for free download here:

https://europeanbuddhistunion.org/ebu-spring-2023-magazine

On the theme of EcoDharma, it includes articles on

Buddhism meets the Climate Crisis
Wisdom Working for the Earth
The Way of the Ecosattva
Is Ecodharma (always) Buddhist?
Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au
Buddhists and climate change in practice
Ecoselves: towards a spiritual and cultural transformation?
Being the Change: EBU and the Sustainable Environment on Earth for All Beings
What Ecodharma Means to Me
Nature, Mindfulness, Ecology, The culture of harmony

Munisha

EBU Conference: Contemplative Sciences Network 19th November 2022

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 16:00

EBU Conference: Contemplative Sciences Network 19th November 2022

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 16:00

Saturday 19th November 2022

14.00-19.00 CET

Zoom

Inaugural conference of the European Buddhist Union’s Contemplative Sciences Network.

Registration is free

Details here.

Munisha

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2022

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 12:49

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2022

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 12:49

The last weekend of September saw the annual 3-day meeting of the European Buddhist Union (EBU), followed by the meeting of Buddhist Teachers in Europe. I attended as Triratna’s Liaison officer it was a pleasure to have my old friend Vassika there for both meetings, from Triratna Paris.

These meetings took place at the Fo Guang Shan temple just outside Paris, where we were hosted with great generosity by the community of nuns from Taiwan.

Around 30 people attended the EBU...