BGR NEWS + TEACHINGS
2023 Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry Online Gathering
On October 28, 2023, the global BGR community will gather for our annual online fundraiser, featuring Dharma teachings, meditations, and inspiring stories of our projects around the world.
Educating Women From Low-Income Families in Sri Lanka
Long-time BGR partner CENWOR supports vocational and technical training for women in need in Sri Lanka.
A School for Impoverished Girls in Thailand
BGR partner the Dhammajarinee Witthaya School provides education, housing, food, clothing, and health care to more than 1,000 girls and young women in Thailand.
Getting Our Priorities Right
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • What does it mean for us, as followers of the Dharma, to practice compassion under the conditions of today’s world?
Feeding Children in D.C. With the Capital Area Food Bank
New BGR partner the Capital Area Food Bank works with nonprofit partners to provide more than 50 million meals a year to people in need in the Washington, D.C., area.
Podcast Episode 6: Planting Dharma Seeds in Uganda, with Ven. Bhante Buddharakkhita
Host Daniel Blake speaks with Ven. Bhante Buddharakkhita, founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre.
“Engaged Buddhism”: An Interview With Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
In this video, Peter Lin, the host of the Tzu Chi Center for Compassionate Relief's C.A.F.E. 229, interviews BGR’s chairperson, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, at Chuang Yen Monastery.
Food Support for Buddhist Monastics in Myanmar
In Myanmar, BGR partner Insight Myanmar provides much-needed food and other necessities to Buddhist monastics and lay people of all faiths.
Making the Invisible Visible
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • The work of compassion requires that we see the individuality of each person in the world, making visible both their humanity and their suffering.
BGR Responds to Horn of Africa Drought Crisis With Emergency Aid
In response to the unfolding tragedy in the Horn of Africa, Buddhist Global Relief is partnering with five international organizations to provide emergency relief. This assistance is targeted to reach the populations in the region most severely impacted by hunger.
