The mission of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship is to serve as catalyst and agent for socially engaged Buddhism. Our aim is to help beings liberate themselves from personal, interpersonal, institutional, social and systemic suffering.

Deng Shu-lian is the environmental protection coordinator of Tzu Chi Kuala Lumpur. After closing up her restaurant at 10 p.m. each night, she searches the streets for recyclables until 1 a.m. El Salvador Special Report Tzu Chi provides emergency aid and builds two villages for earthquake victims in El Salvador. Afghanistan Special Report Knightsbridge International and Tzu Chi Foundation ...

The Earth Sangha is a Buddhist environmental nonprofit. Our organization was founded on the premise that the Buddhist way of looking at life can play a major role in healing the planet's environmental crisis.

DharmaNet International is flying the Tibetan national flag here in acknowledgement of Tibetan sovereignity in an occupied Tibet. May the Dharma prevail on the roof of the world for the benefit of all beings. Long life and success to the Dalai Lama. May the atrocities of the Chinese government end soon. May injustice and unkindness toward all beings everywhere end soon. Socially Engaged Buddhism ...

Offering free, 24 hour, compassionate, caring support at home to terminally ill people and their families.

Of the Asian traditions entering the Western world, Buddhism brings special resources for facing and responding to the suffering of our world. The aim of the Buddha's central doctrine of the dependent co-arising, the dynamic interdependence of all phenomena, is to liberate us from the prison cell of egocentricity, and from the greed, hatred, and delusion it engenders. Engaged Buddhism, a term ...

Critique of socially engaged Buddhism from a situationist perspective.

HIV/AIDS Education & Training: Yunnan, China & Shan State, Burma. The Sangha Metta Project (Mid-term Report November 2000) Articles on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care - The Buddhist Perspective. The Sangha Metta Project, which engages monks in HIV/AIDS prevention and care, is unique in that it was initiated by monks themselves in response to the need for Buddhist monks to have a more active role in ...

Engaged Buddhism -- Kathleen Thich Nhat Hanh in his excellent book on everyday practice , Peace Is Every Step , has a small chapter called Mindfulness Must Be Engaged . He says, When I was in Vietnam, so many of our villages were being bombed. Along with my monastic brothers and sisters, I had to decide what to do. Should we continue to practice in our monasteries or should we leave the ...