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Volunteer treasurer sought for Network of Buddhist Organisations UK

By Munisha on Tue, 23 May, 2023 - 07:23

Volunteer treasurer sought for Network of Buddhist Organisations UK

By Munisha on Tue, 23 May, 2023 - 07:23

Would you like to support the UK Buddhist community?

The Network of Buddhist Organisations UK seeks a new volunteer treasurer. This is a small but vital role including processing membership payments, preparing accounts for Companies House and the Charity Commission, and assisting with various back-office tasks. We are a small organisation and our income for the year ending 2022 was around £1300.

Join us (including Munisha, Triratna’s Liaison officer) in our work of working for the good of all Buddhists within the UK, fostering good relationships within the...

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Death of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche (Michael Hookham) (1935-2023)

By Munisha on Mon, 15 May, 2023 - 12:02

Death of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche (Michael Hookham) (1935-2023)

By Munisha on Mon, 15 May, 2023 - 12:02

The death has been announced of Rigdzin Shikpo Rinpoche of the Longchen Foundation, husband of Lama Shenpen Hookham of the Awakened Heart Sangha. He was 88.

Both attended teachings by Sangharakshita in the 1960s; Rigdzin Shikpo may be better known to Triratna readers as Mike Hookham, one of the ‘Three Musketeers’ mentioned in Bhante’s memoirs, Moving Against the Stream.

Lama Shenpen has published this post
https://buddhawithin.org.uk/2023/05/04/the-passing-of-lama-rigdzin-shikp…

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 ...

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Wesak greetings from UN Secretary General

By Munisha on Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 12:06

Wesak greetings from UN Secretary General

By Munisha on Wed, 3 May, 2023 - 12:06

A Wesak video greeting from UN Secretary General, António Guterres.

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Death of Lama Zopa, co-founder of the FPMT

By Munisha on Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 16:01

Death of Lama Zopa, co-founder of the FPMT

By Munisha on Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 16:01

The death was announced yesterday of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who co-founded Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and the international organisation known as the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). He was 76.

A teacher of the Gelug school of Buddhism, Lama Zopa was born in the Mount Everest region of Thami in 1946 and left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the Chinese occupation.

The FPMT today comprises 160 Dharma centres and projects across 37 countries.

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

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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...

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Vatican message for Vesakh (Buddha Day)

By Munisha on Wed, 4 May, 2022 - 15:17

Vatican message for Vesakh (Buddha Day)

By Munisha on Wed, 4 May, 2022 - 15:17

Every year in May the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sends its annual message to Buddhists worldwide, to mark the festival we know as Buddha Day in Triratna, also known as Wesak or Vesakh.

This year’s message is entitled ‘Buddhists and Christians: Standing Together in Hopeful Resilience’.

You can read the Message here.

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'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...

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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...

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