News: Faith and Religion
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...
Spirit worship is not Buddhist
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Thursday, 12 June 08 - 10:43 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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Towards the end of May 2008 His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave five days of teaching in Nottingham. As usual this proved a very popular event. However, various protesters appeared outside the Nottingham arena. One significant group comprised Chinese students protesting against what is portrayed as ...
Where are the Bhikkhunis?
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Tuesday, 20 May 08 - 10:39 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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In common with many religious traditions, Buddhism treats women as having a lower status than men. Compared to some faiths, Buddhism is relatively enlightened, however, there has been a continuing debate over the absence of female bhikkhunis in the Theravadan tradition which is dominant in Thaila...
Dharmic Forum
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Sunday, 20 April 08 - 10:49 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Faith and Religion |
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Discussions are underway with the aim of establishing a four faiths 'Dharmic Forum' between Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, and Jains. Yann Lovelock informed those present at the recent Network of Buddhist Organisations AGM that he had drafted a paper outlining the scope of such a forum and would welco...
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