BGR NEWS + TEACHINGS
BGR Supporters Host a ‘Peace and Love’ Online Benefit Concert
This winter, supporters of Buddhist Global Relief from around the world came together to create an online “Peace and Love Concert” to benefit BGR.
Can A Doughnut Help to Heal Our World?
The dominant economic model followed by virtually all major economies is inflicting grave injuries on the planet’s fragile ecosystem and causing glaring economic and social inequalities. Can a diagram of a doughnut offer us a key to resolving our predicament?
Agricultural and Vocational Livelihoods Support for Women in Need in India
A partnership between BGR and Building Bridges India is empowering the widows of farmers who committed suicide to escape the bane of poverty and learn new skills that enable them to earn a decent living. One project trains women in organic farming; the other teaches them embroidery and sewing.
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and Kim Behan Win Prestigious Award
This past October 15, our Chairperson, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Executive Director, Kim Behan jointly received the prestigious Dr. Ambedkar Prabuddha Bharata Peace Award, granted by the Nagarjuna Training Institute. The institute, based at Nagaloka in Nagpur, continues the heritage of Engaged Buddhism started by the Dalit leader, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956).
We Are All Interconnected
This is the text of Kim Behan’s talk prepared on the occasion of her receiving the Dr. Ambedkar Prabuddha Bharata Peace Award.
BGR’s Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry 2021
On October 2 and October 30, members of the worldwide Buddhist Global Relief community joined BGR founder Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and the BGR staff for two “Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry” online gatherings.
Meeting the New Year: An Online Weekend BGR Retreat
To help us meet the new year, the monastic team of BGR will hold an online three-day retreat over the weekend of January 7–9. The theme of the retreat is “Clarity, Compassion, and Courage,” three qualities that will enable us to marshal our inner resources as we welcome the new year.
CAMFED: A Pan-African Effort to Support Girls and Young Women
New BGR partner CAMFED catalyzes the power of the most vulnerable girls and young women to create the future they imagine—for themselves, for their communities, and for Africa.
Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry 2021
In 2021, BGR hosted two online Dharma gatherings featuring talks by BGR founder Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi and other Buddhist teachers: a Pacific/Mountain U.S. gathering, held on October 2, and a Eastern/Central U.S. gathering, on October 30.
We Are All Interconnected
On October 15, BGR Executive Director Kim Behan presented this speech to the Nagarjuna Training Institute in Nagpur, India.
