Buddhist Action Month 2015
Buddhist Action Month 2015

Buddhist Action Month: a very short history

By Munisha on Sat, 18 Apr, 2015 - 00:21

Buddhist Action Month: a very short history

By Munisha on Sat, 18 Apr, 2015 - 00:21

Buddhist Action Month (BAM) is a month-long festival of Buddhist social action in June every year.

It began in Britain as a single day (BAD!) in 2012, an initiative of the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK (NBO), as part of a government-sponsored multi-faith project in which each faith community adopted a time of year for socially beneficial activities inspired by their faith. The NBO encouraged British Buddhists of all traditions to run events with an environmental...