News: Faith and Religion
A day of practice at Amaravati
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Wednesday, 10 March 10 - 11:35 AM (GMT) By Alison Moore in Faith and Religion |
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Around 50 people gathered at the Retreat Centre at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery for the latest Day of Practice organised by the Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association (ALBA) last Saturday, 6th March 2010. The day was led by Alison Moore and focused on how the Buddha’s teachings reveal themselve...
The God Survey: a noun, a verb, or what?
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Monday, 08 March 10 - 10:24 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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The William Temple Foundation (www.wtf.org.uk ) recently circulated a questionnaire to a range of faiths including Buddhists. On attempting to complete the questionnaire, many found that the questions made assumptions which rendered it difficult or impossible to answer from a Buddhist perspectiv...
Sally Masheder and the NBO
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Wednesday, 03 February 10 - 10:30 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Faith and Religion |
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Sally Masheder had been the secretary of the Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO) for many years prior to her recent illness and death. (A report of her memorial celebration can be read here ). Her loss has given heightened urgency to a project to consider how the NBO can better fulfill the ro...
New lay Events Programme for 2010 at Amaravati
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Monday, 16 November 09 - 04:39 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Faith and Religion |
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The 2010 programme of days and longer retreats run by lay-teachers is now available. See the events section on this website for details. Day events - days of practice - start at 9.45 am and finish at 5.00pm. They offer a mix of silent sitting and walking meditation, dhamma teaching and discussion...
Good reputation
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Monday, 09 March 09 - 09:54 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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The Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO) will hold its annual general meeting on the 2st March at the London Buddhist Centre in Bethnel Green. The focus of the day will be on young people and Buddhism. In keeping with many UK faiths (and other organisations), the age profile of Buddhists is gr...
The Atheist Bus Campaign
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Monday, 27 October 08 - 03:26 PM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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A large amount of money – currently £110,000 – has been donated in just six days towards a campaign to publicise atheist slogans on buses. This is a lot of money, especially at a time when our financial security is under threat as a likely global recession gathers momentum. The ...
How should Buddhists behave?
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Sunday, 31 August 08 - 10:45 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Faith and Religion |
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The Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO), a UK based umbrella organisation, is considering a code of conduct for its members. Current membership criteria require the acceptance of any new Buddhist organisations by peer review from existing members. The new proposal is to specify a code of cond...
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