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A Trip to Arunachal Pradesh

In February 2025, Buddhist Global Relief founder and chair Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi traveled to Arunachal Pradesh, India, where BGR supports two projects through the Maha Bodhi Society (MBS).

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Encountering the Dhamma in Sri Lanka

This winter, Vice-Chair David Braughton traveled to Sri Lanka to meet with staff and beneficiaries of BGR projects. In this essay, he shares highlights from a "profoundly moving" journey.

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Remembering Hozan Alan Senauke

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • Reflections on the life and impact of the Berkeley Zen Center abbot, founder of the Clear View Project. Alan was one of the leaders of Engaged Buddhism here in the United States, serving as executive director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship from 1991 through 2001 .

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Responding to the Cuts to USAID

The U.S. executive branch's attempt to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) “has created abrupt and enormous gaps in the flow of essential, lifesaving care for families," according to BGR partner Helen Keller Intl. "As of now, we estimate that at least 121 million people in the countries where Helen Keller works are in immediate danger as a result."

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We Ignore Climate Change at Our Perils

By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • The destabilization of the Earth’s climate system is the most perilous crisis humankind has ever faced. BGR's founder offers a teaching on this topic through the lenses of food insecurity and the Dharma.

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Meals for Orphans in Bangladesh

A project with the Bangladesh Buddhist Missionary Society provides food for orphaned children from impoverished families at the Orphans’ Home Complex in the remote Chittagong Hill Tracts region.

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The Loving Heart Seeks to Sustain All

On Saturday, October 26, 2024, BGR founder and chair Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi hosted our annual Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry online gathering, a beautiful celebration of all that we have accomplished together.

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