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News and reviews of contemporary Western Buddhism from around the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO.

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  • FWBO Google calendars launched

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 00:25 in festival, fwbo

    Google Calendar is an easy-to-use way of keeping track of your appointments - and those of your friends. Now there’s two FWBO calendars publicly available - FWBO History and FWBO Festivals.  One gives you significant dates in the history of t...

  • Conversations with Sangharakshita

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 00:17 in sangharakshita

    Sangharakshita, founder of the FWBO, has just released the transcript of a series of ‘Conversations’ held this summer with two of his senior disciples, Mahamati and Subhuti. They explore in considerable detail many aspects of his character, incl...

  • News from Akasavana

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 00:14 in spain, women, akasavana

    Vijayasri writes with news from Akashavana - the FWBO women's ordination retreat centre high in the Spanish mountains near Teruel . She reports-“Akshavana is now in its third year of providing ordination retreats for women from all over the world....

  • Karuna Trust launches 2010 Fundraising Campaign

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 23:46 in fundraising, London, karuna

    Andrea McCaghy writes from the FWBO's Karuna Trust, saying - "We’re really excited here at Karuna to be able to launch the Karuna 2010 Fundraising Campaigns. Did you know there is a peaceful revolution happening in South Asia?"There are a...

  • New Russian Dharma website launched

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 17:55 in russia, translations, dharmaduta

    Suvannavira, a Russian-born Order Member writes with news of a major new Dharma resource for Russian speakers. He says -“I do have one news item for you from Russia. There is a new Russian FWBO website -www.buddhayana.ru - which has just gone liv...

  • Death of Dhammachari Silendrabodhi in India

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 17:56 in india, death

    Amrutdeep, one of the Indian Order Convenors, writes to say - “I am very sorry to inform you that Dhammachari Silendrabodhi passed away at his home in Ulhasnagar, India, on Saturday 14th November at 11.30 a.m. His death was due to old age - he was ...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

sandun

5 stars Sandun

Superb!! Full of interestng topics. Any connections with Sri Lankan buddhits?

Posted: May 27th, 2009 | More Reviews From sandun | Report This Comment

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