BGR NEWS + TEACHINGS
Fifteen Years and Growing!
By BGR Deputy Director Patricia Price • Your help allows thousands of girls to be educated equally with boys, provides school meals that incentivize parents to send their girls to school, and helps provide poor mothers with materials and instruction to learn marketable skills with which they can earn income for their families.
Thank You for Supporting the 2023 Buddhist Action Season
All of us at BGR offer our warmest and deepest thanks to all of our supporters who participated in Buddhist Global Relief’s online special event, “Creating a World That Works for Everyone.”
Rice Support for Monastics in the Mountains of Myanmar
A report from BGR partner Insight Myanmar detailing their relief effort to bring much-neeeded rice and cooking oil to monastics living on and around Yetagun Mountain, in southern Myanmar.
BGR Joins Global Compassion Coalition
The Global Compassion Coalition (GCC) was founded in 2022 to foster collaboration among individuals and organizations in a shared mission to “restore compassion and justice at the foundation of every society.”
Meals for Children in Sri Lanka
Based in child-development centers serving low-income communities, a project with Child Action Lanka is providing healthy breakfasts to preschool children from impoverished families in Sri Lanka.
A Holiday Letter From Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
To nurture loving-kindness for others is to open the fountain of compassion, and the supreme expression of compassion in action is generosity toward those in need.
Buddhist Action 2023: Creating a World that Works for Everyone
This year’s event spoke to the importance of collaboration and community in our work to create a world that honors the life and well-being of everyone on this Earth. Presenters included Rick Hanson, Raimund Hopf, Ven. Jin Chuan, Ven. Jin Wei, Roshi Joan Hoeberichts, Ayya Yeshe, and Dhammadīpā.
Leave a Legacy With BGR
Please consider designating BGR as a beneficiary for a portion of a fund, trust, or life insurance policy. Legacies through future gifts will benefit the needy for decades to come.
Planting Dharma Seeds in Uganda
In this latest episode of the Helping Hands Podcast, host Daniel Blake speaks with Bhante Buddharakkhita, founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre.
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.
