BGR NEWS + TEACHINGS
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.
“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.
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.
A Vesak Message from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Buddha arrived at his attainment of Buddhahood by practicing the paramitas or spiritual perfections over countless lives. The first of the spiritual perfections is dana-paramita, “the perfection of giving.” In life after life, as a bodhisattva, the future Buddha sacrificed his wealth, his status, his bodily parts, and even his life in order to rescue others from suffering.
Quiet Strength in the Face of Might: The Courage of the University Women of Afghanistan
Since the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, life for women and girls has become even more severely circumscribed. In this project with partner CARE, funding from Buddhist Global Relief is supporting 38 courageous young women in pursuing higher education in Afghanistan.
