The Dublin Buddhist Centre is participating in the 2017 Buddhist Action Month. Among the events planned this year are an outdoor writing workshop, a mandala workshop using recycled materials, a practice morning in a local park, the screening of ‘Demain’ (Tomorrow), ’A Better World is Possible’ workshop on climate change and what we can do, an all-night meditation and puja hosted by the Young Buddhist Group and more besides! See our full programme here.
Building Sangha and supporting fellow Buddhists to step into and interact with the world is vital in this time of confusion. Promoting Buddhist values and principles through exemplification challenges cultural norms constructively and is a powerful practice. We know that our actions have consequences and although we may never see the results we can have confidence that we will make a difference.
We have arranged 6 mornings of meditation, talks and discussion to make more conscious the connections between our ethical commitment...
It’s your call to change self and world! June is Buddhist Action Month (BAM)and Triratna’s Karuna Trustis celebrating with a BAM telephone campaign, 5th June - 14th July. They’re looking for a team of 6 volunteers for 6 weeks who are willing to act to create social change. The closing date for application is 22nd May.
Karuna’s NishaMothilalwrites: “Based in the Karuna office in North London, you’ll be calling our existing Karuna supporters to engage and inspire them...
Buddhist Action Month is only a month away! For 2017 the theme of this festival of Buddhist social action is ‘Connecting for Change’ - seeking to address the seemingly increasing polarisation, disharmony and divergence within many societies.
Having started in 2012 as an initiative of the UK’s Network of Buddhist OrganisationsBAM is now in its fifth year and increasingly international and pan-Buddhist.
Of course the Triratna Buddhist Community is dedicated to the Bodhisattva Ideal all year round,...
BAM is the UK’s Buddhist Action Month - a festival of Buddhist social action held across Britain every June. Conceived by the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK (NBO) (www.nbo.org.uk), it keeps expanding.
It all started with …
A Year of Service and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 2012 As part of national celebrations marking the Diamond Jubilee, 2012 saw Buddhists taking part in the year-long national UK inter-faith project, ‘A Year of...
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Buddhist Action Month may have ended, but the excellent talks that emerged from it continue in recorded form. Hear Vessantara’s engaging talk given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre as part of BAM.
Over the centuries, the Dharma has been practiced by people following many different lifestyles – from homeless wanderers to kings and queens in their palaces. If there isn’t one ‘Dharma lifestyle’ then what do all these different ways of living have in common, and how can they all...
Trying to stay fit at a Retreat Centre, believe it or not, has it challenges! Before I moved to Taraloka, I would walk to most places; to work, to the shops, to the Buddhist centre, etc. I used to attend several gym classes a week prior to yoga became my main form of body movement. I do prefer exercising in a group rather than on my own, though,...
It’s almost the end of Buddhist Action Month, but Engaging as Buddhists goes on all year. Its not always easy. It takes skill, energy, resources and courage. This is why the Ecodharma Centre is supporting Buddhist Action through our Engaged Buddhist Training and other courses bringing the Dharma to empower social change.
Here’s our new video on Engaged Buddhist Training!
