European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2022

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...

UK: opportunity to become a Buddhist prison chaplain

Angulimala Prison Chaplaincy, which provides the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) with Buddhist prison chaplains, seeks to recruit new chaplains.

Though some are volunteers, most UK Buddhist prison chaplains are paid by the MoJ on a part time, sessional basis.

You must be practising the five precepts and willing to teach Buddhism to people from different Buddhist schools and traditions.

For more details, please write to the Ven. Ajahn Khemadhammo at https://angulimala.org.uk/contact/

Vassika interviewed for 'European Buddha' podcast

Vassika is part of Triratna’s Paris sangha in France. This week she is interviewed for the podcast series ‘European Buddha’, which is a project of the European Buddhist Union. 

In preparation for the EBU conference in France in April, she was asked to speak on the theme of the conference, ‘Unity in diversity in Buddhism’. Bhante’s writings show this was a feature of his thinking from his earliest days and Vassika skilfully manages...