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Buddhist Action Month 2015 begins

By Munisha on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 07:35

Buddhist Action Month 2015 begins

By Munisha on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 07:35

Buddhist Action Month 2015 begins today - a festival of Buddhist-inspired social action. Triratna Buddhists are taking part in groups and centres all over the UK, as well as in our sanghas in Paris, New Hampshire, Dublin, Essen and at Eco Dharma in Spain.

Meanwhile Buddhists in other traditions are also involved in various ways, from the Amida Trust (Pure Land) and from SGI-UK.

This year’s themes for Triratna BAM are:

Sustainability
Awakening our money sense
Caring for others

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Buddhist Action Month 2015 starts today

By Munisha on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 07:23

Buddhist Action Month 2015 starts today

By Munisha on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 07:23

As BAM kicks off, it’s been great to see posts on this page from Triratna Buddhists all over the UK - and Paris, New Hampshire and Dublin too! Essen (Germany) and EcoDharma (Spain) are also taking part.

Meanwhile Buddhists in other traditions are also involved in various ways, from the Amida Trust (Pure Land) and from SGI-UK, one of the UK’s three largest Buddhist groups. (The other two are Triratna and the New Kadampa Tradition.) You’ll be able...

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Buddhist Action Month 2015 in Dublin

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 25 May, 2015 - 10:26

Buddhist Action Month 2015 in Dublin

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 25 May, 2015 - 10:26

This is the first year that the Dublin Buddhist Centre has gotten actively involved in Buddhist Action Month. It has been enthusiastically embraced by the Centre team and the Sangha and now most of the events happening in June have been ‘BAM!’-ed! To get into the spirit of BAM all events are on a donation or dana basis, (though there is a non-refundable €50 booking deposit for the Cavan retreat).

In the run up to BAM! we are asking...

Ipswich Buddhist Centre

Buddhist Action Month in Ipswich

By RCheesley on Fri, 22 May, 2015 - 13:28

Buddhist Action Month in Ipswich

By RCheesley on Fri, 22 May, 2015 - 13:28

The Young Buddhists’ Group are organising several events in and around the Ipswich Buddhist Centre this June, and would love you to join them! All money raised will be going towards the Karuna Trust charity - http://karuna.org

Friday, 5th June - Curry & Quiz Night - 7.30-10pm at Ipswich Buddhist Centre

This is an open invitation to all - if you would like to join in with the quiz please let Jemma know by emailing jemmagates26 [at] hotmail.co.uk...

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Buddhists gather at White House to discuss climate change

By Munisha on Thu, 7 May, 2015 - 00:50

Buddhists gather at White House to discuss climate change

By Munisha on Thu, 7 May, 2015 - 00:50

Buddhists gather at the White House this month for the first-ever White House-US Buddhist Leadership Conference, this year on the topic of climate change.

Read the article.

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Eco-Sattva training: an online course for aspiring "EcoSattvas"

By Munisha on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 14:17

Eco-Sattva training: an online course for aspiring "EcoSattvas"

By Munisha on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 14:17

One Earth Sangha offers online “EcoSattva” training this summer, with Buddhist teachers of several traditions including Triratna’s Guhyapati (EcoDharma). They write:

“In the face of catastrophic climate change, we as a Buddhist/mindfulness community have the opportunity to creatively define for ourselves an appropriate response: a response that is wise, compassionate, transformative, resolute and equanimous. To realize this potential, the community needs leaders of all kinds at all levels. This is the path of the EcoSattva.

Building on a...

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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...

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