Tag: India

New Year for students at Nagaloka in India

By lokabandhu on Mon, 12 Aug, 2013 - 06:09Vivekaratna writes from India with news of the start of their new year at Nagaloka, Triratna’s large training centre in Nagpur, central India. Every year they accept a ‘batch’ of young men and women from all over India for a year’s intensive ‘DhammaSekhiya’ training in Social Work and Dhamma - after which they are eligible to join Nagaloka’s national alumni association which works to support them as they return home to work in their local areas. He says -

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Windows on India: Karuna photography exhibition

By Andrea@Karuna on Wed, 7 Aug, 2013 - 09:54Karuna is delighted to be co-hosting an exhibition of photographs of India. The exhibition will highlight images by Padmadhara, Dhammarati and Ben Martin.

Padmadhara’s and Dhammarati’s photos bear witness to the hope and humanity of the many people whose lives Karuna has touched. These photos are complemented by the photography of Ben Martin, who spent some of the happiest times in his tragically short but accomplished life whilst volunteering for Karuna, both in our London office and India.

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Dhammachari Abhayabhadra: 1993-2013

By lokabandhu on Fri, 14 Jun, 2013 - 06:24Karmavajra writes from India with the sad news of the death of Dhammachari Abhayabhadra, saying - “Dhammachari Abhayabhadra (from Pune, India) passed away on 3^rd June 2013 at around 10.30 PM. He was 51 at the time of his death. His Kalyanamitras Amrutdeep and Maitreyanath were both around him at the time of his death.
He was sick for more than two months, He had gall bladder surgery in March but since then he did not recover fully. He...