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New Dhamma fundraising for India
FWBO Dhammaloka is probably not a well-known name to most practitioners in the FWBO. But that might be about to change…Dhammaloka means 'Realm of the Dhamma', or 'The Land of the Teaching of the Bud...
Sanghaloka - the new FWBO Buddhist Centre in Krakow, Poland
Wednesday 17th September saw the opening of the new FWBO Buddhist Centre in Krakow, Poland. The name of the Centre is Sanghaloka, the Centre of Friends of Buddhism – or in Polish, Osrodek Przyjaciol...
'Garland of Mantras' event raises £3,500 for Padmaloka paintings
Padmaloka, the FWBO’s retreat centre for men, in Norfolk UK, recently completed their first-ever ‘Garland of Mantras’ weekend retreat, during which they raised over £3,500 for their Aloka paint...
A report from the FWBO European Chairs Meeting, July 2008
July 18-27 saw some 30 FWBO Chairs from around Europe – men and women - gathering for the usual summer ‘assembly’ at Vajrasana, the London Buddhist Centre’s very handsome retreat centre in Su...
Karuna Trust 2008 report out now
The FWBO’s Karuna Trust raises over UK £1.5 million/year for a multitude of social and Dharma projects in India. They’ve just published their 2008 report (‘Karuna 08) – it’s a beautiful and...
New premises appeal for Ipswich Buddhist Centre
The FWBO's Ipswich Buddhist Centre has been seeking new premises - and it looks like they are well on the way to finding somewhere. We're happy to pass on this message from their Facebook site - "He...
New Paintings for the Padmaloka Shrine Room
In 2007 the FWBO's Padmaloka Retreat Centre began a new project to fill their main shrine room with large paintings of buddhas and bodhisattvas painted by the Buddhist artist Aloka. The main shrine ro...
Buddha Festival in India, 600 attending
Chandrabodhi has sent FWBO News this report of the first ‘Buddha Festival’ in India. Publishing it was delayed until we had received photographs of the day – however we are now pleased to prese...
How we can respond to the situation in Burma...
FWBO News readers will be aware of the recent terrible floods in Burma – and of the appallingly inadequate response to them by the country’s military Government. We are very grateful to Jan McHarr...
New Indian websites from TBMSG
According to a recent estimate, FWBO and TBMSG centres and individuals worldwide are responsible for nearly 350 different websites. Amazing – but that total is only going to grow. Despite that, TBM...
Dharma Marathons on April 13th
In just two week's time, Tim Segaller and Simon Okotie from the London Buddhist Centre will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for the LBC’s Breathing Space project and for the mental he...
Padmaloka's Twenty Four Hour Garland of Mantras
Padmaloka, the FWBO’s retreat centre and home of the men’s Ordination Team, has long been known as the home of a series of wonderful paintings by Aloka, the FWBO’s most prolific and much-loved ...
Karuna's success with new fundraising initiatives
The FWBO’s Karuna Trust has teamed up with Global Giving, at www.globalgiving.com, a US-based website which describes itself as an ‘eBay for international development’, and is in fact run by the...
Green Tara Trust wins funding for major social project in Nepal
The FWBO's Karuna Trust have succeeded in fundraising a donation of £32,819 for a project in rural Nepal run by Dharmacharini Karunamati. Her Green Tara Trust exists to help mothers, infants and you...