Tag: European Buddhist Union

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

Gunaketu becomes General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway

By gunaketu on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 08:00

Gunaketu becomes General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway

By gunaketu on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 08:00

Dear Friends,

Recently I was appointed General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway (BNF), having been on the board of trustees since 2000. That was the year I started Triratna’s Oslo Buddhist Centre, returning home after many years at the Manchester Buddhist Centre.

The BNF is an umbrella organisation with 16 member communities with about 16,000 members, founded in 1979. Created to enable an application for money from the Norwegian government to fund Buddhist activities,...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2023

By Munisha on Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 15:56

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2023

By Munisha on Fri, 17 Nov, 2023 - 15:56

As every year on the last long weekend in September the European Buddhist Union held its annual 3-day meeting, this year outside Brussels, followed by the annual 3-day meeting of Buddhist Teachers in Europe.

(These meetings meet in different places around Europe year by year but this time we met in Brussels to mark the EBU’s transition to being registered as an organisation in Belgium, to enable easier access to the European political institutions in which the...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

First Buddhist European Chaplaincy Conference 24th-25th June 2023

By Munisha on Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 14:04

First Buddhist European Chaplaincy Conference 24th-25th June 2023

By Munisha on Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 14:04

The European Buddhist Union’s international conference, “Buddhist Chaplaincy in Europe”, will take place in Rome, at Sapienza University and online on 24th-25th June 2023.

Pre-conference workshops will take place on 23rd June.

The purpose of the conference is to develop, organize and support Buddhist chaplaincy in Europe in order to provide support, training opportunities and materials for those engaged in Buddhist chaplaincy, and to identify spiritual and pastoral needs within Buddhist communities to encourage broader community cohesion and social integration.

Full information below.

Bookings and enquiries to ...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

European Buddhist magazine spring edition now out

By Munisha on Tue, 11 Apr, 2023 - 11:27

European Buddhist magazine spring edition now out

By Munisha on Tue, 11 Apr, 2023 - 11:27

The spring edition of European Buddhist, the European Buddhist Union’s magazine, is available now, for free download here:

https://europeanbuddhistunion.org/ebu-spring-2023-magazine

On the theme of EcoDharma, it includes articles on

  • Buddhism meets the Climate Crisis
  • Wisdom Working for the Earth
  • The Way of the Ecosattva
  • Is Ecodharma (always) Buddhist?
  • Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au
  • Buddhists and climate change in practice
  • Ecoselves: towards a spiritual and cultural transformation?
  • Being the Change: EBU and the Sustainable Environment on Earth for All Beings
  • What Ecodharma Means to Me
  • Nature, Mindfulness, Ecology, The culture of harmony
Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

EBU Conference: Contemplative Sciences Network 19th November 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 16:00

EBU Conference: Contemplative Sciences Network 19th November 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 16:00

Saturday 19th November 2022

14.00-19.00 CET

Zoom

Inaugural conference of the European Buddhist Union’s Contemplative Sciences Network.

Registration is free

Details here.

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 12:49

European Buddhist Union + Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Nov, 2022 - 12:49

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...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

'Unity in Diversity': European Buddhist Union conference 23-24 April 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 24 Mar, 2022 - 23:40

'Unity in Diversity': European Buddhist Union conference 23-24 April 2022

By Munisha on Thu, 24 Mar, 2022 - 23:40

Vassika from Triratna’s Paris centre will speak at this year’s European Buddhist Union conference on ‘Unity and Diversity in European Buddhism’.

The conference will take place at the Center for Spiritual Friendship Buddhism (Reiyukai) in Nantes, France and you can attend either in person or online.

Book your place (to attend in person or online).

You can also listen to a short interview with Vassika on this topic as part of the...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

Vassika interviewed for 'European Buddha' podcast

By Munisha on Thu, 24 Mar, 2022 - 23:40

Vassika interviewed for 'European Buddha' podcast

By Munisha on Thu, 24 Mar, 2022 - 23:40

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...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

Ukraine: a message from the European Buddhist Union

By Munisha on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:49

Ukraine: a message from the European Buddhist Union

By Munisha on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:49

The committee of the European Buddhist Union invites all Buddhists to meditate or otherwise practise “to promote a feeling of peace, togetherness and awareness”, tomorrow Friday 4th March, 21:00 - 22:00 CET.

They write

“Dear friends,

the European Buddhist Union is deeply concerned and saddened about the war in Ukraine. We hope the hostilities will end soon and a peaceful solution for the crisis is found. War affects all of us in a harmful way and especially in this century
...

Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

Thich Nhat Hanh 1926-2022

By Munisha on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 11:47

Thich Nhat Hanh 1926-2022

By Munisha on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 11:47

We offer sincere condolences to our fellow Dharmafarers in the worldwide Plum Village Tradition on the death of their founder, Thich Nhat Hanh, yesterday, 22nd January 2022. He was 95.

See Plum Village’s announcement of his passing and their memorial activities.

A Vietnamese Zen monk and teacher, Nhat Hanh founded the Order and Community of Interbeing (part of the Plum Village Tradition), and combined teachings from early Buddhism, Mahayana traditions and western psychology. He was prominent in the teaching...

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